I am so pleased to be guesting with you today, Chris. I am very grateful to you for helping spread the word about The Last Drive. You have always been so supportive of authors and are a fine one yourself. I think you can understand quite well the changeable mind of an author. For example, I never intended to write a sequel. Once I was into it, though I had to figure out what title to use. I didn’t want anything with the words Eternal Road in the title in order to not confuse anyone or lesd people to believe the story was the same. I finally settled on The Last Drive which describes the nature of the book. There won’t be another so James’ and Sam’s adventures will be the last drive in their Oldsmobile
Here is the blurb and then we can get to a short excerpt from the book.
The Blurb
In the sequel to Eternal Road – The final stop, Sam and James are reunited to look for two souls, Ryan and Eddie. Ryan was killed in Afghanistan, trying to avoid a schoolyard with his crippled plane. Eddie Rickenbacker, Ryan’s hero, is to guide Ryan to his Eternal Home, and now both are missing.
The higher-ups believe that there has been some interference in Ryan and Eddie’s journey by Lucifer, so Sam and James have the task of finding Ryan and Eddie to get them back on the road despite the evil interference. Unfortunately, the machinations designed to prevent Ryan and Eddy from completing their journey take the pair to horrifying testing grounds. The places visited represent the best work of the Devil. They are the trenches of World War I in France, gladiators at the Roman Coliseum, the sinking Titanic in 1912, Hiroshima 45 minutes before the bomb, and the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943.
This book is for you if you like plenty of action, strong characters, time travel, and a touch of spiritual and historical fiction. So, join Sam and James as they try to find the missing souls while staying one step ahead of the Prince of Darkness, who is determined to destroy all that is good.

An Excerpt.
“Thank you for coming, my child.”
Sam dips her head. “Yes, Sir. I don’t often ignore the summons of the Archangel Michael.”
The Archangel smiles. “You are funny. I do appreciate your humor.
Sam frowns. “Is something wrong, Sir?”
“Why should there be something wrong with me wanting to talk to you?”
“You’re so busy, my Grace, that to take time for idle conversation seems a waste of resources.”
“Of course, I should be the judge of that.” The Archangel looks out the gilded window at the brilliant-white landscape. He pinches his eyes, which water.
“I meant no disrespect, Sir.”
He turns back to Sam. “And none perceived, my child.” He clears his throat and looks away again. “There is a small problem.”
“Yes, Sir?” Sam’s mouth upturns at the corners. She catches herself before a smile appears. This isn’t the time to broadcast being correct about trouble.
Buy Links
The Last Drive is available in paper and Kindle editions on Amazon. Here are the universal links. The Kindle edition is on sale for 99¢ through mid-February.
Kindle https://mybook.to/FYmkKr
Paper https://mybook.to/BCsWV
Author Bio
John is an award-winning author who after an extensive business career began writing full time in 2012. His specialty is thriller fiction novels, but John also writes poetry and short stories. He has written Six other books that are on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.
John lives in Lakeway, Texas with his wife and their spoiled rescue pets.

The excitement is building!
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Thank you, Stephen. I can feel it. 😁
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Excellent new sequel by John Howell!
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Thank you for sharing Chris’ post today.
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Thank you, Kim. I appreciate the sharing of Chris’ post.
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You’re welcome 😊
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Hi Chris, thanks for hosting John today. I enjoyed the excerpt and can’t wait to begin reading. Wishing John an abundance of success!
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Thank you for the good wishes, Lauren. So nice to see you here.
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You’re very welcome, John!
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Thanks for hosting John, Chris. I’m looking forward to this one!
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Thank you, Dan. Sure hope you like it.
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Thanks, Chris for featuring John and this much-awaited sequel. I’m just sad that it will be the last one.
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Thank you, Darlene. In a way, I share that sadness because I came to love these characters. The Eternal story has run its course, but I hope you find the ending such that you won’t want another.
(like a nice satisfying piece of rich dessert.) Thank you for your touching comment.
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Thank you so much for helping with the launch of The Last Drive, Chris. It is a pleasure to be with you today and to be able to interact with your followers. All the best to you. 😁
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My pleasure, John 😃
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Great video and extract, John. Wishing you every success with your new book. Congratulations! 💕🙂 Chris, thanks for sharing John’s latest release. All the best for 2023 💕🙂
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Thank you, Harmony. Chris is the best, and I’m honored to be here. All good wishes to you as well. 😊
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Excited about this one. Thanks for hosting today, Chris.
Best wishes to you, John.
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Thank you, Joan. That makes me excited as well. Best wishes to you.
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