Book Excerpt Ernie and the Evils of Insurance
He’d thought logging was a
dangerous occupation, but it had nothing on insurance adjusting...
Under the boat, Ernie heard the whirring
noise of the air saw and turned to see a man coming at him. At first, he first
thought the coast guard had arrived.
Innocenti expected there might be a deck
hand, but had not expected to see someone underneath trying to fix the shaft
log. Seeing the man, he moved in aggressively with the air saw, tethered by the
yellow air hose to the pump in the speedboat. Swimming rapidly toward the man
trying to fix the shaft log, he charged forward, without fear, attacking with
his air saw whirring at five thousand rpm, followed by little bubbles of air
after the pressurized air spun the saw.
Completely surprised to meet someone trying
to kill him, Ernie was startled and instinctively backed up, but not fast
enough. The assailant struck Ernie in his side, and the spinning blade went
through the skin to his ribs. But fortunately for Ernie, his jumping back had
kept the saw blade from cutting deeply into him and severing his ribs.
Ernie pedaled back a few more feet, blood
coming out of his side. He then knew it definitely was not the coast guard, and
this would be a fight to the death.
About the Books
Title: The VisitorGenre: Science Fiction
Tasked
by the Federation of Planets to determine if Earthlings present a
threat as they venture into space, Tak, an alien anthropologist, leaves
her starship orbiting Earth and takes a shuttle to Kansas. Intending to
study humans in the United States—as she has learned no Earth language
but English—she is detected while descending through the atmosphere and
only evades capture by fleeing to Europe, where she lands in Poland.
There, she meets an international arms merchant, Baron Von Limbach, who
becomes her guide. She studies “typical” human behavior by accompanying
the baron as he fulfills his latest assignment—to get the Dalai Lama
back into Tibet. His method of halting the communist takeover of Tibet
is to create a race-specific Ebola that will only attack Han Chinese,
giving Tak a prime example of how barbaric humans can be. However, the
CIA and US military are aware of Tak’s presence on Earth and are
determined to capture her. And if she is unable to complete her mission
and return to her starship—her captain will destroy every living thing
on Earth.Title: Ernie and the Evils of Insurance
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Ernie,
an experienced logger from rural Washington State, loses his job when
the logging operation he works for is shut down due to the spotted owl.
When he goes in to apply for unemployment, Ernie is persuaded to take a
job out of state as a temporary insurance adjuster in Los Angeles. While
he knows that Los Angeles will be a lot different than Sedro Woolley,
Washington, and insurance adjusting a lot different than logging,
really, how hard can it be? And there are lots of downed trees in
Southern California after the recent earthquake and storms they had
there. So packing up his trusty chainsaw in his saddlebags, Ernie hops
on his motorcycle and heads south. But to his dismay, Ernie discovers
that LA is a lot farther from Washington in more than just miles.
Unprepared for the corruption and callousness rampant in the insurance
industry, Ernie soon finds himself not only in trouble with his job, but
on the top of an assassin’s hit list. Still, although Ernie might be a
hick from the sticks, he’s far from stupid. Blessed with an innate
intelligence, an abundance of common sense, and a redneck sense of
humor, Ernie will give his enemies a hilarious run for their money…if he
can just survive long enough.Author Bio
Brent
Ayscough or Ace, as he is known to friends, retired from the practice
of law and lives in a house overlooking the sea in Southern California.
He has always loved machines, from airplanes to motorcycles, structural
design, and other interests. He has enjoyed the acquaintance of diverse
and interesting people, and is widely traveled. Bits and pieces of
characters he has known, places he has been, seasoned with the spice of
his imagination, help him create unusual stories and characters.
Extensive collaboration with experts and sources, hopefully, make his
stories credible and interesting.Links
The Visitor on Amazon (Kindle)The Visitor on Amazon (Paperback)
The Visitor on Goodreads
Ernie and the Evils of Insurance on Amazon (Kindle)
Ernie and the Evils of Insurance on Amazon (Paperback)
Ernie and the Evils of Insurance on Goodreads
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