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\"A<\/p>\n

\"ChristmasI hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I have family and friends to my house every year, and they always enjoy the food and the company. One of these years I\u2019ll skip my trip to the Caribbean and join them. Just kidding.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I promised in my last Newsletter to share with my readers the results of the survey in which I asked you to vote for one of the\u00a0following for my next book:<\/p>\n

A<\/b>) Another John Corey book, which would be the ninth in the series after\u00a0The Maze<\/span><\/a><\/em>, which will come out next Spring. I don\u2019t have a plot yet, but you can trust John to find trouble.<\/p>\n

B<\/b>) A sequel to\u00a0The Cuban Affair<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>featuring \u201cMac\u201d MacCormick and Sara Ortega who would return to Cuba on another dangerous mission.<\/p>\n

C<\/b>) A book featuring Paul Brenner who we saw in\u00a0The General\u2019s Daughter<\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Up Country<\/em><\/span><\/a>, and who had an appearance in the John Corey book titled\u00a0The Panther<\/em><\/span><\/a>. Paul (played by John Travolta in the movie version of\u00a0The General\u2019s Daughter<\/span><\/a><\/em>) will be on special assignment with the Army Criminal Investigation Division investigating . . . maybe a sinister plot to take over the government.<\/p>\n

D<\/b>) A stand-alone book which would follow a young man from college to the war in Vietnam and back home from the war. This would be set against the turbulent times of the 1960s\u2014you know, sex, drugs, war, love and peace. This, to be honest, would be semi-autobiographical to the extent that I can remember any of this.<\/p>\n

E)<\/b>\u00a0And finally, a return to\u00a0The Gold Coas<\/em>t<\/span><\/a>, which is my bestselling novel to date, and whose sequel,\u00a0The Gate House<\/em><\/span><\/a>, was also a critically acclaimed bestseller. If you\u2019ve read one or both of these books, I don\u2019t need to elaborate.<\/p>\n

First, sorry I didn\u2019t make it clear that you could respond via my website email, and not through a direct survey button. In any case, I received close to 2,000 emails and they\u2019re still coming in. I\u2019d like to reply to each of you who wrote to cast your vote, and who also told me why they\u2019d chosen one of the book ideas. But that might take awhile. So I\u2019ll say \u201cThank you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\"Nelson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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