Page 12 - Mid America Boating - July 2023 issue

Put-in-Bay author releases new novel, Sawdust Joint

JULY 2023 [ MID-AMERICA BOATING ] 12
Award-winning, island Inside Sawdust Joint…
author Bob Adamov What’s killing dairy cows? Investigative reporter Emerson Moore’s search for
released his 18th Put-in- the source takes a deadly turn when he focuses on infiltrating a British biotech-
Bay-based, mystery adven- nology company suspected to be involved with the deaths of the dairy cows and
ture novel, Sawdust Joint. several humans.
The book has an interest- Following the unexpected death of a close colleague, Moore faces his most
ing link to James Bond. formidable challenge yet as he embarks on a James Bond-like international
“Little did I know that odyssey with the help of a technological genius and a Royal Canadian Mountie
sharing the speaker’s plat- as his unlikely wingman to confront a vengeful nemesis bent on bioterrorism.
form years ago at a Clive Sawdust Joint promises to be the most exciting Emerson Moore adventure
Cussler Collector’s Conven- yet as he finds his physical endurance and mental capabilities pushed beyond
tion in Las Vegas would their normal limits. Filled with casino action, a bevy of beautiful femme fatales,
evolve into the inspiration dangerous mountain road chases, treacherous cliff face climbing, incarceration
for this new book. That’s in a Moroccan prison and high technology, Moore matches wits with a diaboli-
where I met Mike VanBlari- cal villain who is one of the most dangerous men he has encountered.
cum, the president of the Ian he Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group named the best
Fleming Foundation. Mike is Tindie books of 2022 in the largest international book awards program for
a compelling speaker and has independent publishers and self-published authors. Adamov’s Memory Layne
the world’s largest collection was named the winner in the General Fiction (under 70,000 words) category
of Ian Fleming documents as and finalist in the Action/Adventure category. Ohio Sea Grant
well as over 40 of the vehicles from the James Adamov was named as Best Lake Erie Author in 2022 by Lake Erie Living magazine and as one
Bond movies. Through our discussions, Mike of Publish Ohio’s favorite authors in 2020. He won Writer of the Year (2010) in regional compe- and Stone Lab
became my technical advisor for Sawdust Joint tition sponsored by the University of Akron’s Wayne College and was the featured author at the
which sees our protagonist stretch his abili- 2006 Ernest Hemingway Literary Festival in Key West. Adamov’s first novel - Rainbow’s End - offer science
ties,” Adamov commented. was a 2003 runner-up as the top fiction novel in the Great Lakes (won by Pulitzer Prize winner
– Middlesex.) His novels were rated 5 Stars by the Midwest Book Review and several were named
His string of island bestsellers in the as top novels in northeast Ohio by the Akron Beacon Journal. Adamov’s novels additionally have education
popular Emerson Moore series includes
won awards at the Hollywood Book Festival, London Book Festival, New York Book Festival, the
Rainbow’s End, Pierce the Veil, When Rainbows Indie Awards, Great Midwest Book Festival and Florida Book Festival. Adamov has also presented opportunities to
Walk, Promised Land, The Other Side of Hell,
A Kent State University graduate, Adamov resides in Wooster, Ohio. He often can be seen in island visitors
Tan Lines, Sandustee, Zenobia, Missing, Golden at several of the Clive Cussler Collectors Society conventions.
Torpedo, Chincoteague Calm, Flight, Assateague
Dark, Sunset Blues, White Spider Night and Put-in-Bay, Key West, Chincoteague Island and the Cayman Islands with his scuba diving, boating
a 20th anniversary edition of Rainbow’s End and treasure hunting friends. He had worked for an Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor Visitors to South Bass Island once again have
plus Memory Layne. His writing style has in the intelligence sector. the chance to explore Lake Erie science and
been compared to bestselling authors Clive Signed copies with free shipping are available at www.BobAdamov.com. history at the South Bass Island Lighthouse,
Cussler and Tom Clancy. For more information or to have Adamov speak at your event, visit: www.BobAdamov.com or the Aquatic Visitors Center and on Gibraltar
call: 330-289-7616. Follow Adamov on Facebook. MAB Island this summer.

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