Today I’m featuring reviews of Trial Run from three bloggers: Amy Brock McNew Tina Hunt Steve Hilton Amy Brock McNew, on her blog, Guts on the Page Trial Run is a techno-thriller, and one of the few I’ve read that truly lives up to the name. While there is a lot of technical jargon, the…
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Q&A With Thomas Locke: What is Near-Time Sci-Fi?
Q: You refer to Trial Run as “near-time sci-fi.” What does that term mean? Thomas Locke: Near-time sci-fi is a story that takes place in today’s world, but one where reality is drawn around the unseen corner. A perfect example is Jurassic Park, where dinosaur DNA is extracted from amber, inserted into frog embryos, and…
Sweepstakes Winners Announced
Congratulations to the winners in the Trial Run sweepstakes! Grand Prize Taylor Wasson, from Washington State, won an iPad mini. Taylor is a student at the University of Washington, studying marketing, international business, and French. I’ll bet the iPad mini will come in handy! First Prize Karen Hadley from Oklahoma and Heidi Dru Kortman from…
Giving Away 6 Copies of ‘Trial Run’ Today!
It’s my final book giveaway of the month! Today, six people will win a copy of Trial Run on my Facebook page. How to Enter Visit my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/tlockebooks, from 5 a.m.-8 p.m. EDT. You’ll see a “Comment to Win” graphic. Here’s the prompt: Have you ever felt so strongly about anything (or anyone)…
‘Trial Run’ Reviews from BuddyHollywood, Tosca Lee, Manhattan Book Review
New reviews of Trial Run are arriving from far and wide. Here are three I received this week: “Thomas Locke masterfully keeps the suspense level taut throughout the book. It is a rare author that can create such dramatic tension in a storyline that contains areas of technical discussion, like quantum computing, while still maintaining…
Q&A With Thomas Locke: How do you research diverse subjects?
Q: How do you go about researching/understanding such diverse subjects as prions, quantum computing, and contract law? Thomas Locke: It all started with my nephew and dear friend, Mason Matthews, to whom Trial Run is dedicated. Mason is a theoretical physicist and was doing his doctorate in quantum computing at the time. He is, needless…
Yahoo! It’s Book Giveaway Number Two!
It has been one week since Trial Run released. We’re celebrating the launch of my new “Fault Lines” techno-thriller series throughout August, with book giveaways and a sweepstakes. GIVEAWAY TOMORROW! Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 12, I’m giving away 5 copies of Trial Run on my Facebook page. Entering is easy; visit my page at https://www.facebook.com/tlockebooks from…
Jigsaw Puzzle #5 from ‘Trial Run’
It’s time for this week’s interactive jigsaw puzzle, featuring a new scene from Trial Run, my techno-thriller that released August 4. Each week’s puzzle is progressively more challenging. This puzzle has 72 pieces, but they’re in challenging shapes. Tortoise & Hare Awards Last week’s winners of the Tortoise and Hare awards are: Tortoise Award: Mike…
Jigsaw Puzzle #4 from ‘Trial Run’
Take a break this weekend and try this week’s interactive jigsaw puzzle, featuring a new scene from Trial Run, my techno-thriller that releases August 4. Each week’s puzzle is progressively more challenging. This puzzle has 78 pieces. Tortoise & Hare Awards Last week’s winners of the Tortoise and Hare awards are: Tortoise Award: Elisabeth G,…
Q&A With Thomas Locke: Do you alter details of real places to suit the story?
Q: Several settings in Trial Run (Santa Barbara, CA, the Italian/Swiss border site) depict real places. How do you select these real-life settings for your stories, and do you alter details of these places to suit your stories? Thomas Locke: When John Grisham published The Client, a number of readers wrote in to say that he…
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