Blurb:
Savannah,
Georgia antiques store owner Matt Hawkins discovers a two-hundred-year-old
journal containing a stunning accusation. The journal claims that America’s
most revered hero, George Washington, wrote a secret surrender letter to the
British during the Revolutionary War—a seditious act that would have ended America’s
fight for independence.
Meanwhile,
the present-day race for president of the United States is a dead heat. The
Republican nominee, a direct descendant of Washington’s family, has shamelessly
exploited his ties to the Founding Father—a strategy that has worked
brilliantly to eliminate a once-wide gap in the polls. As the past collides
with the present, Hawkins and lovely historian Sarah Gordon are determined to
unearth the truth about the journal’s remarkable claim. But they must avoid a
shadowy adversary who has a billion dollars riding on the election’s
outcome—and who will stop at nothing to ensure that Washington’s surrender
letter remains a secret.
Review by Rochelle Weber:
Imposters of Patriotism had a good plot and
well-drawn characters. It was engaging and kept me turning the pages, but I had
issues with the editing. The book came with the caveat that it was an Advanced
Reading Copy and had not gone through the final galley edits, but the issues I
found were things that should be addressed in the content editing rounds. I
noticed it was self-published when I went to the book’s Amazon page to get the
buy-link, so maybe Mr. Richardson is not familiar with content edits.
When
a book is released through a publisher, it goes through three types of
editing—content editing, line or copy editing, and galley edits. In content
editing, we address issues such as info drops (show; don’t tell); head-hopping
(changing point-of-view in the middle of a scene); use of passive verbs instead
of active (had been done instead of doing); general wordiness; overuse of
dialog tags and certain words and phrases such as “that,” “began to,” etc. The
second type of editing, line or copy editing, is straight spelling and grammar.
By the time a book gets to galley edits, it should be pristine and all that
should be left is the occasional typo.
Imposters of Patriotism was rife with
head-hops, it was wordy, and had some superfluous dialog tags as well as uses
of the word “that.” It could have been tightened by a good content editor.
Still, it was a good, entertaining read. I definitely recommend it.
Length:
349 Pages
Prices:
Print: $11.19
Digital: $4.99
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for visiting. Julie, Donna, & Rochelle
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