So in effort to keep my blog from getting hacked [ :: ERROR :: FOOLISH COG, THERE IS NO SAFETY, IT IS AN ILLUSION: http://JCHutchins.net #7thSon ] by the same guy that has hacked my Twitter and my Facebook I’m going to try and help him get the word out about JC Hutchin’s book, 7th Son (order it here).

I’ve talked about it before. It’s a really, REALLY intense bit of science fiction wrapped in a gripping thriller and topped off with just a soupçon of horror. As I’ve also said it’s truly amazing that he’s giving the whole thing away for free, not just as a podcast, but also as a Google Book and in PDF Form. All of this with his publisher’s blessing.

This is some pretty ground breaking stuff in my opinion and deserves to be supported. There’s really no excuse for you not to give at least the first few chapters a spin, even if you don’t like reading long stretches of fiction on the screen I think you can stomach that much. That should let you know whether it’s worth your ducats or not. I think it is. I’ll be getting it as soon as my assets are liquid.

The gist of it, in case you’re still leery of reading the FREE things I’ve linked to is as follows:

The president of the United States is dead. He was murdered in the morning sunlight by a four-year-old boy…

So begins 7th Son: Descent, the technothriller novel by J.C. Hutchins. Originally released as a free audiobook podcast, Descent will be in bookstores in late October. 7th Son has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time.com, Wired.com UK, and on the cover of Blogger & Podcaster magazine.

As America reels from the bizarre presidential assassination committed by a child, seven men are abducted from their normal lives and delivered to a secret government facility. Each man has his own career, his own specialty. All are identical in appearance. The seven strangers were not born, but grown — unwitting human clones — as part of a project called 7th Son.

The government now wants something from these “John Michael Smiths.” They share the flesh as well as the implanted memories of the psychopath responsible for the president’s murder. The killer has bigger plans, and only these seven have the unique qualifications to track and stop him. But when their progenitor makes the battle personal, it becomes clear John Alpha may know the seven better than they know themselves…

Check it out!