William C. Dietz is famous for his science fiction, and E-Reads publishes a great deal of it. But with Snake Eye, Dietz plants his banner in a new genre, action adventure thriller, and Barnes & Noble’s Paul Goat Allen says “It instantly puts Dietz in league with elite suspense novelists like Ludlum, Follett, and Forsyth.”

FBI Special Agent Christina Rossi had it all—for a while: a loving family, a career on an upward track, the works. Then a takedown of some eco-terrorists turned unexpectedly bloody, questions were asked and Rossi’s career hit the rocks. Now she doggedly pursues a slave labor case that might involve a Chinese mob.

Things become almost too good to be true after Jack Dexter, handsome, smart and well-off, brings hope and romance into her life – and connects her to some information on the dead-end case she won’t give up.

But when a pervert’s murder reveals Dexter’s dark secrets, her case swells into an uncontrollable monster. And – her daughter’s life hangs in the balance.

Snake Eyes is available from E-Reads in e-book format.

“A no-holds-barred novel. It instantly puts Dietz in league with elite suspense novelists like Ludlum, Follett, and Forsyth.”
–Paul Goat Allen, Editor, barnesandnoble.com

William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels, some of which have been reissued by E-Reads. Recently he was invited by the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) Bulletin to write a bi-monthly column called “Words for Hire,” exploring the world of media tie-ins and novelizations. The articles demystify a fascinating genre and we’re delighted to reprint them as a regular feature in these pages.
RC
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William C. Dietz introduces his third column:

My last two columns were focused on the ultimate source of most tie-in work: the film, television and gaming industries which typically create and produce the properties that novelizations and tie-ins are based on. Now it’s time to consider the publishers who purchase the rights and produce the actual books.
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William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels, some of which have been reissued by E-Reads. Recently he was invited by the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) Bulletin to write a bi-monthly column called “Words for Hire,” exploring the world of media tie-ins and novelizations. The articles demystify a fascinating genre and we’re delighted to reprint them as a regular feature in these pages.
RC
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William C. Dietz introduces his second column:

Traditionally most tie-in novels have been based on movies and television programs. A quick check of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) website provides dozens of examples including Maverick, Murder She Wrote, James Bond, Batman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, STAR WARS, Diagnosis Murder, Highlander and many more. But how do these deals get done? Who initiates them? And how are writers chosen?

In order to answer those questions and more I interviewed two experts and asked them a set of identical questions.

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William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels, some of which have been reissued by E-Reads. Recently he was invited by the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) Bulletin to write a bi-monthly column called “Words for Hire,” exploring the world of media tie-ins and novelizations. The articles demystify a fascinating genre and we’re delighted to reprint them as a regular feature in these pages.
RC
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William C. Dietz introduces his first column:

Over the course of these columns I plan to drill down on the business end of work-for-hire by examining the way gaming companies view tie-in novels, the way TV/Film companies approach them, and the important role publishers and agents play in the process. That includes why companies commission tie-ins, what they look for in writers, and how the selection process works.

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E-Reads’ rerelease of Bodyguard, William C. Dietz’s science fiction thriller, is now available in paperback as well as e-book download. Just to refresh your memory…

Max Maxon is an ex-marine who makes his living with a gun. Sasha Casad is a rich teenager trying to catch the next spaceship home. Max’s job is to get her there alive. Somebody’s trying to stop them – somebody with plenty of money and firepower. That doesn’t bother Max. A contract is a contract. Against all odds, he’s going to fulfill this one.

And then he’s going to make somebody pay.

Check it out along with nine other great reissues by this master storyteller.

- RC

William C. Dietz’s Drifter trilogy is now available for download, and it’s chock-full of vintage Dietzian nonstop action and – well, nonstop women.

Smuggler Pik Lando suffers from a Robin Hood complex, and a good thing it is, because onlyhe and his ship The Tinker’s Damn stand between a lot of good people and a ruthless syndicate that will stop at nothing to exploit a planet’s precious resources.

E-Reads is happy to offer, for the first time online, Drifter, Drifter’s Run and Drifter’s War.

And if you’ve missed out on any of Dietz’s adventures, check out our full selection.

- RC

Sam McCade, William C. Dietz’s asskicking military science fiction hero, is reporting for action in E-Reads’ release of the four classic titles chronicling one man’s war to prevent the imminent destruction of the Terran Empire. Read Dietz’s special introduction to the series in the first novel, Galactic Bounty, then consume the sequels as fast as you can: Imperial Bounty, Alien Bounty and McCade’s Bounty.

And here’s a bonus: we’ve also brought back Dietz’s tense space thriller, Bodyguard Ride shotgun with Max Maxon on a hairraising trip to get a teenage girl safely back to Earth. Hang on tight: it will not be an uneventful voyage.

Look in this space for news of a paperback edition of Bodyguard coming your way soon.

- RC

Space wars are the foundation stones of science fiction, but contemporary media have given them some stiff competition through movies, television, and, especially, video games. Why would anyone want to read about a gunner on a space cruiser when he can be the gunner of a space cruiser? The kick of gaming is intoxicating, and any science fiction writer who’s able to hold onto readers in the teeth of that kind of competition must have very special narrative powers. Enter William C. Dietz, whose novels blaze with colorful characters, evil aliens, and nonstop action.

E-Reads has published two of Dietz’s early novels, Freehold and Prison Planet, and we’re happy to tell you that more are on the way. Look for Bodyguard, Mars Prime, Matrix Man, Steelheart and Where the Ships Die in the coming months.

Meanwhile, we’d like to treat you to the first chapter of his just-published Berkley “Legion of the Damned” novel When All Seems Lost about which Publishers Weekly says, “This adrenaline-fueled Clancyesque adventure is Dietz in top form.”

- Richard Curtis