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November 22, 2020

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Amynta of Anatolia Release Completes Bestselling Wade of Aquitaine Trilogy

In this breathtaking continuation of a classic bestselling series, Twenty-first century car insurance salesman Wade Linwood just wants to live an ordinary life, yet he can’t go a day without smelling colors, tasting numbers, or seeing objects materialize in thin air before his eyes. When an acupuncturist’s needle goes deep, his synesthesia opens an unused portal in his brain, bending space and time. Wade ends up in ninth century Europe, where a Germanic people named the Longobards have been persuaded to bring down the Holy Roman Empire, threatening the existence of history as Wade knows it. Wade finds he’s been drawn to the Dark Ages by fellow synesthete Kreindia of Amorium. Their perilous battle of political wit, military strength, and personal resilience will test the mettle of both his synesthesia and the universe’s ability to preserve all that remains of every time-and-space reality.

Wade of Aquitaine, with its themes of synesthesia and heroes with physical and learning disabilities, received national attention as one of the first Amazon Kindle bestsellers for Young Adult readers, occupying the #1, 2, and 3 positions in its subcategories on the Kindle books bestseller list for 22 weeks.

Author Ben Parris was uncertain that he would write any sequels to Wade of Aquitaine until he saw the constant stream of feedback from fans. “This idea with the synesthete heroes started for me a decade and a half ago as a NaNoWri Mo [National November Writing Month] project that I shared with my fans and turned into a whole new subcategory of fiction. But the feedback that really charged me up was from the fans who complained of reading it a dozen times while waiting for the next book,” says Parris.

Wade of Aquitaine is the self-titled book one of the Wade of Aquitaine Trilogy. The first book was re-released in conjunction with the long-awaited book two, Kreindia of Amorium, and completed with book three, Amynta of Anatolia. The new books include new cover art by Roy Mauritsen, maps, a detailed index of characters, places, and terminology, and scenes deleted from the first edition. Parris thinks of the rerelease of Wade of Aquitaine and its sequels as “the literary equivalent of a film director’s cut.”

Amynta of Anatolia will join Wade of Aquitaine and Kreindia of Amorium in paperback and ebook formats on Amazon starting December 2020.

BEN PARRIS of Hicksville, New York, is the proud creator of the world’s first synesthete hero in Wade of Aquitaine, and of the updated Bradbury-esque novel Mars Armor Forged. Parris is also editor of Drastic Measures, Volume I, and Wash the Spider Out: Drastic Measures Volume II– anthologies of short fiction exploring where the human mind goes when it’s cornered.

ROY MAURITSEN, whose graphic design career spans over twenty years, is an award-winning digital fantasy artist, most noted for his Chesspieces art series. Mr. Mauritsen also serves as Art Director for two independent publishers and as a book cover designer with over 100 book covers published so far.

BLUEBERRY LANE BOOKS was established in 2007 as the first Kindle-ready independent press producing novels and short story collections in print and electronic platforms.

Praise for the Wade of Aquitaine Series:

“Many would be lucky to write a whole series marked by the wit and gift for swashbuckling action and romance that Parris builds into his debut. A sharply intelligent and energetic historical fantasy.” ~KIRKUS REVIEWS

“I found Wade of Aquitaine to be a fast moving adventure love story that I guarantee will arrest your interest to its very last page and indeed the final paragraph.” –The Amazing Kreskin

“Wade of Aquitaine is wonderfully well-written and exciting, an interesting and insightful volume that makes you say to yourself we’ve got a smart guy writing this. Ben Parris understands the challenge that a writer has, to write sentences that nobody ever wrote before.” ~George Clayton Johnson (Oceans Eleven, Twilight Zone Movie, Logan’s Run)

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Former Tax Investigator Renders Realistic Portrayal of the IRS in the Novel Creds: The I.R.S. Adventure

NEW YORK, December 15, 2015

Given the current speculation about doing away with the IRS, the novel, “Creds: The I.R.S. Adventure,” (Blueberry Lane Books) based on a true story by former U.S. Treasury Department investigator Ben Parris, could not be more timely.

The product of a long and winding career in law enforcement’s arcane forensic accounting, the novel tells the tale of field agent Danny “Creds” Shapiro, an intelligent and honest man working his way through the ranks of the IRS who, in fighting for his dream job and his dream girl, instead finds himself caught in the crossfire of political scandal, office intrigue, and revenge-seeking criminals.

“Working at the U.S. Treasury Department and trying to do the right thing could be dangerous,” Ben Parris said.

Creds is the fourth full-length novel for Ben Parris, lining up a mix of humor, romance, mystery, and intrigue. Author Ken Altabef raves, “It’s [Parris’] best work to date. It’s part memoir, part caricature, part action, and a whole lotta funny.”

The complete version of Creds: The I.R.S. Adventure will be available on Amazon Kindle and paperback by Christmas 2015.

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Praise for Ben Parris:

“Ben Parris understands the challenge that a writer has, to write sentences that nobody ever wrote before.”

~GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON (New York Times bestselling author of Ocean’s Eleven)

“The plot of Creds is sexy like JLo’s buns.”

~JODEE BLANCO (New York Times bestselling author of Please Stop Laughing at Me)

About Blueberry Lane Books: Blueberry Lane Books was established in 2007 as the first Amazon-age independent press producing novels and short story collections in print and electronic platforms.

Author Ben Parris is available for interviews.