With EXIT 9 Brett Battles continues the thrill ride where SICK, the first of the PROJECT EDEN thrillers, stopped. But the stakes are much higher this time. What started out with a test in SICK, in EXIT 9 it is the real deal - Project Eden is about to give humanity a reboot. Buy EXIT 9 as an ebook from Amazon today, and if you haven’t yet - do buy and read SICK first.

New York Times bestselling author Lewis Perdue has sold over 4 million books, DIE BY WIRE is the first he is publishing independently. Aside from the thrill ride this novel is not afraid to ask big questions along the way: If God is all powerful and merciful, why is evil allowed to exist? Buy DIE BY WIRE from Amazon today as ebook, or as paperback.

KD James How Did This Happen? Lunch with Imaginary Friends and other (mostly) True Stories (longest title of 2011!) is a collection of her blogs. The stick figures on the cover are based on KD’s own at times hilarious stick figure drawings, befitting her blogs. Great holiday reading, buy How Did This Happen? Lunch with Imaginary Friends and other (mostly) True Stories from Amazon today.

Totally off topic (topic being design, branding, and ebooks and so on) but very, very inspiring. Back in in the 90’s I bought Geoffery Williams’ CD The Drop. A month ago I discovered his website and that he lives around the block in South Australia - and still makes amazing music. The clip shows how he creates a song out of ‘nothing’. LOVE this guy. Please buy Geoffrey’s music directly from his website.

Second of the Jack Davis thrillers, this novel is one of my favourite reads of 2011. With The Dead Man Joel Goldman takes his protagonist to places unimaginable. Highly recommended The Dead Man is now available as ebook on Amazon.

Hetaera is Suzanne Tyrpak’s second novel set in ancient times. Like her first - Vestal Virgin, a powerful woman takes center stage. The setting is Greece, the protagonist is Hestia a slave and prostitute, sold to a prominent statesman with sadistic tendencies to become his hetaera (consort). As her wealth and fame grow, so does her despair and dreams of freedom. Hetaera, the first book in the Agathon’s Daughter trilogy, is an exciting novel and the first of what promises to be a great series. Buy the ebook Hetaera from Amazon today. The paperback will be available early 2012.

MAN OF WAX is the first book in the MAN OF WAX trilogy, by the prolific Robert Swartwood. The book trailer, elsewhere on this page, gives a pretty accurate feel for the novel. Fast, dark, raw, gritty and sometimes quite brutal it will get you hooked from the first page. Buy the ebook MAN OF WAX from Amazon today, or opt for the paperback, also available from Amazon.

The above book trailer for Robert Swartwood’s latest thriller Man Of Wax, is directed by Adam Perry (twitter: @misterperry).

Joe D’Agnese thought I might enjoy this. He was wrong - I LOVE this clip. Saul Bass is one of the greatest designers ever and will always be an inspiration to me. Thanks for sending this Joe.

EMERGENCE collects the first 5 episodes of the ICARUS HELIX series by J E Medrick. It will also mark the re-emergence of the series, after a break of a couple of months. FRIGID, the 6th episode of the series, will be published in the next couple of weeks. Which gives you ample time to buy and read this 105,140 word long and exciting collection that truly rocks. Buy EMERGENCE from Amazon today.