WILLIAMSBURG — U.S. Navy veterans and writing duo Brian Andrews and Jeffery Wilson are coming to the Faculty of William & Mary’s Spirit Store & Guide Retailer to advertise the newest addition to their “Sons of Valor” e book sequence on Tuesday, June 14th. The 2 writers are additionally having a e book signing in Virginia Seaside on June 15, from 6-7:30 p.m. on the Barnes & Noble positioned at 4485 Virginia Seaside Blvd.
Their new e book is entitled “Sons of Valor II: Violence of Motion.” The story facilities round Keith “Chunk” Redman, one of many characters from the creator’s unique “Tier One” e book sequence. Chunk is a Navy Seal who, alongside along with his expert crew, goes after an notorious Iraq Warfare sniper nicknamed the Lion of Ramadi.
In accordance with a launch from Black Stone Publishing, “Fearing they might have been duped into chasing the fallacious goal, Chunk and his crew embarks on a high-stakes cat-and-mouse mission the place nothing — and nobody — is what they count on. And when their enemy finds a method to strike on the coronary heart of what’s nearest and dearest to them, it’s going to check not solely their bonds but additionally the private sacrifices they’ve made to maintain America protected.”
The authors each come from a deep Navy background. Brian Andrews is a former submarine officer and holds a psychology diploma from Vanderbilt, in addition to a grasp’s in enterprise from Cornell College. Jeffery Willson, from Williamsburg, has served within the U.S. Navy for fourteen years and has made a number of deployments as a fight surgeon. He’s additionally labored as a diving teacher, jet pilot, paramedic, firefighter, and actor.
The 2 writers met at Thrillerfest, an annual convention for Thriller writers, publishers, editors, and followers of the style, about 10 years in the past. A few years after that preliminary assembly, Andrews and Wilson started to put in writing and work collectively on what would quickly turn out to be a giant hit for them, “Tier One.”
“It was his concept, full credit score the place it belongs,” mentioned Wilson in an interview with WYDaily. “He approached me, and was like, ‘You labored for the Seals, I’ve labored with subs. We’ve obtained all this wealthy expertise. We should always write collectively.’ I mentioned, ‘no’ initially. It seemed like an ideal concept on paper however how would that even work? What does that appear to be? So I mentioned I’d assist him brainstorm this factor collectively. The extra we brainstormed, the higher the story obtained.”
The duo ended up writing 5 chapters collectively after which ultimately ended up writing a whole novel collectively. Mixed they’ve written and revealed over 15 books.
“Our objective from the very starting for the sequence is in fact thrilling and business and a method to make a dwelling, but additionally that it will honor the people who we all know and love, and that it will signify them in a approach that they’re happy with and that we could possibly be proud to point out it to them,” mentioned Wilson. “The characters and the conditions are practical, the toll is practical, and it’s very character and relationship-driven. As a substitute of just a few tremendous evil genius villain who’s taken down by the superhero.”
Wilson grew up within the higher Williamsburg space and is a William & Mary alum. Each writers are excited to go to Hampton Roads to speak with followers, pals, and veterans.
“For years now we’ve been utilizing our platform to elevate up fellow veterans,” mentioned Wilson. “It’s one thing that’s big to us. We’ve been concerned with some veteran-owned companies like BoneFrog Espresso, and Tom Satterly’s group, he’s a Delta Power man who runs a charity for PTS.”
The duo additionally helps elevate cash for the SEAL Legacy Basis and plans on assembly numerous native navy models to donate deployment libraries to native SEAL groups within the space.
Extra data on the upcoming occasion will be discovered at Brian Andrews’ and Jeffery Wilson’s official web site.
