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A disabled military veteran I have traveled the world, and continue to do so (though on a much more restricted basis), and have done a hundred di$erent jobs, from librarian to bouncer, from sailor to the vice president of a real estate company. I currently broil... I mean live... in Austin, Texas, with my one and a half cats, and my beauti-ful wife Kimberly. When I was a child in Hawaii, I cursed myself with an ancient Chinese curse without realizing it, I said, “I don’t care what happens in my life, so long as I am never bored,” the original curse is, “May you live in interesting times.” I have always been a writer, it was not a choice so much as a necessity, even as a trucker I would stop randomly on the side of the road to jot down idea’s, but I was able to "nish my "rst novel when I left the work force to care for my mother, who "nally escaped her pain recently

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rst set eyes on her. A wanderer searching for the ever-illusive soul mate, Ray has never stayed in one place too long. Raised by self-centered, high-power execu-tives, he’s longed for the idyllic life of residing in a cozy house in a small town with the love of his life. Will he gain the heart of the lovely widow or will he lose her to the wine

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“Damon Ferrell Marbut is an important new voice.”

In the !rst few years of the new millennium, young newspaper journalist Pete Rattigan !nds himself already at an impasse. He works, but is otherwise a loner. Formerly of great vision and promise in college, during the Internet boom he has seemingly sacri!ced his creative goals pursuing the “real world” in which he cannot seem to comfortably !t himself.

Amber Knox, one of Rattigan’s faithful friends, decides to extract him from his isolation and intro-duces him on a whim to Brody LaCoste, a young writer who believes in the power of chasing passion and tirelessly works to encourage the same in others. "e collision of these three post-graduates sparks a philosophical journey that ultimately pro-pels them into the crucial energy of dreaming they might have overlooked on their own.

Well-received by a diverse audience, Awake in the Mad World is a novel of creative passion and ambi-tion, loss, the youthful American heart, and the natural fear that accompanies living life based solely on what inspires, all resulting in a conclusion leaving readers stunned and out of breath.

Chris Algernon at Indie Bookspot writes: “("e author) has created some remarkable characters here, and he manages to hold together a powerful narrative that - in lesser hands - would have fallen #at. I kept waiting for the narrative to slip a little, but it didn't. "is was a genuinely moving book, from !rst page to last.”

“Marbut's novel is a beautiful, thoughtful read.”

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“I think this book is the best book I have read in a long time. I started reading this book Sunday morning and you start reading it, you can't put it down. It's so interesting. I was rooting for Preston and Carrie to get together a!had to tell her that her little girl had died. It's a very good book and I would recommend it to everyone.”

“It was a great fast moving story. I enjoyed the detailed descriptions of the landscape, and the quilting references. It was a fantastic read and I highly recommend it! I'm anxiously awaiting the sequel. ”

“I think this book is the best book I have read in a long time. I started reading this book Sunday morn-ing and !nished it that evening. It's a book that once you start reading it, you can't put it down. It's so inter-esting. I was rooting for Preston and Carrie to get to-gether a"er her husband died. I even cried when he had to tell her that her little girl had died. It's a very good book and I would recommend it to everyone.”

—#Virgina Ramsey, Goodreads

“It le" me wanting more! I am very excited for a sequel that puts more detail into the lives of these great characters!”

—#Scrapmanner, Amazon

“It was a great fast moving story. I enjoyed the detailed descriptions of the landscape, and the quilting references. It was a fantastic read and I highly recommend it! I'm anxiously awaiting the sequel. ”

—#Da!odil, Amazon

About the Author

Sharlene Nusser lives in southwest Colorado with her husband and two children. Sharlene started writing at an early age and writing has always been a passion of hers. When she isn't writing, she keeps busy with her children, quilting, supporting our country's troops and building miniature doll houses. She is currently working on a sequel to Burn Valley Ven-geance.

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