Saturday, October 12, 2013

Amazon Kindle Worlds: John Rain Canon

Personal Notes: As of this moment, the John Rain canon on Amazon Kindle Worlds has total 6 stories being launched including my very own Rampage in Manila. Latham Bradley released his Nuclear: A John Rain Short Story, recently. Thomas Hudson released his John Rain: Whistle Blower Assassins so as D.B. Taylor's Output Value. Mark Adam Douglass' Feeble Revenge and Daiyu Amaya's The Broken Year were among the very first ones launched a few weeks back.

The fanfiction writers are continuously growing under this canon. Wayward Pines has an edge, having 7 stories submitted as of this moment.

Vampire Diaries remains on top with 82 submissions and my idol's Hugh Howey's Silo Saga is on the second spot with 44 submissions. My Facebook friend Patrice Fitzgerald is among the Bestsellers and I'm happy for her. I appreciated her comment on my Facebook page congratulating me to be among the bestsellers in Action and Adventure category when I occupied the the 5th spot. She mentioned the word 'tremendous'. Her previous posts on Facebook, she mentioned she's finishing up her Silo fanfiction.

In the forthcoming Synopsis Lounge Personal Notes, I will make an analysis of the Amazon Kindle Worlds on how this concept thrilled the the fanfiction writers.


Synopsis Lounge presents...


John Rain: The Broken Year (Kindle Worlds Short Story)
By Daiyu Amaya

Book Description

 July 29, 2013
Sophia seems like a normal child when she meets John Rain, But Rain is about to get a terrifying ride. With the clock running down he has to save Sophia from the men who kidnapped her mother, but why does this set off all of his instincts that the picture isn't quite what it seems? As he attempts to work out what exactly is going on he must deal with Sophia and the memories she drags up from his past.




John Rain: Feeble Revenge (Kindle Worlds Short Story)
By Mark Adam Douglass



Book Description

 July 24, 2013
After Larison flee's Arcata, he discovers the incident is not over. The news spreads across the Internet, with vigilante's calling for his blood. Whilst cleaning up the mess, he needs to constantly remain aware of the men he is already on the run from.

This story is a follow up from Barry Eisler's, The Lost Coast. 




John Rain: Output Value (Kindle Worlds Short Story)
By D.B. Taylor





Book Description

 August 11, 2013
There you are, just an average working guy assassin. Then you fall in love. Then things get complicated. Now what?

When you're friends with a vampire assassin, death isn't as final as you might think. John Rain has a chance to undo what he's done to Midori's father. But every dream demands a sacrifice. What is John Rain willing to risk to have Midori in his life again?


John Rain: Rampage in Manila (Kindle Worlds Novella)
By Raf Echanova







Book Description

 September 28, 2013
When he accepted the seven figure pay out, John Rain thought that it would be an easy one. He underestimated his target's superior ability to create a rampage. A senator from the Philippines and a strong contender for the revered title of President, Rain's main target has a wide array of connections, ranging from the United States to South East Asia. Rain's failed attempt at his target's life in San Francisco, California prompts him to go to Manila to finish the job. To his great surprise, the senator's cohorts, a group known as the Seven Pimps and a handful of Russian assassins, give the US-veteran warrior-turned-hired-killer more than what he bargained for.
Rampage in Manila is one of the most challenging missions that John Rain has ever needed to deal with.


John Rain: Whistle Blower Assassins (Kindle Worlds Novella)
By Thomas Hudson





Book Description

 October 7, 2013
When is a whistle blower a traitor? When is a traitor a patriot?
When Anonymous with the help of black ops veteran Colonel Horton tracks Rain down in Tokyo, Rain cannot resist another offer: a multi-million dollar payday for the --natural causes--demise of four hardened assassins assigned to eliminate a world famous whistle blower in the heart of Moscow.
But the opposition on this job is going to be too much for even Rain to pull it off alone. He will need the help of his regulars: his partner, the former Marine sniper, Dox, also Larison from a previous op who will cover his back, as well as a long lost partner, now ready to make up for lost time.
The whistle blower is a pawn between superpowers and the epic battle between the NSA and Anonymous will play itself out from the main shopping districts of Tokyo to the glitz and glamour of modern day Moscow. These four lone wolf killers along with Anonymous will have to survive behind the iron curtain, adjust to a changing op, entanglements with FBI and seals, and prevent the national security state in silencing the whistle blower and preventing him from revealing even more secrets that affect not only each citizen from the United States but in fact every person in the whole world.



John Rain:NUCLEAR (A John Rain Short Story)
by: Latham Bradley



Book Description

 October 3, 2013
Assassin John Rain is in Washington D.C. on special assignment. This one's not about money or revenge or even pride. It's about protecting the world from a cunningly planned nuclear disaster. A Japanese scientist, Airi Saitou, is using her massive IQ to come up with scenarios to trigger a nuclear meltdown of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Her ingenious solution: Make it look like a natural disaster. Only Rain has a problem. The nation's most subtle assassin has a rule: No women. No children. No non-principals. No B-teams. He is tempted to break that rule until he discovers a piece of missing information. The scientist is being manipulated by a ruthless oil executive whose simple objective is to convince U.S. and Canadian citizens to give up nuclear power in exchange for oil. And a reactor meltdown in far off Japan might just do the trick.

Written in the style and pace of bestselling author Barry Eisler's series of John Rain thrillers, this short story is my humble attempt to participate in Eisler's imagined world.

For you John Rain buffs, this story takes place directly after the action in Eisler's "The Detachment" chapter 32 (the next to the last chapter), and before Rain's mention of the Fukushima reactor meltdown in the final page or two of the novel.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

John Rain: Rampage in Manila is on Amazon Kindle Worlds

Personal Notes:  When I decided to join writing fanfiction, I chose Barry Eisler's John Rain on Amazon Kindle Worlds. My genre is action-thriller-drama with matching erotica. But in this novella, most of the scenes were 'taken' in Manila. John Rain: Rampage in Manila is one of the most difficult missions John Rain has to deal with.

This is my very first one writing fanfiction on the Amazon Kindle Worlds under the John Rain canon. And this is actually my third novella when I decided to self-publish as an Indie author. I loved Barry Eisler's approach of John Rain not only as a hired killer, but as an assassin with a heart; and deeply carried away by the emotional impact when he visited Manny's Filipina wife and a ten year-old son after he killed the former in Hong Kong.

Rampage in Manila is all about a Filipino politician who is a contender for President. He became Rain's prime target. He was really surprised that in order to get rid of this very influential political figure, he has to deal with the Seven Pimps who are composed of dangerous young but tricky cohorts and a group of Russian assassins.

Synopsis Lounge Presents...

John Rain: Rampage in Manila
By Raf Echanova




Book Description

 September 28, 2013
When he accepted the seven figure pay out, John Rain thought that it would be an easy one. He underestimated his target's superior ability to create a rampage. A senator from the Philippines and a strong contender for the revered title of President, Rain's main target has a wide array of connections, ranging from the United States to South East Asia. Rain's failed attempt at his target's life in San Francisco, California prompts him to go to Manila to finish the job. To his great surprise, the senator's cohorts, a group known as the Seven Pimps and a handful of Russian assassins, give the US-veteran warrior-turned-hired-killer more than what he bargained for.
Rampage in Manila is one of the most challenging missions that John Rain has ever needed to deal with.