Today, I am delighted to welcome to KeithKreates one of my favourite authors and bloggers, and one of the most supportive people I know.
John W Howell is a multiple nominated and award-winning author who blogs at Fiction Favorites and is here today to introduce his latest book, The Last Drive.
Over to you, John.

I am so pleased to be with you today, Keith. You and I have been doing the Tuesday Kreative Kue prompt for many years. I have to say I enjoy doing that photo prompt because it keeps the creative part of the brain active. Also, I find it fun to just let go and try to write something that no one would expect from looking at the photo. I have never met Lucifer (at least I don’t think so) and I’ll bet if I did, he would look nothing like I imagined. In this book he looks pretty normal.
Here is the blurb and then we can get to a short excerpt from the book.
The Blurb
In the sequel to Eternal Road – The final stop, Sam and James are reunited to look for two souls, Ryan and Eddie. Ryan was killed in Afghanistan, trying to avoid a schoolyard with his crippled plane. Eddie Rickenbacker, Ryan’s hero, is to guide Ryan to his Eternal Home, and now both are missing.
The higher-ups believe that there has been some interference in Ryan and Eddie’s journey by Lucifer, so Sam and James have the task of finding Ryan and Eddie to get them back on the road despite the evil interference. Unfortunately, the machinations designed to prevent Ryan and Eddy from completing their journey takes the pair to horrifying testing grounds. The places visited represent the best work of the Devil. They are the trenches of World War I in France, gladiators at the Roman Coliseum, the sinking Titanic in 1912, Hiroshima 45 minutes before the bomb, and the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943.
This book is for you if you like plenty of action, strong characters, time travel, and a touch of spiritual and historical fiction. So, join Sam and James as they try to find the missing souls while staying one step ahead of the Prince of Darkness, who is determined to destroy all that is good.

An Excerpt
James takes off his helmet and stares at it. “Oh my gosh. You’re so right. Look, I even have a rifle. What the heck are we doing out here? We should be in one of those trenches. That damn Lucifer has done it again.”
Sam whispers, “Yeah, I agree. But tell me this …?”
“What?”
Sam points. “Which trench? They both look the same. There’s no flag or anything.”
James stares in each direction. “We need to take time to look more carefully.” James glances at Sam. “Oh, you have a Red Cross armband. I’ll bet you’re a nurse or something. If we pick the wrong trench, at least—maybe—we can call on the convention of war that frowns on killing people wearing a red cross.”
“We’d better decide soon. The sun will be up, and with the light, someone will start shooting. We should go a couple of minutes ahead and disappear.”
James nods and reaches for Sam. They each close their eyes. He thinks them 60 seconds forward and opens his eyes. “I don’t think it worked.”
“Why not?”
“I didn’t feel any movement. Because Lucifer sent us here, our normal methods of protection don’t work.” James puts out his hand. “Okay, time for an executive decision. I see the sun coming up to our right. That means the west is to our left.”
Sam looks into the sun and shields her eyes. “Okay, but how does that help?”
“Ever hear of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front?’”
“Yeah, sure. It’s a book.”
“And a movie.”
“Please get to the point.”
James sighs. “The Western Front was called that because the allies were to the west and the Germans to the east. I’m betting the allied trench is to our left.”
Sam raises out of her crouch. “That makes sense. Let’s go.”
Sam and James stay low and move as best they can to the trench they chose. About a hundred yards away, someone challenges them. Relief hits James when the challenge comes in English. “We got separated from our company,” James calls out. “The Germans captured us, and we escaped.”
A Link to the Trailer
You Tube https://youtu.be/HEUninXiibI
Buy Links
The Last Drive is available in paper and Kindle editions on Amazon. Here are the universal links. The Kindle edition is on sale for 99¢ through mid-February.
Kindle https://mybook.to/FYmkKr
Paper https://mybook.to/BCsWV
Author Bio
John is an award-winning author who after an extensive business career began writing full time in 2012. His specialty is thriller fiction novels, but John also writes poetry and short stories. He has written Six other books that are on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.
John lives in Lakeway, Texas with his wife and their spoiled rescue pets.
Author links
Blog Fiction Favorites, http://johnwhowell.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/john.howell.98229241
Twitter –https://www.twitter.com/HowellWave
Goodreads –https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7751796.John_W_Howell
Amazon Author’s page –https://www.amazon.com/author/johnwhowell
BookBub – https://www.bookbub.com/profile/john-w-howell
Eternal Road Buy links
Kindle Universal link mybook.to/EternalRoad
Paper universal link mybook.to/Eternalroadpaper