TITLE OF YOUR BOOK: OF ASHES AND DUST, Finalist for the 2023 Chanticleer International Book Award (CIBA) for Global Thrillers
AUTHOR OF BOOK: Ron Roman
AUTHOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS: ron_g_roman@hotmail.com
AUTHOR'S FAVORITE LINKS: www.writerronroman.com
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REVIEWER: Meryl Danziger
REVIEWER’S BYLINE: Meryl Danziger author of Sing It! A Biography of Pete Singer (2016 Seven Stories Press). Cf. Her website: www.meryldanziger
REVIEW:
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2024
"This story, with its many moving parts, has an expertly-constructed arc that draws you in, holds you there and makes it easy to keep track of what’s what and who’s who. A gifted writer, the author uses his mastery of the language to make it seem as though he’s just chatting with the reader. I found myself quite liking the crusty, vulnerable, self-effacing protagonist. The author's hilarious, painfully accurate portrayal of stodgy college professors is just one of the many quirky side paths that keep this book highly entertaining."
MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER:
Meryl Danziger, AKA “The Music Genie,” is the Founder and Director of Music House. A published author, Meryl’s book Sing It! A Biography of Pete Seeger (Seven Stories Press, 2016) is the first biography of Pete Seeger for young readers. Meryl’s career has reached into every corner of music from performance to education to writing. A published songwriter, her original songs, stories and plays are regularly performed by children of all ages, and her articles on education and music education have appeared in NEA Today as well as in Homeschooling journals nationwide.
Her book, Music House: Liberating the Music Lesson, will be available shortly.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK BEING REVIEWED:
Ron Roman retired as Associate Professor from the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC-Asia) in 2020. He has written extensive travel, academic, and political articles for regional, national, and international publications. He studied writing (both fiction and creative) for his third graduate degree (Humanities) from Wesleyan University/Connecticut. Currently he resides in South Korea with his wife where he works on US military installations assisting US military retirees and dependents. He continues to write and has acted in numerous Korean TV dramas and motion pictures like Operation Chromite portraying Admiral Forrest Sherman opposite Liam Neeson as General Douglas MacArthur. His alternate-history apocalyptic doomsday thriller Of Ashes and Dust was a November 2022 release by Histria Books.
