David Eugene Knop's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T07:44:27ZDavid Eugene Knophttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DavidEugeneKnophttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60997565?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=17srscdouzl9b&xn_auth=noMining Sacred Ground wins Bronze Medal at MWSAtag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-12-28:537324:BlogPost:3628842012-12-28T01:24:18.000ZDavid Eugene Knophttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DavidEugeneKnop
<p>Military Writers Society of America review:</p>
<p>Peter Romero--a Marine veteran, former military policeman, and disgraced tribal policeman for the Cochiti pueblo--is an unlikely and reluctant hero in this murder mystery set in the world of the Arizona desert. When Romero's cousin is murdered, no one seems interested in pursuing justice except Romero and an odd old Apache, Tag Taza. Bad things keep coming from all sides: meth-dealing biker gangs, assaults, arrests by the local police, a…</p>
<p>Military Writers Society of America review:</p>
<p>Peter Romero--a Marine veteran, former military policeman, and disgraced tribal policeman for the Cochiti pueblo--is an unlikely and reluctant hero in this murder mystery set in the world of the Arizona desert. When Romero's cousin is murdered, no one seems interested in pursuing justice except Romero and an odd old Apache, Tag Taza. Bad things keep coming from all sides: meth-dealing biker gangs, assaults, arrests by the local police, a sniper, pot thieves, and a disgruntled wife. At one point, Taza says "I look for trouble and there you are."</p>
<p>Like in Tony Hillerman's novels set on the Navaho reservation, the reader is immersed in the way of life and belief systems of the pueblos and the Apache. Soon Romero's present day becomes populated by sightings of Coyote, the trickster, as well as visions of his dead cousin and other ghosts. Rather than leading our protagonist safely through trouble, these send him into more danger and disconnect him further from anything normal until the reader wonders if modern day troubles can be confronted and defeated using spirits of the past or will the mortal clay of Peter Romero be destroyed.</p>
<p>David E. Knop has written a fast-paced, gritty novel of a spirit warrior's journey to find a killer so his cousin's ghost can finally rest on sacred ground.</p>New Review on Amazon.comtag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-09-26:537324:BlogPost:3562532012-09-26T16:12:44.000ZDavid Eugene Knophttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DavidEugeneKnop
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<div class="tiny"><b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>Mining Sacred Ground (Kindle Edition)</b></div>
<p><span>I'll start by praising the writing style. I'm a stickler for economy of words and word choice, and the author nails it. Mining Sacred Ground is a masterful display of imagery wrapped tightly around action verbs. This creates the desired effect of rapid pace and vitality of narrative.</span><br/><br/><span>The main character is an alcoholic, hallucinating, ex-cop thrown out of his own tribe for questionable reasons. When he's faced with solving multiple crimes connected by violent, gun-slinging thugs on both sides of the law, you know he's finding his way into trouble. And it's a great story, tight and consistent, free of irrelevant tangents or contradictions.</span><br/><br/><span>Having grown up in Scottsdale, Arizona, I know the setting, and the author brought me home with the authority of his descriptions. Having suffered bruised ribs, the author also brought me home to the brutality his main character suffered while fighting his way through long odds and self-doubt to drive this story home to a satisfying conclusion.</span><br/><br/><span>Some of the spiritual/hallucination scenes warp reality, but the writing is so vibrant and tight that any ambiguity in the shifts between reality and the main character's altered perception is excusable.</span><br/><br/><span>Mining Sacred Ground earned praise from the Military Writers Society of America for good reason. It's a gem worth reading.</span></p>New Reviewstag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-11-04:537324:BlogPost:3212622011-11-04T19:22:23.000ZDavid Eugene Knophttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DavidEugeneKnop
Check out the new reviews for Mining Sacred Ground at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mining-Sacred-Ground-ebook/dp/B004YZB9JI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320433600&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Mining-Sacred-Ground-ebook/dp/B004YZB9JI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320433600&sr=8-1</a>
Check out the new reviews for Mining Sacred Ground at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mining-Sacred-Ground-ebook/dp/B004YZB9JI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320433600&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Mining-Sacred-Ground-ebook/dp/B004YZB9JI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320433600&sr=8-1</a>