Downloads Hit Over 6,500 In 24 Hours For Controversial New Novel By Military Intelligence Veteran
US military intelligence veteran Alan Thorne's controversial novel, The Tiger's Tail, reached 6,584 downloads in 24 hours during the novel's first free promotion, catapulting it to #2 in the free Suspense/ Thriller category, and #14 in general fiction.
ST PAUL, Minn., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- US military intelligence veteran Alan Thorne's controversial novel, The Tiger's Tail, which depicts a real-world natural disaster scenario set in motion by terrorists, reached 6,584 downloads in 24 hours during the novel's first free promotion, catapulting it to #2 in the free Suspense/ Thriller category, and #14 in general fiction.
"As a first-time author, I was hoping to get 50, maybe 100 downloads during the promotion," commented Thorne. "But to get over 6,500 in 24 hours was mind-blowing! I know several reviewers on Amazon had made comments regarding whether the topic of this novel should have been explored through the scenario of a terror attack, but I think most will find it's no different than what Tom Clancy, Nelson DeMille and others have done – just on a bigger scale, perhaps."
The controversy is rooted in the plausibility of the event that takes place in the novel actually occurring at the hands of terrorists.
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