Arlington Marathon Champion Jay Jacob Wind Publishes "The Man Who Stole the Sun," First Marathon Terror Fiction Novel since Boston Marathon Bombing Five Years Ago

WASHINGTON and ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington marathon champion Jay Jacob Wind has published his first novel, a techno-thriller entitled The Man Who Stole the Sun, available now on Amazon Kindle and hand-printed by mail-order. "It is the first marathon terror fiction novel, based on the Marine Corps Marathon though Washington, DC, since the very real Boston Marathon bombing nearly five years ago, in April, 2013," Wind said.

The e-book is available on Amazon Kindle for $4.99 via  www.amazon.com/dp/B0789VMT9D.  The autographed hand-printed paperback sells for $10.00 plus $4.00 postage via the author's web page www.arlingtonsunrise.com.

Set in Arlington and written in the style of the TV show "24," the suspense story describes the first threatened terrorism attack on a major marathon since the Boston Marathon bombing, the heroes who thwart it, and its effect on them.  "It's a case of life imitating art," said Wind.  "The story is scary because not only could something like this happen, it actually did, in an entirely different way.  It's the myths of Prometheus or Icarus, all over again in a new world."

The Man Who Stole the Sun introduces three Arlington runners planning to run Marine Corps Marathon the next day.  One, running his 21st Marine Corps Marathon, is a genius inventor, visually-impaired, and obsessed by his desire to see the Sun with his own eyes.  He gets a fusion reactor up-and-running the day before the marathon, in a building one mile from the start/finish of the marathon and a mile from the Pentagon, with potentially deadly consequences.  The other two are a heroic Arlington County police officer, long ago disabled in action, and his 14-year-old daughter.

 "The story takes twists and turns. You have to follow the clues," said Wind.  "Anton Chekhov said, 'If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off.'  Follow everything in the first half of the story, from 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM on the Saturday before Marine Corps Marathon, then try to anticipate the fast-moving action in the second half, from 6:00 PM that Saturday to 8:00 AM on the Sunday of the race.  This is the first fiction book to involve Marine Corps Marathon."

"In this story, you witness the redemptive power of love and of running and what it takes to train for and run Marine Corps Marathon," Wind said.  "You learn about Pedego electric bicycles, self-driving cars, quantum mechanics, astrophysics, the elusive 'Theory of Everything,' Internet history, the science behind Internet of Things, some Russian language, championship chess, and how three very different families show their love in different ways."

"The book is a deep psychological study into a protagonist (obsessive-compulsive), his coping wife, an adult hero (clinically depressed), a young heroine (over-the-top smart who loves her dad despite his flaws, a reporter who finds love in an unexpected place, a brilliant engineer (socially-awkward), and three villainous brothers who think their love for their father justifies radical action," said Wind.  "In addition to science fiction, it's a character study.  It is about the people. The thrill ride and story take over."

In honor of the fictional visually-impaired protagonist, one dollar of every sale goes to Old Dominion Eye Foundation (www.odef.org).

For more information, please contact the author (703-927-4833, [email protected]) or visit www.arlingtonsunrise.com

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SOURCE Robert Weiner Associates and Jay Jacob Wind