Starter Day Party Catalyst

We’re hosting a starter day party for Catalyst today! Catalyst is a World War II Spy Thriller, and it looks pretty amazing if you ask me. I’m in love with the cover, it has a very spy-thriller-like feel.

Tour Schedule

March 14^th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

March 16^th: Guest Blog Post @ Writers and Authors

March 18^th: Book Review @ The Single Librarian

March 19^th: Book Excerpt and Guest Post @ Loup d’Argent

March 21^st: Book Excerpt @ 365 Days of Reading

March 23^rd: Book Review @ Forever Book Lover

March 25^th: Author Interview @ Majanka’s Blog

March 27^th: Book Excerpt @ Regina May Ross’ Blog

March 29^th: Book Excerpt @ The Book Daily

March 30^th: Book Review @ I Heart Reading

April 1^st: Author Interview @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog

April 4^th: Book Excerpt @ Frankie Blooding’s Book Reviews

April 6^th: Book Review @ I’m an Eclectic Reader

April 8^th: Book Excerpt @ Witchy Contessa

April 10^th: Book Review @ Bookaholic Ramblings

April 12^th: Book Excerpt @ Hollow Readers

April 13^th: Author Interview @ Books and Tales

About Catalyst

Title: Catalyst

Author: Paul Byers

Genre: World War II Spy Thriller

In the waning months of World War II, the allied armies advance upon the crumbling German war machine like a juggernaut. In a final desperate bid to save the Fatherland, a plan is conceived that could turn the tide of the war-the completion of an advanced jet-propelled bomber capable of delivering a deadly payload to the shores of America.

Captain Griff Avery of the OSS has just botched the defection of a prominent German physicist, a man crucial to the Nazi end game, letting him fall into the hands of the rogue SS General masterminding the plot. But Avery’s troubles have only just begun: overwhelming evidence points to the woman he loves as the German spy who foiled the defection.

Now under suspicion himself, Avery sifts through the lies and deceit, uncovering the treacherous German operation. Against orders and on the run, Avery is forced to wage a secret war of his own, recruiting the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress and a reckless group of flyboys and their P-51 Mustangs to help him hunt down the secret SS cell and prevent the slaughter-no matter what the cost.

Author Bio

Paul grew up in Oregon on the shores of the mighty and mysterious Columbia River, and spent endless hours daydreaming on the beach in front of his house, making up stories about the ships from exotic ports all over the world that steamed up the river – what secret cargo might they be carrying; did they harbor spies who were on dark and exciting missions?

Later in adult life, he moved to another mysterious and provocative city – Las Vegas, just outside the famous Nellis Air Force base. After work he would sit on his porch and watch the fighters take off and land, igniting his imagination with visions of secret missions and rich speculation about what could possibly be hidden at Area 51.
After moving back to his native Pacific Northwest, Paul worked for the Navy and took every opportunity he could to speak with veterans from WWII to the Gulf War, listening to them swap stories and relate the experiences of a lifetime.

So it is this combination of a passionate love of history, a vivid “what if” imagination, and a philosophy of life that boils down to the belief that – there are few things in life that a bigger hammer won’t fix – that led Paul to become a writer of exciting, fact-based action-thrillers. His greatest joy is leaving his readers wondering where the facts end and the fiction begins.