Don Bentley Book Release Event: Forgotten War

205 West 6th Street,Georgetown TX 78626

23 April, 2023

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Here at Lark & Owl Booksellers, we love our local authors. Join as we celebrate Don Bentley's newest book launch, and get your copy of Forgotten War—the newest release in the Matt Drake series. The conversation will be moderated by May Cobb, another L&O favorite local author. Tickets to the event will come with one hardback copy of Forgotten War. Extra copies as well as signed copies of May Cobb's paperback release of My Summer Darlings will be available for purchase in the store. *NOTE: If you cannot attend, but would like a copy of Don's book and/or May's book, please email: [email protected] to place your order. Our staff will record any personalization you'd like the authors to inscribe. We can also ship your books to you. **Both Forgotten War and My Summer Darlings (paperback) publish on April 25th, so don't miss your chance at exclusive early access to these titles at this April 23rd event!About Forgotten War by Don Bentley:A brotherhood born in battle is endangered by a deadly secret in the latest astonishing thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Zero Hour and Hostile Intent. As a team, Matt Drake and his partner, Frodo, have watched each other’s backs through some very dark days. But one thing they’ve never doubted was their commitment to each other…until now. Frodo has been accused of a war crime ten years after leaving Afghanistan. Matt is determined to prove his friend innocent, but what will he do when he finds that his closest friend has secrets he won’t share? “Don Bentley does it again and does it well with Forgotten War, his fourth Matt Drake novel that ripsaws between war and peace and everything in between. Bentley, an Afghanistan vet, Apache pilot, and former FBI agent brings all this to the table for a word feast that few writers can match. There’s a lot going on in this fast-paced and well-plotted tale, and the bonus is the sharply drawn characters who you may—or may not—want to meet in a bar or on the battlefield. Forgotten War is an unforgettable read.” —Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze About Don Bentley:Don Bentley is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Matt Drake thriller series including Hostile Intent, The Outside Man, and Without Sanction as well as one forthcoming title. Don also writes in the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan, Jr. universe with Zero Hour, Target Acquired, and one forthcoming title. Don spent a decade as an Army Apache helicopter pilot during which time he was stationed in South Korea, Germany, and Texas. While deployed to Afghanistan as a Troop Commander in support of Operation Enduring Freedom VI, Don was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal with “V” device for valor. Following his time in the military Don worked as an FBI Special Agent and was a member of the Dallas Office Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. After leaving the FBI, Don worked for companies that developed technology for the U.S. Special Operations Community. He holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University, and an M.F.A in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. About May Cobb:May grew up in the piney woods of East Texas where MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES and BIG WOODS are set. After college, she moved to San Francisco where she studied Victorian Literature for her Master's, and gravitated towards that era's detective novels, known as "sensation novels", such as Wilke Collins' THE WOMAN IN WHITE. May then lived in Los Angeles for a few years where she worked for filmmaker/writer Ron Shelton and his wife, the actress Lolita Davidovich. She currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and son where they enjoy traipsing around the area’s many beautiful parks. She also enjoys napping, staring into space, making to-do lists for her to-do lists, shoveling cookies down her throat when writing a particularly difficult scene (and even when she's not), wearing PJ’s as often as possible and collapsing into bed at the end of a day with a great book. She's currently finishing a book about the late, jazz great, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, a project which has been in the works for twenty years. Kirk was a human phenomenon—a multi-instrumentalist who was best known for his miraculous ability to play three saxophones simultaneously. During his brief life, he defied staggering odds—from blindness, to prejudice, to a paralyzing stroke—in order to play the music that came to him through dreams. His story is what made May want to become a writer. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Rumpus, Austin Monthly, and Texas Highways Magazine. Her proudest achievement remains clinching 1st place in the UIL competition for Personal Writing when she was in the 4th grade.