Monday, February 9, 2015

Blog Tour: The Last Witness by Jerry Amernic (Spotlight)


The Last Witness by Jerry Amernic
Print Length: 336 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0990421651
Publisher: Story Merchant Books (October 29, 2014)
Genre: Historical Thriller
Language: English
Format: Paperback and Kindle Editions

About the book:

The year is 2039, and Jack Fisher is the last living survivor of the Holocaust. Set in a world that is abysmally ignorant and complacent about events of the last century, Jack is a 100-year-old man whose worst memories took place before he was 5. His story hearkens back to the Jewish ghetto of his birth and to Auschwitz where, as a little boy, he had to fend for himself to survive after losing all his family. Jack becomes the central figure in a missing-person investigation when his granddaughter suddenly disappears. While assisting police, he finds himself in danger and must reach into the darkest corners of his memory to come out alive.

Note from the Author:

My research included spending time with real-life, former child survivors. To illustrate the point of this novel, we produced a video and went around asking university students in Toronto where I live what they know about the Holocaust and World War II. The level of ignorance out there is incredible. Have a look.

http://youtu.be/CRC_T07dwZo

The Last Witness on Amazon: http://amzn.to/14jlgXQ

Author Bio:


Jerry Amernic is a Toronto writer who has been a newspaper reporter and correspondent, newspaper columnist, feature contributor for magazines, and media consultant. He has taught writing and journalism at college, and is the author of several books.

His first book was Victims: The Orphans of Justice, a true story about a former police officer whose daughter was murdered. The man became a leading advocate for victims of crime. Jerry later wrote a column on the criminal justice system for The Toronto Sun, and has since been a contributor to many other newspapers. In 2007 he co-authored Duty – The Life of a Cop with Julian Fantino, the highest-profile police officer Canada has ever produced and currently a member of the country’s federal Cabinet.

Jerry’s first novel Gift of the Bambino (St. Martin’s Press, 2004) was widely praised by the likes of The Wall Street Journal in the U.S., and The Globe and Mail in Canada. His latest novel is the historical thriller The Last Witness, which is set in the year 2039 and is about the last living survivor of the Holocaust. The biblical-historical thriller Qumran will be released next. It’s about an archeologist who makes a dramatic discovery in the Holy Land.

Jerry’s Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1DuRSdn
Jerry’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterJerryA
Jerry’s Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1312217.Jerry_Amernic


3 comments:

  1. This sounds very interesting. While books set in the future don't usually interest me the connection to the past makes this intriguing. Thanks for sharing this Yvonne! I'll have to look for it!

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  2. This book does sound fascinating. Wonderful presentation, Yvonne!

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  3. Many thanks for hosting this. Much appreciated!

    Jerry Amernic
    Author, The Last Witness

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