The Master Planets — Past and Present Collide in a Wrenching Story of Revenge and Broken Dreams by Donald Gallinger from Kunati Bookshttp://www.kunati.com/the-master-planets/The Master Planets — Past and Present Collide in a Wrenching Story of Revenge and Broken Dreams by Donald Gallinger from Kunati Booksen-US2009-07-05T20:21:11ZSquarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)A "bravura treatment" book trailer for The Master Planetshttp://www.kunati.com/the-master-planets/2008/9/13/a-bravura-treatment-book-trailer-for-the-master-planets.htmlEditor2008-09-13T21:41:17Z

]]>Booklist Review: "An unusal plot given bravura treatment"http://www.kunati.com/the-master-planets/2008/9/13/booklist-review-an-unusal-plot-given-bravura-treatment.htmlEditor2008-09-13T21:38:49ZIn a sleek, absorbing narrative, Gallinger easily moves between two seemingly disparate worlds. Peter Jameson is on the brink of true success with his talented rock band, about to move to headliner status, when his mother commits suicide. There is also evidence that she murdered an elderly man from Ohio, rumored to be a former Nazi commander. Devastated by his mother’s death, Peter lets his bandmates drift away and becomes obsessed with finding out more about his secretive mother’s background. What he learns about her existence during World War II goes a long way toward explaining her mysterious behavior, including her remoteness, her facility with weapons, and her depression. Gallinger essentially gives readers two exciting story lines here, one following Peter’s exhilarating rise to the top of the charts and one following his mother’s daring wartime exploits. He has a real feel for describing the creative process and the enthusiastic give-and-take of rock concerts, and yet he can also render the unspeakable brutality of the Nazis with chilling realism. An unusual plot given bravura treatment.
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The Master Planets

Past and present collide in a wrenching story of revenge and broken dreams.

Donald Gallinger

Trade Paper 6x9” | Pages 336 | Fiction US$ 14.95 / CDN$ 15.95 | ISBN 9781601641595

Spanning five decades, The Master Planets explores a once idolized rock star’s struggle with a legacy of evil. Peter’s dream of a career as a superstar crashes when he finds his mother’s body floating in the ocean near their New Jersey home, an apparent suicide. Peter learns the truth about his mother’s ruthless past with the Polish partisans who fought the Nazis, a truth that unravels his life. The Master Planets is at once an action-based story and a meditation on the ultimate costs of violence and revenge.

About the Author — Donald Gallinger

Donald Gallinger holds a BA and MA in English from Connecticut College and Rowan University respectively, and a Doctorate in Education from Rutgers University. Actor Miles Chapin optioned Donald’s novel, Ain’t No Sin to Rock and Roll, for film. The Master Planets is his third novel.

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