Texas Tropics – a novel

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Mark C. Rathbun | 19 Comments

I just self-published my first novel. It is a genre blender: a mystery adventure with a lot of mysticism, philosophy, religion and history mixed in. It can be obtained through Amazon books at the following link: Texas Tropics. I am focusing on such writing these days and have created another site for those interested in that endeavor (as opposed to subject matter normally expected on this site), markcrathbun.wordpress.com.

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19 responses to “Texas Tropics – a novel”

tone40 | December 10, 2015 at 3:26 pm |

Just ordered it. Congratulations.
The Oracle | December 10, 2015 at 4:40 pm |

Oh Boy! A whole new party!!!! YEAH!! Just ordered the book, can’t wait to read it!
Gerhard Waterkamp | December 10, 2015 at 7:22 pm |

Congratulations on the completion of the book. Will be my holiday reading.
yvonneschick | December 11, 2015 at 8:12 am |

Congratulations on the book. I’ve ordered mine and look forward to the read. Wishing you great success with the book. My love to you and the family.
marie guerin | December 11, 2015 at 10:19 am |

Just ordered it , looking forward to reading it.
Bonne chance!
dankoon | December 11, 2015 at 1:28 pm |

Marty, is it available on Kindle, or will it be shortly? I am going the Kindle thing these days and looking forward to your story. Congratulations! I know what it takes to write a novel, having watched Mariette through the process. But it is worth it, guaranteed. Here’s to a zillion sales.
Mark C. Rathbun | December 11, 2015 at 1:30 pm |

Looks like a couple/few days till Kindle, Dan.
Cat Daddy | December 11, 2015 at 4:29 pm |
Gloucester Fisherman | December 12, 2015 at 7:53 am |

I have read everything else you wrote and have not been disappointed yet. I will be ordering it. Hope you and the family have a nice Holiday season.
Cat Daddy | December 12, 2015 at 7:38 pm |

Okay I will
Cat Daddy | December 12, 2015 at 7:40 pm |

And now on WWP
Cat Daddy | December 12, 2015 at 7:43 pm |

Done, I have done for you what I could. Asperger Niels signing out
marildi | December 13, 2015 at 6:11 pm |

Good for you, Marty. If I remember right, you’ve wanted to be a writer since some early age. Your first three books show that you can definitely write non-fiction, and I got the idea from those that you would do well at fiction too (based, for example, on the anecdotes of your younger years). Wishing you much success.
steve Sarge Pfauth | December 25, 2015 at 10:33 pm |

HEY MARTY!! Congratulations! Just ordered a copy and am looking forward to reading it. Love and Merry Xmas, Sarge
Mark C. Rathbun | December 26, 2015 at 8:51 am |

Thanks Sargio. Looking forward to chatting once you have a chance to read it. Have a great new year.
LDW | January 11, 2016 at 4:54 pm |

Got my copy for Christmas. Read it pretty quickly. Anita said it was a page turner and I agree.
I enjoyed it very much. Seriously wish I could write like that.

What’s next?

Les
Mary | January 13, 2016 at 12:24 am |

Hey Marty, do you still believe that if you are exposed to OT 3 without having done Scientology in the proper gradients you will catch a pneumonia and die? Despite the fact that LRH (Source) said that if you read OT 3 in it’s entirety you will die I personally read OT 3 (And I have done zero Scientology) and I am doing just fine.
Eamonn Gosney | January 24, 2016 at 1:33 am |

Marty, I really do believe that your true calling in life is writing fiction.
Richard | May 1, 2016 at 4:29 pm |

I’ll re-post here what I said on the markcrathbun site. After I finish the book I’ll leave a comment on amazon – smile

When I was a kid I read all of the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys detective stories. I later preferred sci-fi. A lot of sci-fi novels have stupid stock endings. Since I hate wasting time reading novels with stupid endings, I decided to read the last two chapters of Texas Tropics first. I wasn’t disappointed!

I’m on chapter 8 of 39 and the story moves right along, getting more and more interesting.