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Now 77, I still have my teeth and enough hair to comb – though it’s white these days. Helen, my wife, lover, and life partner for the past three decades passed on in 2019. I still miss her deeply.
I’ve run high tech production in Hong Kong and Haifa, assembled nuclear weapons in Korea, worked in computer software, financial services, newspapers, and consulting – and enjoyed my working life.
Helen’s death brought me to my daughter’s Florida home, where I still live. I have a nice cabana to myself, just steps from the pool. Not a bad way to start the day.
After retiring from a consultancy I helped launch, I’ve spent my working hours as a writer. Five of my books are available on Amazon (The Narrow Man, Buddies, OLDOGS, Incident at Aviano, and Gleaners), and work on my sixth (Operation Tollbooth) is underway. Buddies won a Royal Palm from the Florida Writers Association. I’ll produce at least one book a year until God stops me. For more on the books, visit my website – www.kipcassino.com.
Here’s more to paint a picture: I’m a Vietnam veteran and a Villanova grad.. Born in New York City, I’ve lived around the world. Two sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter (so far). My companion these days is a little lady named Diamond – a seven-year-old rescued Shih Tsu.
Finally, the most important thing to know about me is that I love to write.
Reviewed by Essien Asian for Readers' Favorite
Elizabeth Wyler is called into a hospital room to coax the sole survivor of a mysterious fire into giving her details of the accident. She refuses to believe the unusual story he tells about moving fires and singing people but when she meets Oliver Raine and hears his equally outlandish tale she begins to suspect there may be more to it than meets the eye. She is completely unprepared for what her findings reveal as she is thrown into the middle of an extinction-level battle for survival where the odds are stacked firmly against the human race. Will she join the team fighting to save the planet or is it already too late? Only time will tell in Kip Cassino's Gleaners.
A covert agency fights a race of ancient aliens who feed on the unsuspecting human population in Kip Cassino's science fiction offering, Gleaners. As much as Cassino's storyline feels like something that is on the fringe of credibility he does an excellent job of crafting an origin story for his otherworldly antagonists that conveniently fits into the notion of evolution. His lead characters are quite the pair with Elizabeth and Oliver creating a chemistry that simmers throughout the novel and gives it the unpredictability that action junkies feed on. The conversations between the characters are extremely detailed for a story where whizzing bullets and broken skulls are more of a certainty than a highly intelligent debate. The true testament to Cassino's uncanny storytelling ability is the way he sets about Elizabeth's evolution as the tale unfolds. If you are a fan of close-quarters combat and high-octane action then you will not be disappointed with Gleaners.
