BEST-SELLING COLLECTOR'S EDITION IN THE WORKS
BBB (Bring Books Back) Inc.
January 17, 2070
For all the mystery fans out there, those who like good banter, or those born before ebooks took over the world, we have some information you may be interested in. In honor to celebrate its 60th anniversary, a special hardcover, collector's edition of the very first Nikki Heat book, Heat Wave, complete with new cover art, is to be published later this year. Only 500 numbered copies will be printed and sold online. The author of the book, Edgar award winning author Richard Castle, now 98 years old, retired in 2046, but has written a special 15 page long preface for the book that quite literally changed his life.
Heat Wave was written by Richard Castle in 2009 and first published in 2010. The series, which eventually spanned over 27 books, was inspired when he met his future wife, Detective Kate Beckett – eventually Captain Kate Beckett-Castle. She passed away five years ago due to heart failure.
When we emailed the writer to ask about his thoughts on the republication of Heat Wave, he responded with this:
"It hurts to write. It makes my hands bleed, and my knuckles ache. Sixty years ago, writing stopped being about me – the act of turning thoughts into words and words into sentences and sentences into stories became irrevocably intertwined with the woman who inspired it all – my partner, my wife, and my very best friend. I don't know how to write without thinking of her. I love her more than ever, and miss her more and more every hour that goes by.
"It hurts, but I'll do it.
"Because writing, if only a few words about how extraordinary she was and always will be, if only for a moment, brings her back to me."
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