Here is a video of my official announcement…

If you are from the New England area, I would be thrilled if you could attend. All ticket proceeds and a portion of the book sales will benefit the Home Base PTSD Program. It’s a great event for a great cause. You can purchase tickets by visiting the LiveNation website.

For those who can’t make it, I encourage you to help spread the word. Between today and February 16th, 2010, I’ll be conducting a little fundraiser of my own via social media. It’s free to participate and a great way to help out.

Here’s how it works:

1.) I’ll donate $1 to the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program for every additional Facebook Fan I acquire until book launch on February 16th, 2010. I encourage you to spread the word and to suggest for your friends to become fans — it’s an easy way to help a great cause.

2.) For you Twitter users, I’ll also be donating an additional $1 for all followers who adopt THE LAST SURGEON Twibbon. If you have a Twitter profile, simply click here to get started.

I would love it if you could help out in some way to support this event. If you cannot attend, I’d appreciate it very much if you could help pass along this message to contacts who might be of interest.

Warm Regards,
Michael Palmer

On pub date, Tuesday, 2/16/10, the Red Sox Foundation, Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program, and THE LAST SURGEON will join together to present BOOKS AND BANDS FOR OUR TROOPS, a fundraiser featuring ten of the top authors in the country and two of the hottest bands. Best sellers Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Gary Braver, Lisa Gardner, Joseph Finder, Andre Dubus III, Mark Vonnegut, William Martin, Sandra Lee, Hank Phillippi Ryan, and Michael Palmer will be featured, and will talk about their work, personalize books, and auction off the right to have a character named after the highest bidder. The Thaddeus Hogarth and James Montgomery bands will blow the roof off The Paradise Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave; BOSTON. Red Sox memorabilia and tickets will be raffled off. VIP tickets (6 P.M., limited to 100) are $100+service charge, and standard admission (6:45 P.M) is $30+service charge. Also featured will be the best desserts in Boston. Order now, because tickets are going fast. This promises to be the event of the year. Questions, call the Home Base Program 617-643-7350.

Home Base Books & Bands event Web page:
http://www.homebaseprogram.org/events/bb/

Buy tickets from Live Nation Website:
http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/416722