It’s just three short weeks until the official release of my 15th medical thriller, THE LAST SURGEON. To celebrate the launch, we having the Home Base Books & Bands Event, a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Fundraiser at the Paradise Rock Club near BU on February 16th. The Home Base Project is an effort of the Red Sox Foundation and Mass General Hospital to support the thousands and thousands of vets and active servicemen suffering from PTSD.

This event, on 2/16/10 is really going to be fun, with famous authors, great bands, lots of books to have personalized, contests, drawings for Red Sox Gear and tickets, and the best desserts in Boston… You can even bid to have your name be a character in a bestselling novel by authors including Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Joseph Finder, Lisa Gardner, William Martin, Gary Braver, Hank Phillippi Ryan, and me. REGULAR AND VIP TICKETS ARE GOING FAST, so please get them while you can.

I am also pleased to announce that I’ll be conducting a fundraiser of my own. Starting February 1st, 2010, I’ll donate $1 to the Homebase PTSD Fundraiser for every additional Facebook fan I acquire until book launch on February 16th, 2010.

For you Twitter folk, I’ll also be donating an additional $1 for all who adopt THE LAST SURGEON Twibbon. Further instructions for participating will be sent out on February 1st, 2010. Thanks for your continued support. I hope to meet you at the Books & Bands event!

Warm Regards,
-Michael

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

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

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