Upcoming Release: Flashback Maria Hammarblad Release Date: June 21, 2013

June 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Author Maria Hammarblad widely recognized for writing science fiction novels, dives into war-torn Afghanistan, confronts the Taliban, and introduces readers to a soldier with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the new release of her novel titled Flashback.

Born in Sweden, Maria is now a resident of Florida, currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Business Management with a Minor in Creative Writing.  Science fiction and books have been part of Maria’s life since childhood.

Her mother would staple booklets of paper together for Maria to fill with drawings of suns and planets.  This interest in space and books has stayed with her throughout adulthood and has culminated into the writing career she has today.

Flashback’s main character, Steve Petersen, is the sole survivor of a Taliban POW camp.  He thinks only parts of him returned; his sanity appears to have been left behind.  He turns to alcohol and drugs to find relief from the past, but discovers that nothing blocks these horrific images for long, and soon finds himself trapped in horrifying flashbacks.

When Steve awakens in the bedroom of a home belonging to the widow Anna, he knows that he should leave.  Before he knows what’s happening, however, he finds himself pulled into her world.  A real world filled with real life problems like folding laundry and fixing meals.  Happy at not being alone in his waking nightmare, alcohol and drugs are no longer priorities in his life.  That is, until Anna disappears, and he finds that he’s forced to return to Afghanistan, facing external enemies, as well as himself.

Flashback is being released June 21, 2013 by Desert Breeze Publishing.

Flashback will be on tour with Bewitching Book Tours at the end of June throughout the month of July.

To receive a review copy, arrange an interview, guest blog, or event with the author please contact Roxanne Rhoads  RoxanneRhoads@bewitchingbooktours.com  

About the Book:

Steve Petersen is a Very Troubled Man. Sole survivor of a Taliban POW camp, he often thinks only parts of him returned; his sanity appears to have been left behind. He seeks solace in alcohol and drugs, but nothing helps block the images from his mind for more than minutes at a time, and he is trapped in horrifying flashbacks.

He is more than surprised when he wakes up in a bright and merry bedroom that turns out to belong to the widow Anna, a woman he has rudimentary memories of meeting. Knowing he should leave isn’t the same as doing it, and before he knows what’s happening, he finds himself pulled into a world with real life problems, such as folding laundry, and what’s for dinner.

Whiskey is no longer his first priority, and not being alone in his waking nightmare is a relief. That is, until Anna disappears. Steve finds himself forced to return to Afghanistan, a place where he’ll have to face both external enemies and himself.

About the Author:

Born in Sweden in the early 1970's, Maria showed a large interest for books at an early age. Even before she was able to read or write, she made her mom staple papers together into booklets she filled with drawings of suns and planets. She proudly declared them, "The Sun Book." They were all about the sun. She also claimed, to her mother's horror, that her being on Earth was a big mistake and that her alien family would come and bring her home at any moment. This never happened, but both the interest in space and the passion for bookmaking stayed with her.

As an adult Maria's creativity got an outlet through playing bass in a number of rock bands, and through writing technical manuals and making web pages for various companies and organizations. She did write drafts for a few novels, but the storytelling muse was mostly satisfied through role playing online on Myspace. It was here, while writing stories together with people from around the globe, she stumbled onto Mike. They started talking out of character, and she moved over to Florida to him late 2008. Today the two are married and live in the Tampa Bay area with three rescue dogs.

Besides writing and playing bass, Maria enjoys driving off-road, archery, and Tameshigiri