The Grandmaster - Book Review
Book Review of : The Grandmaster
Welcome to the Wagner Institute for Mental Treatment and Investigations. Since 1966, Dr. Johann Wagner has guided his team of paranormal investigators and psychologists in solving supernatural crimes and unlocking the secrets of the human mind. But now a horror from his past has come back to destroy not only Wagner, but everything he has built. Wagner once used his paranormal powers to escape the horrors of the Holocaust, but can his aging mind and body stop the terror that has returned to claim him?
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About Peter Balaskas
Born in Brooklyn from Italian and Greek descent, Peter is indeed a man of many professions — including a microfilm clerk, an environmental and pharmaceutical chemist, a theatre actor, a freelance news camera operator, an NBC Page for The Tonight Show, and a camera technician for NBC/Universal Studios, until he finally discovered his niche: freelance copyeditor/proofreader, speculative fiction writer and editor/co-founder (along with literary master, Mark D’ Anna, the Kurt Vonnegut of our generation) of Ex Machina Press, the proud parent of Silent Voices: A Creative Mosaic Of Fiction. Peter received his BS in Chemistry and his MA in English (Creative Writing/Literature) from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. His early literary influences include Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King and many others.
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Dear Peter Balaskas
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