local author releases fiction thriller

     KODAK – Adventure and intrigue abound in Tennessee author Carson Brannan’s new suspense novel, “The Third Option,” the story of Jack Sloan, a man living a comfortable life with his new wife, Susan, until a yacht belonging to a couple with some striking similarities and some undeniable dissimilarities to Jack and Susan floats close to shore with no passengers on board.
     Jack and Susan are immediately thrown into a whirlwind of events and choices that may lead to friendship and happiness or culminate in total disaster. Between searching the Caribbean for billionaire Guy Atkins and uncovering a conspiracy that could lead to the destruction of the earth, Jack learns that life is fraught with decisions, and that there is always an alternative option that is the right course to follow.
     Published by Tate Publishing and Enterprises, the book is available through bookstores nationwide, from the publisher at www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore, or by visiting barnesandnoble.com or amazon.com. This is also an eLIVE title, meaning each copy contains a code redeemable for a free audio version from TatePublishing.com. eLIVE – Listen, Imagine, View, and Experience!
     Brannan has been an avid sailor since his childhood spent in Florida, and enjoys all manner of water sports, as well as extensive travel. He is married and has a blended family consisting of five children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He and his wife live in Kodak, Tennessee, in a beautiful house with inspiring vistas all around. The Third Option Series is his first literary effort.