Jon Batson
Few musical talents can make the cross over from singer/songwriter to author. Yet in fact, Jon Batson has done that over and over again. With titles ranging from conspiracy theories, to suspense to science fiction, Jon has made the shift from artist to author look seemingly effortless.
Much like his songwriting style, Jon’s writing stance is one part “sand in your eyes” and one part “cool summer breeze”. Just when you think you’ve understand the players, the plot and the purpose – the shift happens and you’re betwixt confusion and clarity.
Jon’s written works are thoughtfully written and thoroughly enjoyed.
Jon Batson is four-time winner of the Lower Cape Fear Short Story Contest and twice Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future contest. His completed novels and short story collections are below. Jon lives with his wife in Raleigh, NC., where he is outlining his next novel while living life to the fullest.
All Jon’s Books are available on Amazon.com and Kindle versions
Nina Knows the Night, follows the adventures of Nina Richardson a mild-mannered law school dropout who becomes a kick-butt heroine after innocently acquiring a metal case filled with military-like weapons. Determined to knock out the growing crime in her formerly posh urban neighborhood, now run-down, she discovers her superpowers to be her own inner-strength and purpose.
The Rands Conspiracy takes the reader on a Bourne-style chase as Josh and his development team run for their lives after creating an experimental spy-ware program for the powerful, government-funded Rands Group.
Fade to Black tells the story of three unlikely heroes who struggle to stay alive in a hostile environment while plotting to retake their home planet, Earth. This character driven sci-fi saga takes the reader on a page-turning adventure that explores survival, interpersonal relationships, and quality of life when many of earth’s population are “displaced” elsewhere. Always riveting and often humorous, Fade to Black captivates the reader in an ever-evolving tale set on an inhospitable world.
Jon Batson is a cup-running-over of fast witted irony, cute sarcasm ala snappy come backs and just plain Dash that keeps the reader blinking while following the plot – replete with book-end flashbacks and a couple of time-loops tossed in no extra charge! The story also conveys many important and healing, spirit-restoring messages – such as ‘it’s good for good people to be “dangerous” too!’ – And even deeper ones like ‘a person can, at any time, step from a state of “relative non-beingness” into a state of “full-blown” beingness’. Also – ‘it is possible to be sane and have honor by yet harming when in a just cause’. I give bravos and kudos to Jon for injecting this kind of story into the world – and into the current confusions about honor and inner strength – or the thought-to-be lack of – being perpetrated by so much of the current degraded novels of today!