About Dan
Best known for *Letters from Blitz*, the fictional account of a beloved dog’s arrival at the Rainbow Bridge, Dan Santos is passionate about entertaining readers with fast-paced suspense and surprising plot twists. His three-book Insurrection Series tells the story of the men and women who resisted and rebelled against the first American dictator.
*Appalachian Command*, the first book of the trilogy, sets the scene for the series with a catastrophic terrorist attack that destroys the government and kills off the entire presidential line of succession. It has been compared to the blockbuster TV series *Designated Survivor*, but it was published three years before the show premiered. The book is all action, while the show highlights political dynamics.
*Mile-High Blood* and *Tiger Legion* continued and closed the Insurrection series, capturing the reader’s imagination with their fast-paced realism and surprising endings. The series was so shocking that it took the US government over three months to allow its publication, a legal requirement because Dan had held some of the US's highest security clearances.
*Letters from Blitz* is a sentimental novella about Dan’s faithful Weimaraner dog. Amazon recognized it as a three-category bestseller. Readers wrote that it made them cry and laugh at the same time, evoking memories of their own dogs’ antics. They applauded Blitz’s chutzpah in persuading heavenly powers to better the lot of those who waited to reunite with their earthly families, giving hope to those who did not have human families to greet them at the Rainbow Bridge.
In his gripping story, *The Dog*, Timmy Grady narrowly escapes a massive tornado that hits the I-24 overpass, where he hides from the storm and his mom’s boyfriend. Braving flying chunks of deadly debris and exploding hail, the fourteen-year-old rescues a stray dog from the tornado's fury, only to stumble upon the scene of an Eastern European mafia murder. As criminals chase the boy and his dog, the sinister Brotherhood gangsters spot him and give chase, determined to eliminate the sole witness at any cost. But Timmy and Slade prove to be formidable opponents, showing the resilience fiction that leaves a visible trail of blood and destruction from Tennessee to the Florida Panhandle. This emotional dog thriller review highlights their courage as an abused boy runs away and joins a stray dog amidst chaos.