The Announcement

By John D. Boyden

Everyone has secrets. Who uses them? What does Katryn know? What secrets are hidden from her? The Announcement takes readers on a journey through politics
with a new candidate. Katryn Johnson is an innocent, a first time candidate. Katryn will find herself in the American political version of shark infested waters. Katryn discovers she is the chum every shark wants to eat as the waters grow warmer. Every four years elections are a dirty war for power. This series follows her from innocence into the feeding frenzy of The Election. Life or death may become the important question for Katryn and the people around her. This is the first story in a new, free series. The Announcement kicks off a wild ride into too much money, conspiracies à la carte, betrayals, intrigues, and, of course, murder.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John D. Boyden
• Release date: Mar 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310606274

John D. Boyden

John D. Boyden was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, in 1950. John grew up in rural Nebraska and lives in Southeastern New Mexico with his wife, Melanie, and their dog, Butterscotch. He has four grown children and three grandchildren, of whom he is exceedingly proud. Eyes on the World (First Edition) is his first Smashwords Publication. He attended Grinnell College in Iowa and several other colleges through multiple summer programs. John earned his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Northern Iowa and taught school in Iowa and New Mexico for many years. .John has completed and been paid for several “work for hire” projects including non-fiction, fiction, news, and editing and has actually received money as a published poet! The poetic pride has endured far beyond that lovely $ 5 payment. He also continues to write annual novels at NaNoWriMo.org in November of each year and recently began playing at the April 2014 Camp NaNoWriMo where he worked on his first story for publication.

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The Announcement

The Election series, volume 1

Copyright March, 2015 John D. Boyden

Published by John D. Boyden at Smashwords

The Election series Book one

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Acknowledgments

Any errors or mistakes belong solely to the author.

Thank you to my readers, friends, and family for your contributions to this book

Dedication

I dedicate my third book's publication to readers everywhere, my grandchildren, my wife, Melanie, four grown kids, our new dog Butterscotch, and the many friends who have thankfully provided me early critiques on all my writing.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A Stumbling Start

Chapter 2 Innocence

Chapter 3 Why Run?

Chapter 4 Memories

Chapter 5 An Electrifying Speech

Afterword

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Chapter 1

A Stumbling Start

Everybody has secrets.

Halle Berry

Hello world, Let's talk. I am a candidate. My name is Katryn Backtari Johnson. This journey started out as a ridiculous dream to bring some kind of sense and honesty to politics. What happened is startling. In a little over one month, this has grown into a movement with thousands of people supporting my candidacy.

I am a first time candidate with one simple goal. The campaign began to take shape almost a year ago. I want to tell people the truths I have learned about our great country and the new ones I continue to learn about politics I hope to do that on this blog.

We can make a difference. I believe I can help you to make that difference. Many of my new acquaintances call me naive, an innocent, and doomed