Bold New Thriller: OPEN DISTANCE, by Michael Vorhis (author of mystery/suspense novel ARCHANGEL)

FREMONT, Calif. - March 18, 2013 - PRLog -- After two years of stellar worldwide performance for his debut suspense novel ARCHANGEL, FreeFlight Publishing and fiction author Michael Vorhis have released a launch date for taut new thriller OPEN DISTANCE, his next major work. Vorhis is endorsed by numerous industry insiders including prominent Hollywood production company Max Freedman Media, MFM (www.maxfmedia.com), who in 2012 had announced that the first novel would be produced as a feature film.

Based on a well received short story Vorhis published in 1996, the new novel OPEN DISTANCE unveils an intrepid world of high profile, high risk international rivalry.  "The plot is built around a unique concept," says Vorhis. "This thriller is tense--emotion-packed--and at its heart are the powerful, sometimes dark human relationships that drive the events."

The FreeFlight Publishing press office has announced that OPEN DISTANCE will launch in all major eBook stores--Amazon-Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, the Apple iBookstore, and others worldwide, on Saturday May 4th, 2013. A one-week promotional pricing period is expected, as well as a PRLog press release at launch, with links provided.

FreeFlight points out that Vorhis' work has consistently garnered excellent critical reviews from pros. Noted author and publisher Emily Hill of A.V.Harrison Publishing wrote, "Vorhis more than holds his own. He has style...the presence, and skill, to stir in the most three dimensional characters any debut novelist has a right to claim."  Author Robert DeCoteau commented, "The Great American Novel. A class five hurricane...sheer storytelling genius...takes fiction from good to great." UK author J.O.Royston said, "The high level of descriptive writing [made] me feel like I was right there." Readers report of a superlative narrative style and their inability to put a Vorhis novel down.

The thriller OPEN DISTANCE is suspense novel ARCHANGEL's long-awaited encore act.


[Acclaimed in 17 countries, fiction novel ARCHANGEL is available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LGTP8C). It is also available at Barnes & Noble in Nook eBook (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/archangel-michael-vorhis/...;) and paperback (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/archangel-michael-vorhis/...) editions. ARCHANGEL is also available through Sony and Kobo bookstores online, the Apple iBookstore via iPads and iPhones, and at Books Inc. retail stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area ( http://www.booksinc.net/book/9780983898504 ).]