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Welcome!
Réal Laplaine
I write in several genres. I pen a Canadian crime series called the Keeno Crime Thrillers, which I started because I was tired of watching American crime series and figured it was time to introduce a Canadian to the stage. I wrote a book about an ABBA reunion, entitled Finding Agnetha, back when no one thought it would ever happen, until recently when it did. It's an inspiring story. One of my most popular books is The Buffalo Kid - not, as some people have misinterpreted, about Buffalo Bill, but in fact, about a 71-year-old homeless man in Buffalo, New York, who has been destitute for over 30 years until one day when a bizarre encounter changes everything. Every reader has loved the story because it talks to us on a level of pure human empathy. Twilight Visitor was my first geopolitical thriller that spotlighted nuclear weapons as an imminent threat to the world. Reviewers have compared it to the best of Dan Brown, Jack Higgins and even Tom Clancy. Earth Escape, followed by The Other, it's sequel L.I.N. and most recently, When Gods Roar, raise the bar on the question of when and how nuclear weapons will inevitably be used against mankind - and each book presents us with a believable scenario about what we face if we don't ban these weapons for good. There are several other books in my store, and more coming, but I've run out of space so you'll just have to browse around.
B.A.N.
I started an initiative called B.A.N. or Ban All Nukes, which was launched in the wake of Putin's invasion of the Ukraine, and which is already gaining momentum and has been recognized for its work by both ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) and the United Nations Sweden.
Not everything is fiction
As a note, I generally refuse to call any of my work science fiction, because I try to portray what is and what will be in the near future, and that falls under speculative fiction, which, as Margaret Atwood, author of Handmaids Tale so aptly describes as...
"Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see."
Reader Feedback
" Full of action and real life scenarios this is one of those books you can spend hours reading without realizing where the time has gone. " - The Portugal News
"You'll want to reread this one after finishing it. Yes, it is that good." Vermont Reviewer
"It is most certainly due an award of five stars, and if there were a higher award it would merit that too." - Berkeley Rourke, author
"You know you are reading a great book when it sounds less like fiction and more like hypothetical truth."
A.G. Mogan, author of The Secret Journals of Adolf Hitler
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"A fast-paced science-fiction novel that intertwines elements of suspense, romance, while tackling some of life's biggest questions…”
Red City Review
INTRUSION (Book 1 of the Keeno Crime Thrillers)
"Calling this book a page-turner does not do it justice. The author takes what WE would all think is impossible and makes it not only possible....but probable."
Yankeelin
THE ONE (Book 3 of the Keeno Crime Thrillers)
"If you are familiar with and enjoyed Louise Penny's Three Pines mysteries, you'll love The One."
Russell Warnberg, author of 2064
“Finally, a book that gives a different look at Marilyn, and a happy ending that she rightly deserves!!!!!! "
DJ
"Funny, with drama and a touch of a love story this book had it all. Thank you Réal for this wonderful opportunity to see life from beyond the grave."
April B.
HUGE thumbs up! (Five Stars)
The Deception People is a well written novel that is nerve wrackingly real, and suspenseful.
Let yourself be enlightened with possibilities.. make that probabilities. If nothing else give yourself the opportunity to enjoy yet another awesome novel from this author.
"Réal Laplaine has written a true masterpiece that is hard to put aside, even when you HAVE to sleep."
Johnny A.
"The Other is an amazing and exciting story! I refuse to ruin anyone else's appreciation of this terrific story by telling too much. Instead, I will limit myself to sharing my thrills and love of the story, the realistic characters, and the excitement knowing the story isn't over."
JanR
"The sequel to The Other, L.I.N. (acronym for Live-Intelligent-Network) is as grabbing and highly suspenseful as its predecessor in the series."
Marina Osipova, author
Coming soon!
"Written in a flurry of inspiration, after seeing the film Mamma Mia, Laplaine conjured a magical adventure in a tribute to the iconic Swedish band, ABBA, that sweeps you along in its cosmic flow, where real time (and disbelief) is suspended and events travel with the speed of light."
Author, Barb Roman
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"Written in elegant prose, it is not only about the ills of humanity, but also about hope and optimism...Overall, it is a good thriller..."
Alex Markman, Author
“The only book that gripped my attention in years, thank you for sharing.”
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The 4th novel in the Keeno Crime Thrillers, The 9th Divinity finds Keeno McCole and his anti-terrorism team, a special unit of Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police, facing a vigilante group that has put a target on the world's dictators, starting with Vladimir Putin - threatening to remove them from the global stage. Whether it is a false threat or not, Keeno and his team start the hunt as clues reveal that the 9th Divinity is home-grown, right in Canada, and that their threat is anything but false.
