Oxford, Mississippi – We live in a time when human rights are being taken away. There are more prisoners per capita in the state of Mississippi than in any other state or country (Clarion Ledger, August 13, 2022). From that same state emerges the debut technothriller novel that “pulls no punches in sounding out the adversity and conspiracies affecting the world, and so readers will find this scenario as familiar as it is frightening (Midwest Book Review).”

You Will Know Vengeance: A Tanto Thriller is the multi-award-winning technothriller (including Thriller Finalist, American Fiction Awards) by W.A. Pepper, and is “an absorbing, tech-smart tale that unfolds in a tense prison setting (Kirkus Reviews).”

This “new techno-charged version of The Shawshank Redemption for the 21st century (Readers’ Choice Books Awards)” follows a hactvict (hacking convict) codenamed Tanto. He has spent the last eight years confined to a hidden prison in Houston, Texas, that forces Tanto to capture others online. But when his old nemesis lands in Tanto’s cellblock, the inmates’ worlds shift from predictable to dangerous. With the guards turning a blind eye to the rival’s calculated atrocities, Tanto plans desperate measures that could trigger deadly results.

“I love reading thrillers,” says Pepper, already a USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author for his inclusion in the bestselling anthology Habits of Success. “I write stories that I am a fan of, like when the heroes have the entire world against them.”

Even though Pepper has a PhD in Management Information Systems, if you’re worried that this book is too technical or scientific, don’t be. Kirkus Reviews says, “the author’s crisp writing smoothly clarifies technical jargon with no sign of condescension,” and Readers’ Choice Book Awards says, “whilst this book will certainly appeal to techno-thriller junkies, it is an easy-to-read novel for neophytes.”

Pepper adds, “This book is for thriller readers who want to feel everything from anxiety to excitement, brotherhood to betrayal, and shock to satisfaction in their reads.”

Ultimately, “readers will be absorbed until the very last page and find themselves eagerly anticipating the promised sequel (BookLife, a division of Publishers Weekly).”

You Will Know Vengeance releases September 27, 2022. It is available to order through your local bookstore, library, and all major retailers and distributors including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Ingram Spark.

To contact the author or for additional photos and reference materials, please visit https://www.wapepperwrites.com/ .

W. A. Pepper writes suspenseful thrillers. He is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Bestselling Author for his contribution to the business anthology Habits of Success. You Will Know Vengeance, his award-winning debut novel, has been hailed as a “techno-charged The Shawshank Redemption” by Readers’ Choice Book Awards. 50 words. 

W. A. Pepper writes suspenseful thrillers. You Will Know Vengeance is his award-winning debut novel. He is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Bestselling Author for his contribution to the business anthology Habits of Success. Under different names, (and his real one of Will Pepper) he has published in academic journals, interactive e-books, anthologies, and online. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his wife Taddy started the publishing house Hustle Valley Press, LLC. Through it, they published four e-books that have amassed over one hundred five-star reviews. Further, the husband-and-wife team donated the first six months of revenue from the sale of each of those books to charity; this resulted in thousands of dollars raised for the reader-selected charities. He has a PhD in Management Information Systems from The University of Mississippi. He, his wife Taddy, and their dog Danger split their time between Mississippi and Colorado. 

W. A. Pepper writes suspenseful thrillers. You Will Know Vengeance is his award-winning debut novel. He is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Bestselling Author for his contribution to the business anthology Habits of Success. Under different names, (and his real one of Will Pepper) he has published in multiple academic journals, interactive e-books, anthologies, and online. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his wife Taddy (plus their dog Danger), started the publishing house Hustle Valley Press, LLC. Through it, they published four e-books that have amassed over one hundred five-star reviews. Further, the husband-and-wife team donated the first six months of revenue from the sale of each of those books to charity; this resulted in thousands of dollars raised for the reader-selected charities that support racial equality, COVID-19 relief, veteran affairs, and St. Jude Children’s Hospital. He has a PhD in Management Information Systems or, as he calls it, Business Computing, from The University of Mississippi. He enjoys coffee, bourbon, snow skiing, Star Wars, comic books, and reading and watching thrillers. Finally, he, his wife Taddy, and their dog Danger split their time between Mississippi and Colorado. 

• Habits of Success Reaches #84 on USA Today Bestselling List https://booklist.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/habits-of-success/2444877/isbn/9781637350362/
• Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/w-pepper/you-will-know-vengeance/)
• Midwest Book Review (http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/aug_22.htm#dianedonovan)
• Mississippi now the world leader in mass incarceration (clarionledger.com) (https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/08/13/mississippi-has-more-inmates-per-capita-than-any-state-nation/10317601002/
• Outstanding Creator Awards WINNER – Best Writing (https://www.outstandingcreator.com/winners--summer-2022.html)
• Readers’ Choice Books Awards FINALIST and 5-Star Review (https://www.readerschoicebookawards.com/spring2022/adult/w.a.-pepper/you-will-know-vengeance%3A-a-tanto-thriller)