A Historical Adventure by Kent Merrell

The Blade of Safavid began as a business book where author Kent Merrell sought to teach the principles of influence, persuasion and motivation – and yes that is redundant. Culling from a forty year career in advertising and marketing, his proven techniques to persuade clients and customers to action and inspire his hundreds of employees to excellence; Kent was confident his sage understanding of the art of persuasion could be a great benefit to all who were fortunate to read it.

The problem came when his creative story-telling intersected with the principles of persuasion. Soon the manuscript included more adventure than instruction. Over the span of several years, plot took priority, persuasion lost preeminence and The Blade of Safavid stood alone as an epic historical fiction interlaced with characters both real and fictional.

Coming to bookshelves everywhere, The Blade of Safavid is a powerful epic story keeping readers hungering to know more about unheard of historical characters influential in shaping the world in which we now live.

The Blade of Safavid brings an unknown world to life. Lovers of historical fiction will feast on the freshness of an ancient world that spans the last decade of the sixteen and he first half of the seventeen hundreds. Lovers of action and adventure will be captivated by stories full of courage, tragedy and drama. This historical adult fiction novel sends adults both young and old scurrying to the their dusty encyclopedias or the internet seeking to meet legendary characters.

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