Book Promotion Resources

# Launch Instructions

## *A Warrior's Heart: The Promise*

### **Launch Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026**

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# Welcome!

First, **thank you**.

By joining this Launch Team, you're doing far more than helping promote a book.

You're helping introduce new readers to Graham, Master Akio, Inspiration Island, and a story that has waited **sixteen years** to continue.

Whether you sh...

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I wanted to share a new book with you that I think you may enjoy.

My friend L. Neil Thrussell is launching his new novel, A Warrior’s Heart: The Promise, on August 18th, 2026.

It is the long-awaited continuation of his A Warrior’s Heart series, a story filled with friendship, honour, courage, spiritual growth, and the kind o...

Hi {{first_name}},

I wanted to share a book that I think many of you would genuinely enjoy.

On August 18, 2026, author L. Neil Thrussell is releasing A Warrior's Heart: The Promise, the long-awaited continuation of his beloved A Warrior's Heart series.

If you enjoy stories that stay with you long after you've finished the last page, this one is worth a look.

It's a novel about friends...

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I wanted to share something special that's just around the corner.

On August 18, 2026, my friend L. Neil Thrussell will release A Warrior's Heart: The Promise, the long-awaited continuation of the A Warrior's Heart series.

It's been sixteen years since the journey first began, and readers who have followe...

Subject: Just 2 Days Until A Warrior's Heart: The Promise

Hi {{first_name}},

In just two days, my friend L. Neil Thrussell will release A Warrior's Heart: The Promise.

After a sixteen-year wait, readers are finally returning to Inspiration Island to continue Graham and Master Akio's journey.

If you've been thinking about picking up a new novel, or know someone who enjoys inspirational...

## **Subject:** Exciting News! My Friend L. Neil Thrussell's New Novel Is Here

Hi {{first_name}},

Today I'm excited to share something I've been looking forward to for quite some time.

My friend **L. Neil Thrussell** has officially released his newest novel,

## **A Warrior's Heart: The Promise**

After a **sixteen-year wait**, readers are finally returning to Inspiration Island to c...

"The sword reveals your opponent. Silence reveals yourself." — Master Akio

In a world filled with noise, opinions, and constant distractions, we rarely give ourselves the gift of silence.

Master Akio reminds us that while conflict teaches us about others, stillness teaches us about ourselves.

Sometimes the greatest battle isn't the one in front of us...

It's the one within.

📖 A War...

"When the heart becomes quiet, the Universe no longer needs to shout." — Master Akio

Life is constantly trying to get our attention.

Sometimes with whispers.

Sometimes with storms.

When we slow down enough to truly listen, we often discover that the answers have been with us all along.

What is your heart trying to tell you today?

📖 A Warrior's Heart: The Promise
🗓 Launches Augu...

"Do not ask whether the path is difficult. Ask whether the path is worthy of the person you wish to become." — Master Akio

Growth has never promised to be easy.

Neither has becoming the person you were created to be.

The question isn't whether the road ahead will challenge you.

The question is whether the destination is worth becoming.

Master Akio believes it always is.

📖 A Warr...

"Wisdom arrives the moment you stop demanding answers and begin welcoming truth." — Master Akio

We spend so much of our lives searching for answers.

Maybe the better question is...

Are we ready to hear the truth?

Sometimes wisdom doesn't arrive because we've solved every problem.

It arrives because we've finally become quiet enough to receive it.

📖 A Warrior's Heart: The Promise...

"A warrior who fights only for victory grows tired. A warrior who fights for love never runs out of strength." — Master Akio

There comes a point when winning isn't enough.

The strongest people I know don't keep going because they're trying to defeat someone else.

They keep going because they're protecting someone.

Serving someone.

Loving someone.

That's the heart of a true warri...

"Magic does not vanish simply because the walls around us have changed." — Master Akio

The world changes.

People change.

Seasons change.

But wonder...

Hope...

Faith...

Love...

Those are never confined to a place.

Sometimes the greatest magic isn't found in where we are.

It's found in how we choose to see the world.

📖 A Warrior's Heart: The Promise
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"The greatest victories of my life were never won with a sword. They were won the moment I chose love over fear." — Graham Connelly

Some battles aren't fought on a battlefield.

They're fought in the quiet moments when we choose forgiveness over resentment...

Compassion over anger...

Love over fear.

Those are the victories that shape a life.

📖 A Warrior's Heart: The Promise
🗓 La...

"A man doesn't become strong because life stops testing him. He becomes strong because he finally stops running from the test." — Graham Connelly

Life has a way of putting the same lesson in front of us until we're ready to face it.

Strength isn't avoiding the challenge.

Strength is deciding...

"This time, I won't run."

📖 A Warrior's Heart: The Promise
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"I came to Inspiration Island searching for myself. Instead, I found family, purpose, and a heart I never knew I had." — Graham Connelly

Sometimes we set out looking for answers.

Instead, we find something far greater.

The people who become family.

The purpose we never expected.

And the person we were always meant to become.

📖 A Warrior's Heart: The Promise
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"Courage isn't the absence of doubt. It's taking the next step while your knees are still shaking." — Graham Connelly

If you've been waiting until you feel completely ready...

You may be waiting forever.

Every meaningful journey begins with one uncertain step.

Take it anyway.

📖 A Warrior's Heart: The Promise
🗓 Launches August 18, 2026

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"The older I become, the less interested I am in proving I'm right, and the more determined I am to become the kind of man worth following." — Graham Connelly

There was a time when I thought leadership meant having all the answers.

Now I believe it means living in a way that inspires trust, kindness, humility, and courage.

The goal isn't to be admired.

The goal is to become someone wo...