DENVER, CO / AGILITYPR.NEWS / November 25, 2019 / Feel-Good Sci-Fi Combines Factual History with Fun Adventure!

An out-of-this-world novel for everyone!

Denver, CO – What if you could go back in time and save a Holocaust victim? Even just one? A group of teens from Oak Ridge, TN is given that chance when they happen upon a defunct experiment left over from President Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and the creation of the Atomic bomb.

Written by WWII history buff and 32-year oncologist Dr. Kevin Schewe, Bad Love Strikes is an enjoyable romp that balances the delicate subject matter of a dark time in history, with the adventurous hope of youth. Watch the book trailer here: http://j.mp/BadLoveStrikesTrailer

“Bad Love Strikes will make you feel like a teenager again and will transport you back to 1974 and 1944.” – Grady Harp, Amazon Top 100 Reviewer, 5 star review

The teens, known as the Bad Love Gang, discover The White Hole project, a “backup plan” time travel machine created by Roosevelt in case the bomb failed. Because it’s made to go back to the WWII years, the teens come up with a mission to save Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust in November 1944 by using a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber that was known as "The Phantom Fortress."

“This book is not only a wonderfully exciting science fiction story, it is an experience, which takes you back in time, with adventure, historically accurate facts, and probably most uniquely by the author suggesting sound tracks to listen to whilst reading it.”

- Susan Keefe, Midwest Book Review, 5 star review

A soundtrack of suggested songs the reader can listen to throughout adds a nostalgic backdrop to the storyline.

“I have a music-centered brain, and I tend to think in musical terms,” says Schewe. “If you have music in the background of a story, it makes it more real, adds more feeling. It’s kind of like a movie soundtrack.”

Schewe, who has a background in physics, has always loved stories about time travel. Last year, he read a documentary on the true story of the Phantom Fortress. The plane, a WWII, B-17 bomber, landed by itself, had no crew on board, and appeared to have transported them through time and space back to their home base, where they were later found, not actually knowing the true fate of their plane.

“That made me think, ‘What if they time traveled?’” said Schewe, and his story was born. He wrote it in three months, drawing from his vast knowledge of history, and found a publisher immediately. When asked why he chose a softer approach to such a serious topic as the holocaust, Schewe was ready with an answer:

“In my line of work, I deal with giving people hope,” says the radiation oncologist. “I go from room to room every day, and I’ll walk in one room and tell somebody that their PET scan or CT scan is perfect and wonderful and they're in complete remission from their cancer. Then I’ll go into the next room, five minutes later, and tell someone that their cancer has metastasized or spread to their bones or their lungs. The only way you can make that better is to truthfully give them the bad news, and then in the next breath you say, “But this is what we’re going to do about it.” That’s the way you manage cancer patients. You have to live in reality and you have to tell the truth, but then you take that truth and say this is how we’re going to change it and make it better. It is in that world that I work literally all day long, all year long, now for 32+ years. It’s engrained in my soul to take bad news and to turn it into hope, and that’s why I wrote my book this way. The holocaust was horrifying, terrible, and yet there are stories of hope that sprung out of that time. So this is a book about hope.”

It's also a book about history, with solid historical facts and interesting anecdotes such as the creation of Area 51, the formation of Oak Ridge, TN, and the mysterious story of the Phantom Fortress. While readers may be left wondering where fact ends and fiction begins, it’s a fun way to learn more about two nostalgic time periods from the past.

“It is a rare occasion to come across a book as ambitious, well-researched and, ultimately, as rewarding as ‘Bad Love Strikes.’” - John J. Kelly, Detroit Free Press, 5 star review 

The Bad Love Gang is based on the real life heroes of Schewe and the friends he hung out with as they were growing up in middle class Missouri. The nicknames are real, and seven of the nine are still alive today. Schewe has a heart for young people, and hopes that teens will read his book about growing up in the 1970s, and realize that there is adventure to be created when you put the technology away, just hang out with your friends, and take an adventure or go exploring. 

“An absorbing and engaging book that intertwines one of the darkest times in history with hope, ingenuity, action, adventure and comedy.” – David A. Holladay, M.D.

Whether you’re a history buff, a time-travel buff, or just in need of a fun book that will leave you happy, Bad Love Strikes is the adventure you’ve been waiting for. Grab your copy today!

About Kevin Schewe: Kevin L. Schewe, MD, FACRO is a board-certified cancer specialist who has been in the private practice of radiation oncology for 32+ years. He is an entrepreneur, having founded Elite Therapeutics and Bad Love Cosmetics Company, LLC. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of a small, publicly-traded, renewable, green energy and animal feed company called VIASPACE, Inc. Bad Love Strikes is his debut novel. You can connect with Schewe through his website: https://kevinschewe.com/ or through Instagram: @realkevinschewe.

Bad Love Strikes, ISBN 978-1950895090, 2019, Broken Crow Ridge Publishing, paperback, $19.95, hardcover, $35.95, ebook: $9.99, 220 pages, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Goodreads. Watch the book trailer here: http://j.mp/BadLoveStrikesTrailer

Media Contact: For a review copy of Bad Love Strikes or to arrange an interview with Dr. Kevin Schewe, contact Scott Lorenz of Westwind Communications Book Marketing at scottlorenz@westwindcos.com or by phone at 734-667-2090. Follow Lorenz on twitter @abookpublicist

Excerpts from Bad Love Strikes

On this Wednesday night in June 1942, something happened that forever changed the course of history for Indian Spring Airfield in the remote southwestern Nevada desert.

As they all approached within a couple hundred yards of the site, it became apparent that this was not a plane crash.

What Bucky and his small team of enlisted soldiers were looking at from one hundred yards away was a metallic-appearing space craft that glowed white, and the blue tint was emanating from the material that was leaking or extruding from breaches in the hull due to the crash damage.

He was more excited to discover the truth than afraid for his own safety.

Everything began to change at Indian Springs Airfield as the reality of the alien spaceship cash began to sink in.

One day before the alien ship crashed at Area 51 (AKA Groom Dry Lake, or Indian Springs Airfield) on June 16, 1942, Roosevelt had approved the all-out effort for the U.S. to be the first country to build the atomic bomb.

What has not been known until recently was that there was a separate, even more secretive project running parallel to the Manhattan Project, one that far fewer people knew even existed.

I happen to believe that time travel in the wrong hands could be far more devastating to world history and mankind than atomic weaponry.

I saw a sign with the phrase The White Hole. My heart jumped in my chest and time stood still; my life would never be the same again.

We set out to learn about the secrets of the White Hole and this marvelous time machine, how it worked, and what we could do with this life-changing discovery.

The more I read about the Holocaust, the more it haunted me.

“This whole White Hole Project is a time travel machine that was designed as a backup plan to the Manhattan Project.”

Being from Oak Ridge, all of us knew about the Manhattan Project, and had since we were very young.

This will be an adventure above and beyond any movie or science fiction novel any of us have seen or read, only this is big, real, and bad!

Everyone was nervous except Goondoggy, who seemed comfortable “rushing into the jaws of death.”

A virtually brand new Eighth Air Force B-17G Flying Fortress named Bad Love, on its third mission ever, hijacked and commandeered by the Bad Love Gang, was about to bomb a Nazi German oil refinery.

It’s time to stand and deliver! Let’s see if our grand plan will sink or swim.

Our take off into the destiny of time travel in a WWII B-17 named Bad Love…

I already knew that we were going to have to shoot our way out of here.

What happened next was one of those moments of hope and destiny that defy gravity.

When we discovered time travel, we made it our first mission to save some Holocaust souls from certain death.

From my perspective and that of the other fourteen time travelers, the time travel process in no way matched what Hollywood or television shows had made it out to be. It was a totally different experience!

Media Questions for Kevin Schewe, author of

Bad Love Strikes

1. Bad Love Strikes is your debut novel. You have a busy and fulfilling career as a radiation oncologist. Why did you decide to write a book?

1. You are a World War II history buff, so Bad Love Strikes combines factual history with fiction. How did you come up with such a fascinating storyline?

1. Tell us more about the true story of Phantom Fortress aircraft.

1. You write about serious subjects, such as the Holocaust, in a feel-good way. What made you decide to use this tone in your book?

1. Your book is interspersed with links to songs that readers can listen to while they read, kind of like a musical score in a movie. This adds to the emotional impact and enjoyment of your book and is quite unique in the reading world. Tell us why you decided to do this.

1. You’re a radiation oncologist of 32+ years. How has that shaped your outlook about hope, which is a strong message in your book?

1. The Bad Love Gang is based on many real characters, including the character Kevin “Bubble Butt” Schafer, who is you and narrates the story. Tell us more about these characters, and what their real life counterparts think of being part of the adventures in your book.

1. You’re quite the entrepreneur. Tell us about your other businesses.

1. This isn’t the first thing you’ve written. Every year you write a skit for cancer survivors, which you put on with other doctors. Tell us about that.

1. You have said this book would be a perfect read for teens. In what way?

1. The book is dedicated to your sister. How has she been an influence in your time travel story?

1. You’re writing a sequel to Bad Love Strikes. Can you tell us about it? What’s next?