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Christopher Herz -  Pharmacology -  Available Now! -  4 out of 5 books -  Sarah Striker is a young woman that moved to San Francisco from Kansas City in order to live out her dreams. She also was looking for some steady income. Sarah is soon recruited by an advertising agency who wants to target a new drug to her own demographic. She loves the money, but Sarah is leery about what this drug actually does to people. Sarah decides to publish an underground magazine to expose what this pharmaceutical company was doing. But Sarah has to make sure that she’s not getting sucked into this world that she’s writing about. Christopher Herz brought us an interesting look into the pharmaceutical industry with Pharmacology. This book has an interesting storyline with an entertaining protagonist in Sarah Striker. You see how Sarah gets deeper and deeper into the life that her new job creates. There are also some strange secondary characters in Sarah’s life that makes...

INSIDE OUT WITH CHRISTOPHER HERZ - Author of The Last Block In Harlem - Available July 13, 2010 on Amazon Encore

Christopher Herz - The Last Block in Harlem - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - A new unemployed advertising executive attempts to change his Harlem neighborhood by first cleaning up the trash on the streets. Because of his efforts, the neighborhood is thrown into the spotlight of the local media. All of his efforts may be in vain when it leads to the gentrification of his neighborhood. Now this brave man must try to save his neighbors from losing their homes and to restore the identity of his Harlem neighborhood. The Last Block in Harlem is an interesting take on the gentrification that's taking place in so many neighborhoods across the country. Christopher Herz does a good job of telling this story through the eyes of an unnamed narrator. Herz gives you a bird's-eye view of the sights and sounds of the Harlem neighborhood. You feel the struggle of the main character as he tries to do what he feels he needs to do for Harlem while trying not to abandon his wife. T...