Dear John, 

I have important favor to ask of you.

I have just written what I consider to be my most important book, Under Siege: No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic, which will be published by Crisis Publications on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph.

I have not been this excited about a writing project ever before. What I feared might happen when I set out to write this book has in fact happened, both on the ecclesial and governmental fronts, so it’s more relevant, timely and, frankly, urgent than even I expected.

Will you consider being a member of my Launch Team?

I need your help to propel this book into the hands of the thousands of people who need a battle plan against the forces of evil that are encircling us like never before. Under Siege is a fantastic countermeasure to the designs of the enemy that can give our fellow Catholics hope, inspiration and direction.

As my personal thanks, you will receive:

1. An advance PDF copy of the book that will be emailed to you before the book is printed!
2. Your name will appear in the book once it goes to press!
3. Invitation only online launch event featuring me and key thinkers who helped with this book.
4. Invitation only lectures on the themes of the book.
5. As many books from the first printing as you’d like, for a donation.
6. The satisfaction of knowing you are actually fighting back against the evils facing our world and our Church.

We live in one of the most important epochs the Church has ever known. How do we react? Do we hide? Cower? Retreat? Alas, this is the kind of negative and short-sighted messaging you’re getting from important writers.

I look at the disaster all around us and I say, let the heavenly graces flow! Never has there been a finer time to be a faithful Catholic than right now.

I am convinced that faithful Catholics will respond forcefully to this message, and so I turn to you to please help me get the word out. We must tell our friends and family about this important book, one that I have been working on for more than five years.

In exchange for signing up for my Launch Team, Crisis Publications will…

1. Send advertising materials that you can send email to your friends and family.
2. Send advertising you can put up on your Facebook feed, on MeWe, on Twitter, and Gab.
3. Send endorsements of this book from major thinkers and writers that you can send to your friends and family.
4. Send you a frameable certificate signed by me and my publisher that you are an official member of my Launch Team.

I fervently hope you will announce to your friends and family that you are an official member of the Under Siege Launch Team. You will be doing them and others a great favor as it can help turn the tide of evil and bring about a renewal of our Church and culture!

Here is what Scott Hahn says about this book:

“No one has ever accused me or Austin Ruse of seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. But we agree on this: there’s no better time than now to be a faithful Catholic. The great temptation is to turn from current troubles and long for the past. But that’s not the way of Abraham or Moses or Augustine or Kolbe. Nor is it the way of this book, which offers us a clear path forward. Read it and fulfill God’s call to Joshua: ‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go’ (Joshua 1:9)”

Join Scott Hahn and I in promoting what I consider to be my most important book ever. Join the Under Siege Launch Team right now.

Let’s talk soon.

Yours sincerely,

Austin Ruse