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Many people have asked me how I hit the USA Today Bestseller list with The Guinevere's Tale Trilogy, so today I am going to share exactly what I did, including more detail and numbers than you could ever want. This is going to be a LONG post.
This method is not the only one by any means, but it is time-tested and many authors have used it with success. Of course, if you want try it, you'll need to adjust it to your own needs and budget.
A Bit About the USA Today Bestseller List
Each of the bestseller lists is a little different, but USA Today counts sales from Monday to Sunday, so you would want your promotion to mirror this. As the name of the publication implies, only sales in the United States count toward their list. The number of sales you need varies, but the general advice is 5,000-9,000, though I hit the low end of the list with 4,191. The number depends on the time of the year because there are busy and slow periods in publishing just like in any other industry. But the good news is pre-sales count if you are trying to hit the list with a new book. The general rule is that you need at least 500 sales at Barnes & Noble and iBooks in order to make a list, so you can't try if you are Amazon exclusive. There is debate about whether that 500 is combined or separate or if it is even accurate; some people say the real number is closer to 150 or 200. The point is you need a mix of sales–USA Today won't count you if you are only on Amazon.
Quick Tips
For those who don't want to read the whole post, here are some quick recommendations. But I do suggest reading the whole thing because not everything you need to know is covered here.
- You really need a Bookbub Featured Deal in the U.S. to make this work.
- Ad stacking is key to gaining and maintaining momentum.
- Have a budget before you start so you don't go crazy with your spend.
- Put thought and strategy behind your advertising, graphics and text.
- Lower your price at least 3-4 days in advance at all retailers. I did this and still had problems with NookPress and Google Play not lowering correctly.
- When you put your retailer links into the forms for your ads, save which ones you used. One or two nights before your sale, check all them to make sure they are reflecting the sale price – especially if you use distributors. I had a rouge Barnes & Noble link that was removed from a major newsletter because the price didn't drop with that link, even though it did with all the others I checked. By the time they told me there was a problem, the newsletter had already gone out and they refused to send the correct link. I will always wonder how many sales I missed out on because of that stupid link.
- Ask for help! People are so willing to share and do what they can to help you succeed!
- Tell people you are aiming for a list. That's not something people get to help others do everyday and I really believe letting people know makes them more likely to share than if you just say your book in on sale.
- Don't be shy or get worried you will annoy people. You may, but they will also understand why you are posting so much. And if they don't, you don't need to be friends with them anyway.
My Sales By the Numbers
I'm listing these early in the post so you can see what I achieved with the method outlined below.
Total sales: 4,191
Estimated Total Income= $2,136.30
Estimated Expenses = $1,672 (newsletter ads) + $761.40 (social media ads) + $9 (graphics) – $2,442,40
Estimated Total Loss = $306.10
It doesn't bother me that I lost a little money on this. Profit was not my endgame. My goal was to hit the list and I did. You may feel differently and that is totally fine.
By retailer breakdown:
Amazon = 3,574 ebooks (and five print books, but those don't count toward the list)
Barnes & Noble = 298
- Nook Press = 6 (I had issues with them not changing prices, so that is why it is low)
- Distributed through Smashwords: 283
- Distributed through Draft 2 Digital = 9 (I don't use them like I should)
- Distributed through Smashwords. (I have yet to go direct with them, but I should) = 224
- Distributed through Smashwords = 91
Smashwords = 5
Smashwords sales
(Google Play was not included because they never lowered my price.)
My Category Rankings
Barnes and Noble
- #1 in fantasy
- Held for 2.5 days
- In top 15 for 4 days
- Bestseller status for 5 days
- #11 in ALL Nook ebooks
- In Top 100 for 3 days
- #1 in three subcategories on Amazon
- Held for 2.5 days
- #4 in Fantasy on Amazon
- Held for 2 days
- #5 in Sci-fi and Fantasy on Amazon
- Held for 2 days
- #40 in ALL Kindle ebooks
- In Top 100 for 2.5 days
- #8 in Sci-fi and Fantasy on iBooks (I only thought to look at this on Sunday, so I'm not sure if it was any higher. It likely was at least on Thursday.)
- Made their Hot List two weeks in a row.
- Week 1
- #1 selling book
- #1 selling boxed set
- #1 selling fantasy boxed set
- #1 in fantasy
- #1 in fairy tales
- Week 2 (this is with it back at full price)
- #4 selling boxed set
- #1 selling fantasy boxed set
- 1 in fairy tales
- Week 1
Outsold both George R. R. Martin (2 books) and Nora Roberts at certain points. I know most of their fans likely already have these books so it isn't like I outsold a new release, but still, these authors are HUGE!
BookBub is Key
You can try the other elements described below without a BookBub Featured Deal in the US, but unless you already have a huge audience, I wouldn't recommend it. BookBub is expensive, but very powerful. They say most authors average about 3,000-4,000 in sales from one of these deals, but that depends on the category you are in. (I was in fantasy, where they say the average is 2,100. My numbers were just above that at about 2,500.) In my experience, if you want a US deal (which is where the vast majority of subscribers are) DON'T click both US and International, even though they say it increases your chances. Every time I've clicked both, I've gotten international only. While that is good for increasing sales and establishing greater foreign readership, a US deal is what gives you the chance to make a list. This was the first time I indicated I only wanted a US deal, and the first time I got one.
When you are submitting for a deal, unless you are published by a major house, the general advice is to focus on your ebook only. This is partly because of the costs involved in printing paperbacks, which limit how far indie authors can reduce our prices before we lose money on a sale. It is also because many of the lists count paperback and ebook sales separately, so focusing on both won't actually increase your chances. Plus, most readers of these newsletters are buying ebooks anyway. (I did find that I saw a slight increase in paperback sales during the campaign even though that book wasn't on sale, so you may see the same benefit.)
When thinking about your potential deal, there are two big decisions you have to make: which book and what price? As for which book, it is easier to make the list with a boxed set (either of your own books like I did with the Guinevere's Tale Trilogy or with a set from various authors who have established fan bases) than it is with a single book. This is because readers feel like they are getting greater value when they get more than one book at a sale price. (Hey, I can't blame them.) It is definitely possible to do it with a single book, but you will have to work that much harder at advertising and rely more on your fan base to promote.
Another fairly big decision is which genre to advertise in. Bookbub only has so many choices so you have to decide which best fits your book and its potential readers. If your genre is straightforward like contemporary romance, it will be an easy decision because they have that as a category–and it is a very popular one. However, The Guinevere's Tale Trilogy is historical fantasy and they don't have a category for that, so I had to choose between historical romance (which it is not), historical fiction, and fantasy. I've learned from previous experience that my Guinevere books sell better when I market them as fantasy, so that is the category I went with, even though historical fiction has a bigger BookBub subscriber number. (A lot of this has to do with anticipating reader expectations. I think straight historical fiction readers could be turned off by my Guinevere books because she is a mythological, rather than historical figure and the book has mystical elements to it.)
Marketing expert Amy Collins told me once that the bigger the price drop you can demonstrate for BookBub, the more likely you are to get a featured deal. How far you choose to drop it depends on your goals for your campaign. If you are looking to make money (or at least break even), you may not wish to go all the way down to $0.99 like I did. (My normal price is $9.99.) However, if you don't care about a profit and are just looking to try to make a list, as I was, drop the price down as much as you are comfortable. I personally wouldn't advise free because 1) you won't make any of your money back and 2) many of the lists don't count books offered for free.
Rumor has it Tuesday and Wednesday are the best days for BookBub deals because you can then ride the "tail" from the ad for the rest of the week. Mine was on a Thursday, and I did just fine. My sales dropped off pretty quickly Saturday and Sunday, so for me, the tail wasn't as long as some had led me to believe. If you don't like the day/date that Bookbub gives you, just email them (quickly – I think their rules say it has to be a certain amount of time before your deal) and they will change it. Mine was originally on a Saturday and I asked them to change it because I was traveling and also asked for a different day based on when other major advertisers had open slots.
You Got a Featured Deal, Now What?
Ad Stacking for Newsletter Lists
The first thing you should do when you find out that you got a BookBub Featured Deal (besides celebrate) is start planning the other ads you are going to run in the week of your promotion. These are usually mostly ads targeted at newsletters/mailing lists of readers. Some of the really popular ones (especially Robin Reads and Fussy Librarian) fill up a month in advance, so keep that in mind when confirming your BookBub date. Also keep in mind that some of these sites are VERY expensive. Don't feel bad if you can't afford them. I went into debt for this and I don't advise anyone else to do so. Below are ones I used, along with the price, which of course, they can change at any time. Some of them are flat-rate pricing and some let you choose what package you want. Here's a great database to use to evaluate potential ad companies.
|Thurs 7/11
|Just Kindle Books
|Wed 7/10
|Fussy Librarian
|Tuesday 7/9
|Book Gorilla
|free, part of a package with another company
|Wed 7/10
|Wed 7/10
|Mon 7/8
|Tues 7/9
|Choosey Bookworm
|Mon 7/8
|Kindle Nation Daily
|Mon 7/8
|Riffle Select
|Wed 7/10
|Early Bird Books
|Mon 7/8
|The Portalist
|Wed 7/10
There are a few that I would have liked to have used, but couldn't and why:
|Book Barbarian
|Book Cave
|not accepted
|Free Kindle Books
|Didn't have enough reviews
|date conflict
|not enough reviews
|not enough reviews
|not appropriate for a short period promo; better for new release
The best advice I can give is to cluster ads from these types of companies around your Bookbub ad, preferably BEFORE the day of your Featured Deal. Don't run other ads on the day of your Bookbub Featured deal; just let it do its job on its own. It is better to get some heavy hitters in before your Bookbub deal so that they jump-start your sales and trip Amazon's algorithms into paying attention. That way your book is primed for the big BookBub day.
Based on my sales, the promotions that seem to have done the best are the ones I scheduled on Monday (Robinreads, Bookrebel, Early Bird Books), as I had 625 sales that day, as opposed to 227 on Tuesday and 220 on Wednesday. I'm only using Amazon as my example because they have the easiest report by day but my sales at other locations showed a similar pattern.
It is still important to continue to advertise after your Book Bub deal. You can do this through ads from the places above and/or through your own ads. I had scheduled all of my ads with other companies earlier in the week, so I relied upon Facebook/Instagram, Amazon, and Bookbub ads that I created during the last four days of my campaign (Friday-Sunday). My sales reflected that as they trended steadily downward. I will go into more detail on the ads I created myself below.
When you're planning your campaign, you need to think like a marketer. This means:
- Being consistent in your messaging through all of your graphics and other communications.
- Keeping your color scheme and fonts consistent as well.
- Having a theme to tie together your copy and images.
- Using images that are professional (I recommend stock photography from iStock, Adobe Stock or some other paid site) and that are consistent.
- Using comparison titles to help readers understand what type of book you're promoting.
You can choose to base your theme around anything–perhaps an upcoming holiday, season, news event, TV show or movie that your books are similar to–as long as it gives your audience something to identify with and as well as a clear, honest picture of what to expect from your book.
I chose to target the "showhole" left behind by the end of Game of Thrones because my Guinevere books have a lot of similar attributes (political conniving and maneuvering, murder for the sake of gain (though not as many deaths as GRRM's books], a quasi-medieval setting [though mine is more early medieval], and a bit of magic). I also played off the idea that in the show at least the women did not fare well, but they do in my books. This also ties nicely into the resurgence feminism is having at the moment. I also wanted to touch on the idea that fans have waited a long time for The Winds of Winter and still have a long wait, so they can use that time to read my book.
Once I saw how the various messages performed (more on that below) and I had some solid success to back up revising my ads (this was on Friday after the big Bookbub push), I decided to keep the basic graphics and message the same, but change them a little to play on the books' new bestseller status and create a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out), since the campaign was coming to an end.
Once I had those basic ideas in mind, I decided to create eight graphics that I would both use as the basis for my Facebook/Instagram and Bookbub ads and share on social media. The reason two were similar is I wanted to see which type of background connected better with people, simple or complex.
Out of those, four played heavily on the Game of Thrones theme:
But I knew not all my readers were fans of the show, so I didn't want to put all my eggs in one basket. I also created an ad that appealed more to readers of historical fantasy, one for readers of epic fantasy, one that emphasized the award the book recently won, and one to those who are attracted to the romance in my books.
I use Canva to create my graphics. I've tried Bookbrush, but I can't get it to work correctly for me. (Some people swear by it, so use whatever you are comfortable with). All of my images either come from Canva or Adobe Stock. (It is very important to use legally purchased images. Yes, it costs money, but it's better than getting yourself sued for something you stole off of Google.) I have a running account with them that costs $29.99/month, so I have hundreds of credits to use anytime I need them. I don't have any special graphic design training; I think I just picked things up over my 15 years in PR and marketing.
Once the Bookbub deal happened and I had several things to crow about, I edited my graphics. You'll notice the bestseller seals (which I created myself, based off of things I had seen others do). They aren't on every image and I don't always include all three because sometimes that made the design too busy. I let the ad dictate what I did and did not include. Also note the change in language. It is simpler and uses terms like "Buy now!" Don't Miss Out!" and "Hurry!" to create a sense of urgency and FOMO. These graphics also emphasize the end date more which is both a helpful reminder for people and another way to emphasize this is a limited time offer.
Prep Work
There are a few things it would be wise for you to do before your promotion week.
- Make sure your book page is properly formatted on all sites. You'd be surprised how messed up they can get, especially on Amazon (their editor follows no known HTML logic) and Barnes and Noble (which I never did get fixed, despite multiple attempts).
- Check Amazon your categories. Amazon is always adding new categories, so if you haven't checked yours lately, you might want to shift them around. It is easier to hit #1 in a smaller, more niche sub-category. But I actually took my book out of the Arthurian niche sub-category and put it into the bigger historical fantasy category because I wanted to see how it did. My two categories are Fiction > Fantasy > Epic and Fiction > Fantasy > Historical.
- Check your Amazon keywords. These are how Amazon will throw you into a third category, so make sure your keywords really reflect what you book is about. This is how I got into the Sword and Sorcery subcategory
- Get any typos fixed that you or readers have identified and be sure to upload the new files in plenty of time before your sale.
I also did a few other things that are totally optional:
- I asked on Facebook if any of my author friends had a newsletter timed to the sale and was willing to mention it. From that, I got nine people who said they were willing to share anything I posted on Facebook, a suggestion for someone to contact who might help, a newsletter swap with author Nancy Bilyeau and an interview and newsletter mention from marketing expert Amy Collins. This is something I would totally do again. The worst people can do is ignore you or say no.
- I was heading to the Historical Novel Society Conference just a few weeks before the sale and I knew they would have a swag table so I had 25 small cards printed advertising the sale. I didn't count how many were left after the conference (a lot) but I needed something to do with them. So I handed them out to people I knew at my day job. I have no way of knowing how many people actually bought the book from the card, but as several of my co-workers said, "Hey, if we can ask you to buy cookies and pizza for our kids, you can certainly ask us to buy a $0.99 book." I would advise checking on your company's solicitation policy if you're going to do this, just to be safe. It was fun, but it's not something I think I would do again.
- They say the higher the number of reviews your book has on Amazon, the more likely readers are to buy your book, so you may want to try increasing your number before your promotional week. I emailed my newsletter subscribers asking for review in exchange for free book (not sure if that is totally okay or not, but I did it). It only netted me two reviews out of 2,000+ newsletter subscribers. I won't take that exact tack again, but if I had more advanced notice I might have done Choosy Bookworm's Read and Review program, which I've used before and had success with.
Another important step is to email your newsletter subscribers and if you have a blog, write a blog post letting people know about the sale, your desire to hit the list (don't be shy about this!) and how they can help you. The messages can be pretty much the same. I would advise making your story as personal as possible. After all, if you're going to ask people to help make a dream come true, it's only fair that they understand why this is your dream.
Because I changed newsletter providers, I don't have access to the email I sent to my newsletter subscribers, but here's the post that I did on my blog. It's a little longer than I would recommend, but the important things are:
- Include your buy links up front so people don't have to look for them
- Bold the key messages for those who will skim
- Provide more detail toward the bottom for those who want it
- Say thank you. After all, you can't make a list on your own; you are reliant on people buying the books and spreading the word.
You may also want to send a reminder close to the end of the sale period and/or provide updates along the way. This is especially good if you are doing interviews or writing articles to try to attract attention to the campaign. It gives you (and your fans) more things to share online, too.
Here are mine:
- Sales Updates, an Interview and an Article
- Two Days Left to Help The Guinevere's Tale Trilogy Hit the USA Today Bestseller List
These not only may spur some people to action, but it will also serve to keep the energy up around the campaign. And be sure to do a wrap up post after, especially if you make the list!
Also, if you are part of any group blogs, make sure you post to those as well! They will reach different audiences.
Street Team
If you have a Street Team – a group of dedicated superfans who have promised to help promote your books – even a small one (mine is only 29 people, but I know authors who have around 1,000 in theirs), make sure you let them know about the sale and provide them with resources to help tell people about it. I created a page on my website with ready-made graphics for Facebook and Instagram, as well as tweets that could be copy/pasted: https://nicoleevelina.com/spread-the-word-the-guineveres-tale-trilogy-0-99-sale/. I included this link in all my communications with them via email and in our secret Facebook group. The idea is to make sharing your information as easy as possible for them. (When I updated my graphics, I created another page: https://nicoleevelina.com/new-sale-graphics-guineveres-tale-trilogy/ and let everyone know about the updated information.)
I also invited my team members to share suggestions in the Facebook group for how to keep up interest over the weekend. Then I added some of my own, a few of which were good, a few of which were really dumb. I included everything because you never know what might spark an idea.
If you have a large Street Team, you may want to run a contest with prizes for the person who gets the most shares/likes/etc. or something else to reward the people who put in the most effort. This is something I wish I would have thought to do.
If you don't have a Street Team, start one now. You can begin by setting up a simple sign up form on your website and then ask your fans on social media, your blog and your newsletter if they'd like to join. Then put a link on your website as well. It will grow over time.
Social Media
I am active on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, so that's where I posted these graphics. I did daily posts (with a different graphic each day) on Instagram and Facebook (both profile and page…yes, I know technically you aren't supposed to do that kind of thing on your profile). If you are aiming to hit a list, TELL PEOPLE. As one of my writer friends said, "You should never be modest about your accomplishments [or in this case, goals] as an author." I think most people really want to see you succeed and if they know you have a goal like that in mind, they will be more willing to help than if you just say, "Hey my book is on sale." Sales happen all the time; it's not every day you can help someone hit a bestseller list.
- I did daily posts with a different graphic each day.
- I used a core group of about a dozen hashtags and then added others that were more specific to the given graphic. For example for the one with the guy on the side that talks about Lancelot, Arthur and Aggrivane, I used the ones below. You'll see the specialized tags about romance at the end.
- The graphic that did the best was the Winds of Winter ad. Instagram has hidden the number of likes for me, but I was mentally keeping track and it got over 1,000. I have never had anything like that happen before and I can't explain why it was this one that hit. I used the same hashtags. This was even still the case when I updated my ads with the award seals.
- When I started to get great numbers and making bestseller lists at Amazon and Barnes and Noble, I took screenshots and posted those as well. That was mainly just me being excited but also a little to show others how well the book was doing in the hopes they'd want to jump on the bandwagon and but the book, too.
- I did daily posts with a different graphic each day on both my profile and my page. (Yes, I know you aren't supposed to advertise anything on your profile, but with the low percentage of people who see anything you post to your page, I do it anyway.)
- I pinned my favorite post to the top of my profile on Monday. That way it would be the first thing people saw all week.
- When I started to get great numbers and making bestseller lists at Amazon and Barnes and Noble, I took screenshots and posted those as well.
- I asked everyone on FB over and over to please share my posts that had the graphics and buy links. I estimate that at least 30 people shared over the course of the week.
- I drove everyone I know crazy with the above, I'm sure.
- I also posted to about three or four different Facebook groups a day, totaling about 15 groups. There were several others that I never got around to posting in.
- Here's my whole list. Some will apply to you, some won't. But you can find ones in your genre.
- Be sure to read a group's rules (usually the post pinned to the top in the main area or over on the right-hand column) to see if they allow promotions. Some do, some don't, and some only allow it on certain days or in certain ways (i.e. you have to comment on a post the admins start; you can't start your own.)
- Don't do too many right in a row or even in the same day because Facebook might accuse you of spamming and lock you out for a period of time, not something you want during a promotion.
- It's a good idea to participate in the groups first so you don't just look like a spammer.
- I did daily posts with a different graphic each day. I pinned that tweet to the top of my profile.
- When I started to get great numbers and making bestseller lists at Amazon and Barnes and Noble, I took screenshots and posted those as well.
- When I was getting close to number 1 in Canada, I started doing specific tweets aimed at Canadian readers. This was my only Canadian promotion; I hadn't done any ads (mine were specific to the U.S.). The rest was word of mouth.
- At the same time I also asked my friend, Canadian author Susanna Kearsley, if she would mind sharing my promotion to to her fans. She did. 🙂
- I was very careful in who I asked and how. This is not something you want to take advantage of. If you are going to ask other authors to share your promotion, it is best to stick to the ones you know well, and ask politely. Some may say no or not respond and that is okay.
- At the same time I also asked my friend, Canadian author Susanna Kearsley, if she would mind sharing my promotion to to her fans. She did. 🙂
- It didn't occur to me to add my promo graphics to one of my boards (I have one called "Book Shelf (My Books)" for this very purpose) until Friday.
- The reason to do this is to get the graphics onto the boards of your followers for free. I have 18,900 monthly viewers, so that is a lot of people. I wish I would have done it on Monday instead so they would have had longer to see them.
- Two of the graphics were in my top 10 pins for that week, netting a total of 1,018 impressions for free.
- I also promoted a pin, which I will talk about below. It is not included in the numbers of the bullet above.
Advertising (non-newsletter lists)
Total spend: $353.78
- I ran a total of five ads using Boosted Posts over the course of a week. In total they reached 13,872 people, 5,062 who engaged (liked, shared, etc.) with the post and 24 of whom clicked a link.
- My most popular post in terms of both reach and engagement was The Winds of Winter ad (which isn't surprising since FB and Instagram are now linked). I just wish I understood what made that one so popular.
- Interestingly, I didn't even post that one until Friday.
- The two that posted on Monday and that ran the entire campaign had very different results. The one I thought would do better only had 1,430 reach and 646 engagement, but the other one that was female-focused blew it away with 5,206 reach and 846 engagement. Go figure.
- I had one ad (the bottom one in the image below) that wasn't doing well at all, so I killed it right away.
Total spend: $16.28
- This ad was a last-minute decision that I made on Friday night on a lark.
- I decided to promote one of my pins (the romance one with the guy) instead of creating an ad. It is a new option and frankly, way easier. I chose that pin because I felt like it appealed to the widest variety of people and aligned well with Pinterest's mostly female audience.
- I only had two days left in the campaign at that point (less once Pinterest approved my pin), so I didn't throw a lot of money at it – only $20, of which I actually spent $16.28
- The results were 10,328 impressions, 1,400 close up views, four saves and 132 clicks on the buy link, for a click through rate of 1.28%.
- Verdict: I would totally do this again, but keep my spend low.
Total spend = $383.37
- I broke my ads up into ones that would run in the early week before the BookBub Featured Deal and ones that would run in the end part of the week.
- They say the average click-through rate for a BookBub ad is about 0.5%. even though we should all be aiming for at least 3-5%.
- There are a lot of complexities about how you set up your ads and how that affects your rate. I'm not an expert, so I just tried different things to see what worked.
- These ads appear at the bottom of the emails, so opening the email counts as an impression but doesn't guarantee that the ad is seen or clicked on.
- I targeted my ads both by category (fantasy and historical fiction) and author because just doing category alone made my audience too broad. Authors I targeted included Deborah Harkness, Patrick Rothfuss, Terry Brooks, Philippa Gregory, Diana Gabaldon, George R. R. Martin, and Susanna Kearsley.
I ran a few different ads with a few different goals:
- In the early part of the week (Mon-Wed) I ran five ads.
- Three were different graphics, just to see which performed better.
- Missing Westeros? Visit Camelot: 6,597 impressions, 17 clicks, click through rate of 0.26%
- Historical Fantasy at its Finest: 6,682 impressions, 26 clicks, click through rate of 0.39%
- A Woman Rules Camelot: 7,302 impressions, 18 clicks, click through rate of 0.25%
- I also ran ads that just targeted certain retailers, i.e. Apple or B&N, to try to drive up sales there. That didn't work at all. My click through rate for those were 0.03% for Apple and 0.08% for B&N, which is abysmally low. I won't be doing this again.
- Three were different graphics, just to see which performed better.
- In the later part of the week (Fri-Sun) I ran three ads, two which I designed myself and one of which I used the Bookbub ad generator for.
- Historical Fantasy at its Finest: 2,259 impressions, 3 clicks, click through rate of 0.13%
- Missing Westeros? Visit Camelot: 2,046 impressions, 0 clicks, click through rate of 0%
- Bookbub generated ad: 12,364 impressions, 37 clicks, click through rate of 0%
- In the early part of the week (Mon-Wed) I ran five ads.
- Things I learned:
- Simple ads with little text and the book cover work the best.
- You may as well just use Bookbub's ad generator instead of spending the time to design your own.
- The more money you throw at an ad, the more impressions you will get (my budget for the BookBub generated ad was twice that of the others) but that doesn't necessarily mean much higher click-through (that one had only 0.30% vs one of the ones I created with 0.39%)
- I need to take some classes on how to create ads that work.
- Will I do Bookbub ads again? I'm honestly not sure. I am reading that some people thinking they have gone the way of Amazon ads: too popular and too expensive to really make a difference anymore. If I do them again, I won't budget as much money, that is for sure.
Amazon Advertising
Spend: $2.75 (lockscreen) + $5.22 (product ad) = $7.97
- I originally had two ads going, a lockscreen ad (shows on the locked screen of a Kindle) and a sponsored product ad (shows in the product listing on Amazon when people search for certain terms or authors that you define).
- Amazon doesn't give you a lot of options for customizing your ad. Your image will be your book cover and you have only 150 characters for your ad copy.
- My ad copy was: "Missing Westeros? Visit Camelot. Priestess. Queen. Warrior. Guinevere was much more than a sinner. Experience life through her eyes in a 3-book set."
- My copy focused on Game of Thrones, but I also told my audience a little about who the book was about (a Guinevere, who is not your average portrayal. She is a priestess, a queen and a warrior who was more active than the traditional sinner) and what they should expect (there is an implication in the roles I mentioned that they will get magic, political mechanations, and action, plus you know that you will be reading her experience as it happens).
- I chose manual product targeting by category. My categories were 1) /Books/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy/Epic Fantasy 2)/Books/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy/Sword & Sorcery Fantasy and 3) /Books/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy/Historical Fantasy. I picked these because they are my categories for the book within Amazon as well as the categories I thought my readers would read. Interestingly, these are the three categories I hit #1 in!
- I also targeted a few products, mostly GRRM books, The Mists of Avalon, and the categories of Arthurian Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery Fantasy, Fantasy Anthologies, Mythology and Folk Tales, and Myths & Legend Fantasy.
- I stopped the lockscreen ad after only a day and only spending $2.75 (with 0 sales) because Amazon just wasn't pushing it out. I won't do lockscreen ads again, as I've noticed from personal experience that they are HEAVILY weighted toward Kindle Unlimited books. (Plus a lot of people have them turned off in their settings.)
- Interestingly, my sponsored product ad wasn't pushed out much either. I only spent $5.22 for 16,846 impressions, but made $44.15 in sales from it. I had an average click-through rate of 11.82% which is really good.
- Verdict: I might do a sponsored product ad in the future, but I am finding Amazon Ads to be less and less effective.
Things I Would Do Differently
No matter how good any marketing campaign is, there are always lessons learned and things you would do differently next these are mine:
- I didn't find out about merchandising with major retailers (Barnes & Noble, Apple and Draft2Digital) until my campaign was almost over. Apparently if you tell them you have a sale (and mention BookBub if you have on because they understand how important that is) they may help promote your book. I emailed all of them and only heard back from Barnes & Noble. It was too late for this campaign, but now I have the links to their forms for the future.
- May not use quite as many newsletter ad services in the future. I don't know. I'm on the fence about that.
- Add my graphics to Pinterest on the first day of the campaign rather than when it was almost over.
- Contact a few people I know (Chuck Wendig, Joanna Penn) who might have helped promote the book.
- Possibly engage a VA like Kate Tilton on the campaign.
- Look at Apple stats earlier. That just totally slipped my mind.
- Run a contest with prizes for the person who gets the most shares/likes/etc. or something else to reward the people who put in the most effort.
I'm sure there are other things I could have done differently or better, but that is what is coming to mind. If can think of anything else, please let me know!
If you've made it this far into the post, congratulations! If you can think of anything I haven't covered or that you want more detail on, please comment and I will totally share!


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"Piplup evolves into Prinplup at Lv.16 Prinplup evolves into Empoleon at Lv.32 Empoleon evolves into Napoleon when you give him a midget stone."
"In Soviet Russia, Napoleon conquers YOU!!"
Napoleon is That One Guy at your school who is always Stealing your Tater tots every Tuesday and loves drawing wierd ass pictures on his notebooks, and hangs out with a suicideal depressed Dirty Sanchez named Pedro.
Battle of my vagina[edit]
Napoleon onced got lost in his closet and discovered the Magical world of Narnia. He was so freak'n scared and sh*t, and beat the crap out of everyone there (This event was soon named, The Battle of Narnia). He was armed with his fists and his barbwire curley afro. The White
bitch Witch was killed when she choked on his hair. Napoleon was named king of Narnia even after he killed almost everyone there. He poured oil all over and lit the f***ing place on fire. Afterwards, he came out of the closet (lol), and burned down his f***ing closet.
Napoleon Dynamite had a rich ancestry of short dudes and emperors. His great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather was Napolean, (you know, that ole' emperor guy).
Election of 08[edit]
Napoleon's friend Pedro (not to be confused with Pedobear) ran for president of America in 2009. He advertised his message in shirts that says, Vote for
Pedo Pedro. He even hired a couple a gangstas to spread the word, thats how desperate he was. Apparently, it took Pedro 3 weeks to figure out that Bat man was already President. Deeply embarrassed and in shame, he shaved his head clear in disgrace.
Battle with anus Ninjas[edit]
Napoleon is the number one target for all the ninjas in the world, no one knows why, Its probably the hair. They strike in the most unexspected times. He once fought them with Luke Skywalker in Antarctica. The scar on his left nut was from the one time he was fighting Captain Jack Sparrow disguised as a ninja (Ninja Pirate reference?) in the Battle of Canada. To this day it is said that Napoleon killed over 1,035,850,386,548,332,206,203,948 ninjas.
His life[edit]
He waz born on the 39/13/99999. He had a Dalek for a mother and a Spitfire for his dad. He had 9021 bros and lil sises. They annoyed the bums outta him. As showed above he killed the white witch. But losing his manlyhood in the process when the White WitchMedia:www.Narnia.com burnt it off with her own pet dog.(Its a ==Dragon Great Dane==. I have one.) He is invincible and has a bionic leg. No kidding.
No, he's not dead.OR IS HE?? Is he?
Other meanings for Napoleon[edit]
- Napoleon Bonaparte, the short Emperor of France between 1804 and 1815.
- Napoleon Dynamite, the highly explosive father of both Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon I.
- Napoleon I, also the short Emperor of France between 1804 and 1815.
- Napoleon III, Emperor of France with a ridiculous moustache.
- Napoleonic Wars, the wars started by Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon I.
- Napoleonic Wars (video game), the best-selling video game.
- Napoleon complex, the name given by annoyingly tall psychologists to describe an inferiority complex suffered by
shortnormal-sized people.
- Napolean -- If you are looking for this, you should seriously practice your spelling.

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cristobal moved away from the Bahamas after strengthening into a hurricane, leaving a swath of soaked Caribbean islands and at least five fatalities in its wake.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said that by late Monday evening the hurricane was centered about 655 miles (1,055 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) and was tracking north-northeast at 2 mph (4 kph).
The storm was projected to gradually take an even more northeastward track, and pass to the west and north of Bermuda on Wednesday. Hurricane force winds extended outward up to 45 miles (75 kilometers) from the center, and tropical force winds extended outward up to 205 miles (335 kilometers).
Before strengthening into a hurricane, Cristobal flooded several communities across the Caribbean and halted flights in the drenched Turks & Caicos Islands. Government offices and banks were shuttered Monday on the low-lying islands that are highly vulnerable to flooding from heavy rains and storm surge, and authorities said many homes were flooded.
Officials in Turks & Caicos said some 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain had been dumped since Friday.
In the Bahamas, government meteorologists warned that severe thunderstorms from the storm's outer bands posed threats Monday to Mayaguana, Acklins and a few other islands and they called for boaters to return to port and residents to stay indoors.
The hurricane service said Cristobal was expected to produce additional rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches (7.6 to 15.2 centimeters) over Turks & Caicos and the southeastern Bahamas, with isolated amounts of around 10 inches (25 centimeters) possible. The storm was projected to produce rainfall of 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) over Bermuda.
On the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, two Dominican men and two Haitians died when they were caught up in waterways swollen by Cristobal's driving rains.
In Haiti, Marie Alta Jean Baptiste, Haiti's director of civil protection, confirmed the deaths of the two Haitians late Monday. They had gone missing late Saturday in Saint Marc, a port town on the country's west coast.
On Monday, the Turks & Caicos governor's office reported one storm fatality in the tiny archipelago, saying a body was recovered from floodwaters on the main island of Providenciales.
About 3,600 people were evacuated from communities in the Dominican Republic, according to Jose Manuel Mendez, director of the country's emergency operations center. More than half returned to their homes by Monday.
Roughly 640 Haitian families were left temporarily homeless during the passage of the storm, said Luckecy Mathieu, a civil protection coordinator. At least 28 homes were badly damaged and four others were destroyed, he said.
Meanwhile in the Pacific, Hurricane Marie was moving northwest after weakening to a Category 3 storm, bringing high waves but no threat of a direct hit to Mexico's Pacific coast.
The weakening hurricane's sustained winds had decreased to near 115 mph (185 kph) with more weakening expected over the next two days. It was centered about 505 miles (815 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph).
Swells generated by Marie were affecting the southwestern coast of Mexico and the southern gulf of California. National Hurricane Center forecasters said the swells were expected to reach southern California by Tuesday and were likely to cause "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions."
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[-xdragon @themail.com-] [-Urban Chaos- Walkthrough-] [-version 1-] [- Playstation Version-] This is the Glitchiest and worst playing Playstation game I have ever played and I'm sorry to say will go unfinished. If the gaming companies would take the time to make sure a game is done right in all phases of devolopment then maybe I'd finish the walkthrough. I've had it with this stupid excuse for a Playstation game and will not make a full walkthrough. Is it also so much to ask to put in save areas throughout one level instead of level to level? Maybe someone will invent a plug in or something for a system that would allow you to save wherever ya damn please in a game. This game is sorry in all aspects. The top 10 reasons not to play this game: 10. The controls suck. 9. The cameras in close quarters are terrible. 8. There is no way to save the game within a level. If you die you must go back and refind all the powerups you got before dying. 7. The shotgun ammo is few and far between making you revert to your puny 4 shots to kill enemies gun. ( I think a cap gun would kill the enemies quicker than the pistol in this game.) 6. The stealth mode is pretty much pointless as sneaking on one enemy always brings 1 more in right behind you. When this happens then they still see you. Also shooting enemies from behind when they aren't aware you're there still takes the same amount of ammo to kill them. 5. It's too easy to fall off of high buildings and tall structures because the controls suck ( refer to number 10) 4. The A-I is some of the stupidest I have ever seen as the enemies wait most times for you to arrest their pals before attacking. 3. The graphics aren't anything to write home about. With grainy and distant graphics it adds to how lousy this game plays. 2. The clipping isn't terrible it's beyond terrible. The game engine is worse than the Tomb Raider engine was and just doesen't flow smoothly enough with the gameplay. Lets also see some inside levels as in, inside of buildings. 1. Number 1 reason this game probably sucks is probably because it was rushed and it has entirely tooo many bugs in it. Again I'll ask, isn't that what game testers are being paid to do is tell the devolopers what needs improvement? Top 10 reasons to Play the game: 10. Some of the situations are pretty cool. 9. The shotgun makes a realistic sound that resembles that of a real shotgun. 8. Rescuing people in danger might help you devolop morality. YEah right. 7. I think that's all for the top 10 list. Cheats Cheat mode (PAL version): Hold Triangle + Circle + Square + X and press Right during game play to refill your energy and unlock all weapons. Level select (PAL version): Press L1 + R1 + Select + Start at the new game screen. All areas will now be unlocked at the map screen. *The above cheats are as far as I know, for PAL versions of Urban Chaos. They may still work for the NTSC versions of the game, but that's not a garuntee.* Now every item and powerup isn't covered in this walkthrough and I'm aware of that. Please don't email me telling me what I missed cause this game is kinda confusing at times. Abbreviations- UCPD: Urban Chaos Police Department. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I don't know any of the PC commands or key functions for this game, as this walkthrough was written for the Playstation console. I realize the PC version was out first,but my computer isn't compatible for that,so the Playstation version will have to do. [-This walkthrough is Copyright 2000 XDragon walkthrough Guides. This took me some time to complete and is still taking me some time so please don't rip me off by posing as me to post the guide elsewhere. Anyone wishing to post my walkthrough on their website is welcome without the consent of me XDragon. Feel free to post this as you wish, but don't change or modify it in any way, shape, or form. Also before anyone plays this game make sure you are at least 18 as it contains graphic scenes of violence and Language. This may appeal to some children who aren't old enough to play the game but just remember that violence is no laughing matter. If you think it's fun to kill or maim someone in real life you are a sick, perverted individual. The first part of this walkthrough will be the weapons listing in the game. Enjoy the game and walkthrough.-] [-Weapons-] Although you begin some missions with a weapon, you should be able to find better weapons fairly easily. You can often disarm an armed assailant during a brawl; when you see the weapon fall to the ground, walk over and press the action button to pick it up. You may also find ammo behind objects. Remember: Even after a weapon is in your inventory, you must select it before you can use it. [-Firearms-] All guns work in the same way: When a target presents itself, D'arci or Roper will auto-draw their firearm and a targeting icon will appear around the target to denote that you are aimed and ready to fire. You cannot fire until the target has appeared- the delay depends on the type of gun used and the range. If you fire before the target appears , there is a percentage chance that you may miss your target. When targeting , D'arci will challenge any foe in her sights. Civilians normally freeze when ordered, and lay down for search when you press the action button. Guilty suspects may run or challenge you. Be warned: The UCPD comes down hard on officers who shoot innocent people. Warning: A firearm can be knocked out of your hand if you are punched or kicked while holding it. Pistol- This is a good all-around weapon. It has good short to mid-range accuracy with a high fire rate. Shotgun- Devestating at short-range, this weapon has a slow reload time. Assault Rifle- The best weapon for combat, the assault rifle has good fire rate with mid-range distance and excellent accuracy. Pistol Clip- Pistol Clips give the pistol a full cartridge of bullets. Shotgun Shell- Shotgun shells vary in amount when found. Rifle Clip- Rifle Clips give the assault rifle a full cartridge of bullets. [-Explosives-] Hand Grenade- Press the punch button to pull the pin; Press a second time to throw. The grenade has a 6 second fuse. Once it is primed, you must throw it toward the target or be blown to bits. Time Bomb- General-purpose explosives for all manner of demolition work. You either receive these at the start of a mission, or find them during the level. Press the punch button to place the bomb. You then have 5 seconds to clear the blast radius. These explosives have a devestating short-range blast and must be used as warrented by the mission briefing. [-Other Weapons/Items-] If you have a gun or run out of ammo, there are other ways to improve your chances in a street brawl. If you can disarm an opponet who is wielding a bat or a knife, you can pick them up and add them to your inventory. (Just my opinion but wouldn't this be corrupting evidence by using a criminals own weapon?) You can also pick up large objects such as crates and drums and throw them. Press the action button while standing close to the object to pick it up. Move into position, then press a second time to throw. Knife- A shotr-ranged weapon used in hand-to-hand combat. In the hands of an expierienced user it can be deadly on sneak attacks. Baseball Bat- Another hand-to-hand combat weapon, used to stun or drop opponets. [-Power-Ups-] Each mission has power-ups that give an immediate boost when collected. Collect power-ups during each mission to cumulatively enhance D'arci and Roper to their maximum abilities. These are espicially useful in later missions. Medikit- Increases health by 50%. Stamina- Restores Full health and increases your total health bar over time. Reflexes/Accuracy- Accrues skill throughout the game. After a certain time your reaction times and shooting accuracy will improve. Strength/Damage- Accrues power throughout the game. After a time, your character will be able to take and inflict more damage during combat. Constitution/Speed- Delivers a short-term boost and long-term gain. Your character's overall speed and maximum running distance improve with each power- up. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Okay there was a moves section in the book but I decided to skip it for now and go to the main walkthrough for now. [-Oval Circuit-] [-Driving Bronze-] [-Complete 3 Laps within the alloted time.-] This first area is to test your skills and you can choose from Driving Bronze which is extremely easy since the Cruiser is easy to control. Just make 3 easy laps around the course and you'll have completed the first level. [-Advanced Circuit-] [-Driving Silver-] [-Complete 2 laps within the alloted time.-] Now you'll have driving Silver so do that one next. This one I found to be a bit more tedious, just follow the arrows and turn when they show up on screen. The one part you'll have to back up and I don't understand why but you must do it on both laps. When you finally finish the second lap you must back the car into the space where you first began the race. To me it looks like Eidos made the car phiysics after a Tonka Truck. It looks and drives just like a truck. [-Driving Gold-] [-Complete 2 laps within the alloted time.-] By this time the Driving Gold and Physical appear on the menu so do the Driving Gold next and get it over with. Here you have a truck to drive around the advanced track and must stop and reverse, very senseless but you must and get around the track before the timer runs out. This track is a bit more difficult and I made it around the second try with 6 seconds to spare. You must do a reversal stop twice on each lap here which makes it harder. When you make it around the track and finish you must do the same reversal into the spot where you began to end this level. [-Assault Course-] [-Training-] You may now enter the Rat Catch or enter training. I completed the training mission with 4 seconds to spare on the second try. You must try not to hesitate on this course and make sure you use the slide thing towards the middle of the course to get full advantage. Near the end there is a lot of jumps so just try, and make it even though the controls are horribly sloppy. [-Combat Center-] [-Combat Bronze-] Completing this opens up the RTA, West District. Move now to the combat trainer if you choose and try your best to complete it. First you must simply do a slide kick to take the enemy down. Do this by pressing the O button for running and then when close to opponet press triangle to take him down. The next is a little trickier, you must get in a 3 combination punch to take the opponet down. Try throwing a few practice swings and then when you're ready approach and knock this guy down. What worked for me was I swung 2 punches and missed and the 3rd punch hit and was the charm and knocked the guy down. Next you must do a 3 kick combo with the triangle button. This is the same as the 3 punch combo from before just needing to land the last kick takes this guy down. Next is a guy you must take down and then press the action button when his health meter is blanked out and arrest him before he gets back up. Now you must approach 4 guys and they are on top of a building with a ladder if you're having trouble finding them. Use side kicks to take them down and kick 3 of the 4 guys and then the last guy just use action button and you will win this fight. [-Combat Silver-] [-Use Your Skills to eliminate or arrest all opponet targets. Silver award pits you against waves of increasingly difficult opponets. You must defeat each wave within the time limits.-] There is 2 guys to get in this first section so take care of them by knocking them down and then using action to throw them and arrest them. Arresting them for this area is your best bet unless you just have something to prove by beating them senseless. When the first 2 guys are down you get 3 more targets 2 guys on the ground and one on a building. Take them down the same way and get in the quick arrests and then 3 more targets and time extensions are added. Once you get these 3 guys arrested another guy is targeted. He tries running away from you so use your run/slide to take him down. Turn around quickly and make the arrest and this area is done. [-Combat Gold-] [-Use Your Skills to eliminate or arrest all opponet targets. Silver award pits you against waves of increasingly difficult opponets. You must defeat each wave within the time limits.-] The basic key to this area is the same as before, just use the action and punch buttons and make an easy arrest. There then will be 4 new very easy targets and one has a gun. The first guy is by himself so take care of him easily. The next 3 one has a gun and the other 2 have weapons. Lucky for you they usually wait for you to arrest one of their buddies before attacking you. Make short work of these guys and make 4 easy arrests and then 5 new targets and a time extension is added. These next 2 guys are very evasive so try and use the gun you can get from the last guy and shoot them. The second guy you probably will have to arrest. The other 2 are as simple as putting the smack down and arresting them quickly to get another time extension and 5 new targets. ( had some troubles with this level so I will finish it in the future.) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-West District-] [-RTA-] Okay Stern, I guess you're ready to hit the streets now, Call just came in: Reports of an abandoned car holding up traffic on Zarb Avenue. We need you to get over there pronto and return it to the station for impounding. We also got a mugging team working the area, and we need at least one of those guys caught, Thats All. [-Duties-] -Bring the car back to the district station. -Arrest at least one mugger. To search a suspect press and hold the 0 button until the search box bleeps out. Also if you're left without a weapon or are low on health, arrest a pedestrian and search them and you just might get what you're looking for. Don't beat, maim, or kill a pedestrian as this goes against you when on different missions. In the station when you gain control of D'arci you can arrest the girl sitting on the chair kinda funny. Speak with the other girls that look just like the one you arrested and I don't think these other 2 are arrestable. You can beat them up a little and they run away, however. Also if you speak with the officer behind the desk he says he's gonna kick the other guys asses if they give you a hard time. Now leave the police station and speak with the officer standing out here if you like and hop the railing with the 0 button. Run to the sidewalk and speak with a guy who runs when he sees you. Run after him and so a slide kick and take his knife so you'll have a weapon. Most of the people on the sidewalk don't have anything interesting to say so ignore them. Go now to the park where 2 guys are standing around talking and speak with them. Go around the park area over a railing and to an area where a van is parked. Darci will see some guy pissing on a tree and you will need to do a slide kick on him. Arrest him and you will receive a strength increase. Searching this suspect doesen't yield anything useful but go ahead if you want to see for yourself. Turn around now and there is a tree in the middle area here. There is a reflexes powerup here also to get. Leave the park now to the street and go left. Go right up the next road and get on the left side of the road along the sidewalk. Go left into an alley and go back a small ways and take a stamina powerup. Turn back around and once back to the street go left. Get to the right side of the road now and run up a small ways to an opening on the right. Take the constitution powerup and now all statistics have been increased by 1. Once to the street run left up a small ways and you're back at the park. Run up this road a ways until you see an alley, so run into it and an the dispatcher radios to you that there has been a homicide. Run up the alley a bit and you will be right at the scene of the homicide. Speak with the people there and then search the dead guy if you want to. Turn around after searching the guy and then go left near a green dumpster is another constitution powerup to take. Go through the alley and then go right up the street and then another right. The dispatcher radios that he has found the mugger and to get on it quick. Now for the sake of keeping this walkthrough in check follow the red arrow to the car crash site first. Once to the taxi car you gotta get in it and take it to the compound yard. Take it back to the Police station and the guy will say RTA vehicle secured. Now follow the mugger arrow and when you find him use the slide kick to knock him down. Quickly get on him and use the O button to arrest him and this level is complete. I will only cover the areas that are sufficient to complete the levels. There is other stuff to check on in most levels but they aren't necessary aspects of completing the game. Save if you like and then enter the RTA: The Jump. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-The Jump-] Stern I gotta tell you today's been a weird day. Get this- There's a jumper hanging off a building off of Keaton Ave., Get over there and get him down- but Darci, do it subtle. O'Byrne says the guy's as nervous as a turkey at Thanksgiving_ wont let anyone approach him directly. We need this kook taken out of trouble. If the press gets hold of this they'll hang our asses out to dry. [-Duties-] -Bring down the suicide threat. Watch the cut-scene and then leave the station going right and run up the street a ways. You'll get a call to head to Kleetus Ave. so follow the blue arrow there. Speak with the cop and you'll find out his car was stolen. Follow the green arrow now that is to Brooks tower and climb the ladder to the top. Once up here go right, climbing the small ledges and then jump over a duct sticking out. When you land walk forward to an opening on the left and to the left is a strength, constitution and a another strength powerup. CLimb the ladder to the left now and go to the top. Up here is another strength powerup for you to get and you should be at 4 with strenght. Go up the ladder and then take a right or left to another open section of the roof. Back here is another ladder to climb so climb it and near the ledge is a reflex powerup. Best way to get it is to crouch and crawl to it to avoid falling down. Jump up on the wire here and slide while remembering to hold the X button until Darci lands. When she lands walk up a small ways and a cut-scene with the loser wannabe fireman ensues. This level is completed and you can now save the game. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Gun Hunt-] An honest citizen has informed us that he saw a man dumping a firearm at the back of the Eagle building. He can't remember the exact spot so you'll need to search the area for the weapon. This weapon may be linked to a recent murder, so it is imperative that you bring it back to the station once found. [-Duties-] -Find weapon and bring it back to the station. This time you get to use a cruiser so choose from the 2 that are parked here and then follow the green arrow. When you get to the open fenced area you must leave the vehicle and go on pursuit by foot. Speak with everyone in the park. Deeks is in the middle section of the park and looks kinda like Uncle Jesse from the Dukes of Hazzard. Speak with him and then follow the blue arrow. Make sure you get back in your crusier too as it's more convienient to drive then run. Follow the arrow to an alley and enter here and climb the ladder in this area. Once to the top a guy runs after you so use triangle to take him down and take a health pack if you want to. Fall back down into the alley now and go around through it and on the left behind a dumpster is a gun. Take the gun and then run up the alley a ways and the dispatcher says to take out an armed guy. Follow the green arrow and equip the gun you got to kill the bad guy once you find him. Once he's dead you must go back to the district so follow the red arrow there. When you turn around and run up the street another call comes in about another suspect in a diner. Follow the green arrow to the diner and then once you encounter number 2 and take him down by arresting him the other runs in after you. Take care of number 2 by arresting him also and then search both suspects. Head over to the district by following the red arrow. Before entering the district area if you choose speak to the guy standing near the tree on the sidewalk. He'll give you a healthpack and now run towards the district and the level ends. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Trouble In The Park-] Darci- You gotta get your ass over to Bushy Park- Theres been a whole bunch of gang-banger loitering with intent,residents are getting nervous, they think things are going to explode any minute. [-Duties-] -Attend disturbance in park. Follow the green arrow in a cruiser and on the way there is a crazy guy shooting for no apparent reason so either run him over or get out and fight him and arrest him. Near the park is an alley and some thugs to run over. Allow the cruiser to fight these battles by going forward and in reverse to inflict more damage. Get out when the thugs get very low on energy and fight them until you can make an easier arrest. Drive to the park now and exit the vehicle and a guy says to stay out. Once in the middle area of the park there is 3 enemies to fight and it's extremely easy to defeat and arrest them as when one is down the other 2 wait for you to cuff the first and so on. A cut-scene ensues and a guy runs in behind you. He helps you out and you only need to fight 2 more guys that run in from behind. Another cut-scene ensues and you find out the mystery man is Roper. This ends the level and now you can save if you like. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Baseball Ground-] [-Gatecrasher-] Stern, we got a tip off of a meet going down in the grounds of the UC "Black Cats" Stadium, Our switch says that 3 gang leaders are meeting to carve up their turf after the recent gang wars in Bushy Park, We need At least One of these gang bosses brought in and worked over, Darci- The rest,Well,we wont complain if you bust a few heads.. Heh Heh. [-Duties-] -Arrest at least 1 of the gang bosses. Turn around and head around the corner on the sidewalk and when you get near a phone booth a gangster apporaches from the rear. Beat him up or just arrest him and take the gun ammo to add to yours. Go left into the small alley near the ladder and another gangster approaches from the right so take him out. Another apporaches soon after so take him down or just arrest him. Climb the ladder to the lower roof and then just jump up to the taller roof. Get the gangster here and then search him to receive a pistol and some extra ammo. Equip the pistol and another gangster bearing a weapon approaches from the left so shoot him. Hop off the building or take the ladder down to the street. Go left up the road and cross to the right side when theres no traffic. In the alley to the right is a health pack if you need it. Turn back around and head out of the alley and another gangster is here so take him down. Cross the street and 2 more gangsters are around to take care of them and collect the ammo and knife off of the 2 thugs. Run right up the road and right in front of the police district 2 more thugs charge at you so take care of them. Head up the road and take out another gangster and then speak with Officer Mills if you like. Head now to the rear entrance and to the right is a sidewalk so walk down it behind the steel bar fence and take the stamina powerup. A gangster appears behind you so get him and then head out this direction and take a right back on the street. Get the gangster here and he gives you a 50% health medpack. Now head up to the street to another alley and a car is parked here. An old man looking just like Deeks comes out and gets all mad about you being near his car. A gangster runs in from behind so take him out and then the old man. You'll get radioded from dispatch that you made a good arrest. Now head to a back alley with the truck and a regular cruiser parked near an alley. Walk back in the alley and speak with one of the officers. 3 gangsters approach from behind and the other 2 officers will assist you. One gangster has a shotgun so collect it and then head right and the other 2 officers will follow you. Another gangster approaches and then once he's beat the other 2 guys commend you so now search all visible suspects. Turn around now and in this back alley is a reflexes powerup and a Constitution powerup. Jump up the green dumpster here and climb the ledge here to find some ammo for the gun. Turn left on the same ledge and take a med-pack towards the left and back of the ledge. Fall off this ledge and the first green dumpster on the left, climb up. Get to this ledge and take the ammo clip here and then fall off this ledge to the ground. Head now in the police vehicle to the rear access near the steps leading up and now you must exit the vehicle. Go up the steps and enter the doorway after taking care of the gangster guarding it. This building is some sort of store and you can arrest the people here just for kicks but nothing important in here. Leave here and hop the fence and another gangster is here so beat him up. Turn right now and a med-pack is ahead and to the left near the fence so get it. Another gangster jumps down so take him out and he has a med-pack too in case you need it. Run up the street now and take your first right into a park and a building is here. Run to the right and to the rear of the building is a constitution powerup. Turn around now after getting that and fight another gangster here, take his health pack if you need to. Head back to the street and to the right a small ways down is another alley with a large box and a small box. Enter the alley and get some ammo and then leave this alley. Run up the street a ways and straight back on the right sidewalk is an alley. Enter here and she will say God whats that smell? Walk to the back left part of this alley and search the decaying body. Get the shotgun and then beat up the gangster that apporaches from behind. Turn around and leave the alley and get the gangster that runs up to you. Turn right and head up the road to another type of alley that has a big fence at the end. Go to the end and a cut-scene ensues and you need to head to the club. Go to the street and run up the sidewalk until you see some stairs going up. Go up the stairs and speak with the people who are standing outside. A gangster runs up from behind so beat him before he starts injuring innocent people. Enter the club now and hear the crappy disco music. Speak with the guy standing around next to the guy dancing to get a laugh. The dancing dude doesen't speak so head into the main area of the club. If you want the character to dance don't touch the controls for a while and she starts groovin too. Go to the bar and speak with the drunk and then the bartender behind the counter. Go to the balcony near the last dancer girl and talk to Mister Clobby boots and a cut-scene ensues. Leave the club and head up the road past the main entrance to an alley nearby. Run up the steps and kill enemies and then head around to a roof area near a ladder and climb up here. Once on the roof jump to the other roof and one around this ledge is stamina power-up. Now remember that place I mentioned didn't mean anything where you could arrest those people for kicks? Head back to it and speak with Wild Bill so you can enter the alley that is the back entrance to the ball field. Hop over the railing after exiting the resturant and beat up the gangster which leads Bill to speak to you giving you the go ahead. By this time you'll be radioed by dispatch about an armed assailant. Run towards the white arrow and it takes you seconds to find the armed suspect. I got him from behind when he was shooting at an innocent and snapped his neck. Arrest him and you'll be rewarded by either strength or stamina I can't remember which. Get in the squad car near the alley and then drive to where the back alley near the club was. As soon as you get out a gangster apporaches so either get back in the car and run him over multiple times or just beat him up and make the easy arrest. Enter the alley now open and behind the second green dumpster along the right wall is some ammo. Climb the dumpster and there is a health pack up here. Turn the red knob up here and then head left along this small ledge and take a right and then jump left and you'll see how friggin awkward the controls for this game are. Once making the jump left jump up the next ledge and to the left is a ladder to climb up. Once up top take out the bad guy and then go right jumping to the lower roof. Over here go around the building and if you see a ladder to the left then ignore it. The DAMN controls are so damn poor and sloppy I fell down to my death naturally. It's damn amazing that it's the littlest things that make a game so unplayable as this. Lousy controls just lousy. Anyways head to the right side and get the grenade down here. Fall down to the bleachers section now and hop the fence and head to the parking lot killing 2 thugs on your way. Get in either the taxi cab or any vehicle and take a left and hit the guy up here. Just go nuts and shoot everyone in sight up here. Head to the infield where 2 vans are parked and this is the final showdown. Note that there is 4 crime bosses here so you'll only need to take down one with fists and arrest and the level will end. Save now if you like and go to. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Rio Canal-] [-Arms Breaker-] Stern, we may have got a break. We got confirmed reports that the 'Cats have 2 arms caches somewhere in your sector-that means you have to handle this on your own! Find out where the Hell those weapons are kept before that pain in the ass Gordansky and UCNN broadcast our screw-up all over the state. [-Duties-] -Destroy the 2 caches of weapons. Beginning the level speak with the Hot Dog vendor and listen to his smart remarks and arrest him for being such a smart ass. Turn around and behind a tree on the right is a health pack so take or remember this spot when needed. Now follow the red marker to where Roper is. Cross the road when safe and behind the building near the water over the railing is 3 gangsters so get them. One has a health pack on him if you get too badly hurt. If you got really injured go to the beginning of the level now and take the health pack that's up here. Turn back around and head for Roper which is the red marker. Equip your pistol and when you make a right to the next street another gangster approaches so shoot him. Follow the red marker to where Roper is and he gives you some explosives. Now go to an alley with a do not enter sign in front of it and back here you'll fight a gangster. In the Pissy hideout behind some couches is a stamina power-up. Leave that alley and take your first right to the street and an immediate right to another alley. Beat up 3 bad guys here and arrest the main bad guy to neutrilize the threat to the citizen being beaten. Turn right and go up the ladder and take a constitution power-up at the top. Hop back to the ground and leave this alley the same way you entered back to the street. Look for a building nearby with a guy standing around and he'll say Damn for no reason. Head back to an alley and there is a ladder to the left. Climb the ladder and get some ammo and then fall back to the ground. Head to the right side of this area and climb another ladder and receive a strength power-up. Across the street is an alley with an exclamation point sign. Enter here and there is some funny business happening in an alley. A hooker and a horny dude are doing it and they get caught. Arrest the hooker for kicks and then a gangster is around the corner to the right. Beat him up or arrest him and take his gun. Turn right up the next alley and back here a guy is taking a leak. 2 gangsters attack from the rear and peeing man runs away so beat the gangsters up and take ones ammo by searching. Turn around and go up the steps and take some ammo up here. Go left now and hop the fence and to the right is a van you can get in and drive around if you choose. Go back to where you began the level near all the cabs and across the road is an alley on the right. Back in the alley a ways is some more explosives to take. Go back to the alley where you got the van from and right where it was parked is a ladder that's too high to reach on the right. Drive the van under the ladder and then climb on the van and jump and climb the ladder. There is a gangster up here so beat him up and then continue onward. Follow the blue marker now and continue across the metal catwalk till you get to a ladder so fall here. Go left around the building and there is some explosives to get. Go back where you landed and up here is some big crates that in the cut- scene before starting this level showed. Use the explosives on these crates to blow this weapon cache. Now head back to where you first began the level near the cabs and eliminate the pick-up team. Head back to where you used the van as a stoop to climb the ladder and then reclimb it again. Instead of going the way where you blew up the last cache, now go left when you reach the top of the building. Fall down off the roof and fight one guy. There is a van back here and just behind it is the last weapons cache so blow it up and complete the level. Make sure you use the explosives to blow up the cache thats the only way to end the level. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Southside Beach-] [-Media Trouble-] Stern, that dumb-ass reporter Gordansky snooped a bit too close to the Wild Cats, and got herself collared for her trouble. This is urgent, we need you on the scene ASAP- get Gordansky back to the station and teach those damn Wild Cats a lesson while you're at it. I don't think I need to tell you what a crucifying we'd get from UCNN if we fail on this one...! [-Duties-] -Get Gordansky back to the station. Get the Strenght powerup near the edge of the roof and then use the wire to slide down to a lower building. Turn left now and walk to the edge of the roof. On the other side is a water pump to jump over to so jump there. Once on this side head to the right corner and slide down the wire to the road. Turn right and head straight till you get to the corner where you can make a left. See the red Marker that says Roper on it? Head for Roper now, he's next to a fountain with 2 Basilisks in the center up some stairs. When you're done speaking with him, turn around and beat up the gangster behind you. Turn back around now and run in Ropers direction passing him and hop the fence back here. Cross the road at the crosswalk till you get to the right side of the road. To make sure you're following correctly stop when you cross the road and face left. If I'm correct you should see a street sign with interstate 35 on it to the left and behind you. Turn around now and beat up the thug behind you. Turn back around and head up the sidewalk until you see a mailbox near a break in the guard rails of the road. When you go to turn left here some thugs approach from behind so beat them up. Head up the sidewalk until you can go left and head down this street. When you get near a iron looking fence to the right then hop over the smaller fence where there is some grass and a tree. Head up this way and Darci will swear about them covering the back way too. Run straight up here a small ways and quickly shoot 2 guys with M-16's that come running after you. Go around the tall fance to yout left with barbed wire at the top. Go right and get near the right wall just under the porch of the beach house. Make yourself seen at the next corner and then run back and hide by the wall. Wait for the jerk with the M-16 comes around and then blast him. If you didn't listen to what I had said you might have killed the reporter, Gordansky by accident. Keep this stupid broad on the sidewalks at all times and away from the alleys and such. She's just a flower and is easily killed so don't try running either as she is a slow person too. Follow the Green marker to the police station and the level ends after a cut-scene. The best way to get to the station is just use the sidewalks. Cross the street when you need to but make sure nothing is coming or she'll get hit. If you encounter any guys with guns make sure you stop and have Gordansky covered or it's level over. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-West District-] [-Urban Shakedown-] You may have hit the jackpot with that last collar, Stern. The big badass gang boss you brought in squeled like a stuck pig one O'Byrne and Kowalski went to work on him in the cell. Apparently the Wildcats got an itching to take over this part of Union City. We don't know why this area's so important to them, but it seems like the 'Cats are assembling a virtual gang-banger ARMY to sweep across the area, get your butt on the streets and give them all a proper UCPD welcome! [-Duties-] -Eliminate All Wild Cats. Speak with Officer Schwartz and he will help you on this level. Equip your gun right away at the start of the level and head right and cross the street and shoot the guy here. A small opening is here with a powerup so take it. Follow the arrow up the road a bit till you encounter 4 bad guys. When you begin shooting 1 guy runs away so take the 3 down quickly. Run towards the last guy and he heads into an alley. There is flashing things on the ground and they are explosives that will kill you. Hop over them and make the last kill and time is extended and new targets are now needed to take down. Go right up the road and forget the gun now cause it slows you down and runs out of ammo quickly. There is a guy on the right side of the street and after that a guy on the left side so take them out first. Collect ammo and then on the right sidewalk is 2 more guys to take down so do that. Across the street still on the right is a shotgun guy so do a slide technique and quickly make the arrest. Follow the white marker down a ways until you can enter an alley to the right. Avoid the bombs on the ground and when you make your first right JUMP. 4 guys to take down now so hurry and beat them up or shoot them. After they are finished you have more extended time and more targets, respectively. Leave this alley the way you entered and cross the road and climb the fence. Once over it equip a good weapon and take out the 2 shotgun dudes in this area and get some good shotgun ammo. Shoot another guy that jumps the fence near another exit and another to the right near the exit. Turn back around and enter the park again and to the right is another shotgun dude so shoot him. Time is extended and more targets are added. Follow the blue marker a little ways up and take down 2 guys near the park once again. Re-enter the alley from earlier or the last time your time was extended. There is a ladder here so climb it and go left and fall off the small ledge of roof. Here, there is a fence to climb so climb over it and run back a small ways. Shoot or take down 4 guys here, if you choose to shoot them the shotgun takes 4 shots to bring each one down. Better just to arrest these guys. Once you take them all down your time is once again extended and guess what? More targets what else? Follow the red and blue markers past an alley with a exclamation mark on it. To the right just as you're exiting the alley is 2 more enemies here so take them down or have schwartz do it. Follow the white and green markers now. Now run up the road a bit and another guy pops out so get him. Up a small ways is your final guy in an alley so either shoot him or let Schwartz do the dirty work for you. This ends the level so save if you like. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Gangiano-] [-Auto Destruct-] Jeez Darci, Terrorists have planted a car bomb in Union City! But those damn gangs have covered the area, and we can't get our bomb disposal teams in there to diffuse it! We need you to use your fighting skills to get into the area and your driving skills to get out! Feel up to it kid? [-Duties-] -Get the car bomb back to the engineers. Ignore all bad guys here and run like the wind to the first car, just remember to follow the colored markers to find it. Get in the car and when you drive off a van might try and block your way so swerve right to avoid him. Swerve left immediately afterwards as to avoid the guy with a shotgun shooting at the car. Drive back to the police station and park it in the pyloned area next to the truck and then leave the vehicle. Another coded call is patched through so now follow the next marker to the next car. Again you'll want to avoid the guys around by not fighting anyone as time is crucial here. When you bring this car back you just need to park it in the pyloned area in the road instead. The bombers are spotted now so leave the car if you haven't already and follow the blue marker to the bomber. Once you get to the bombers take them down and a regular enemy may be here too. Fight them and arrest all of them and now you must follow the new blue marker to the Wild Cat den. Search the green dumpster on the left wall in the back of the alley for the video. The rusty one has nothing so head to first set in the alley. Head back to the Sarge which is the white marker and speak with him and this short level comes to an end so save if you choose. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Botanical Gardens-] [-Grim Gardens-] Sgt. Bryant was investigating drugs ring downtown for the last 2 months. 3 days ago, some scumbag from inside the force tipped off the dealers and quickly stashed the narcotics, worth in excess of $3 million, inside the Botanical Gardens. Word has reached us that gang groups are loitering around the gardens, ready to swoop and take them from under our noses. This is personal between us and them. Darci- we want to hit them where it hurts- when you find the stashes, destroy the poison! [-Duties-] -Destroy both narcotics supplies. Cross the street and speak with Gordansky and she'll tip you off about the location of the explosives. Head up the road near where you began and there is a black van parked near a building. You can get in the van and drive it around if you like. The building is actually a gas station so that will help you find it even better. Before going on a Sunday drive however, Speak with the 2 guys standing on the street corner right where you began the level. After speaking with the last guy a armed suspect that has gunned down a officer is spotted. Now enter the van and follow the white marker to the suspect. Once you gain up to him either run him over to take him down the first time, or leave the vehicle and arrest him with brute force. Don't kill the guy either even though he killed a fellow officer. Head back towards the van but don't ger in it yet, instead walk up the steps where the resturant is and near the downed officer is a reflexes powerup. Head back to the gas station where you got the van and across the street is a tall wall to park near. Park the van over here and jump on it to climb the wall and you're in the area to get the explosives. Once you fall down this area you'll see a big opening to the right but don't go this way yet. Head around the doorway back and to the left and take out the grenade dude and take his grenade. Now in this room is 2 switches on the right wall so go ahead and activets them. Enter the closer gate to the left and up the steps is 4 guys to take down. Further back and left is an elevator but it doesen't work so now turn back around. Now head to the big opening I mentioned not to take earlier. By this time you'll see a white power switch marker so follow it it's white. Run around this area and enter the center stairway and go up it. Turn right at the top of the steps and go down a smaller set of steps. Face left and you'll a switch on a wall next to a ladder so activate it and the life works now. Climb the ladder now and get a stamina powerup at the top. Follow the explosives marker that is in red and take the explosives that are down a set of steps close to where you are now. Once taken you get a call from the chief about Koots so leave this area at the now main gates that are opened if you activated the switch like I instructed. Get in the van that's just around the left corner while running on the sidewalk. Follow the red marker to the next suspect and run this guy over. Quickly leave the van and make the arrest or if he gets up beat him to submission. Head back to where the gardens are and just for kicks make sure you take the van and enter the gate. Take your first right in the switch room and then past this opened gate and drive up the steps till you can go no further. Leave the vehicle and go to where the elevator is which is back and to the left. On your way there take out a wildcat and then hop on the elevator. Once up top here run out and from the left a guy runs after you so use the slide kick deal and arrest him. Search him and take his grenade. Back and to the left is another guy so shoot him but don't even think of searching him. The damn game screwed me when I tried walking a teency bit forward when close to this guy and I fell over the fence and friggin died. Head right and climb the ladder and to the right of the ledge here on the roof is another elevator to get on. Once at the bottom of this elevator a gangster with a knife fights you. Get him whichever way you choose and then back and to the left of this room is the first stash of drugs. Switch to explosives and place it close to the boxes and then run away and you now only have 1 more stash left. CLimb the ladder and then when going left jump on the box sticking up. Land on the steel catwalk and cross it and then jump left and collect the Stamina Powerup here. Go right along the small catwalk and be careful these friggin controls are for the birds as it takes small effort to fall here and have to go back and redo this entire part again. Turn right and then jump to the other roof and go down the ladder. Fight 3 guys here and destroy the other stash of drugs here and the level ends. Save if you like. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Southside Beach-] [-Semtex-] Just go on the beat, but be careful. The underworld seems to be seething with rumors that the wildcats are planning something big for this section of Southside UC. Oh, we also got a call from your snitch, Deeks. Says he wants to meet you to pass on some "personal info". Hell if I know what he means! [-Duties-] -Meet Deeks. Follow the red Deeks marker and meet up with him. Once speaking with him some Wildcats show up so you must fight them. Speak with Deeks after getting rid of the Wildcats and then follow the Red Marker to Officer Molko. Speak with Molko and he says speak with Roper so cross the road and speak with him. Take the shotgun and then follow Roper and he is a very slow runner. The first 2 guys are easy so allow Roper to take them down. Now equip the shotgun and you'll go into an alley with many wildcats so help Roper take them out. Climb the ladder up the fire escape and then turn right and climb another ladder. Turn around once up here and jump to the other side. Go along the walk and head right to an opening in the roof to another roof and jump over here. Take the stamina powerup thats over here. Turn right now and head up the large steps and take the constitution powerup over here. Jump to the other building now and then hop on the large box. Hop up the other box and take another constitution powerup. Head back down the way you came up and follow the green Semtex marker. Go to a fence with barbed wire and an opening and this is where you'll need to be. Roper radios you so when you hear Roper speak with you you'll know your in the right area. Walk in a small ways and some guy says there aint nothin here for you copper. Fight 5 bad guys here and collect all ammo. Turn around and on a crate a small ways up is a health pack so take it if needed. Turn back around now and head through a gate and be prepared. There is a ton of Wildcats here and they won't always wait for you to arrest their buddies. Take care of them whichever way you wish and then head around to where there is lots more wildcats. Take them out and then go back and up the ramped area and shoot another guy behind some barrels. About this time you'll find out who's been tipping the Wildcats off. Shoot him when the cut-scene ends and then hop up where he was standing and then to the left another Wildcat hops down so take him out. Run up a small ways and an open area to the right houses a reflex powerup. Shoot another guy by the ladder going down and then go down yourself. Once down here go up the sloped and flush out all opposition surrounding the building in the middle. The first building you went around has a barrel in the back of it so shoot it and the green marker will dissappear. Shoot more Wildcats and kill em all baby. Head to the furthest building back now and shoot the barrel here and the level ends. Save if you choose. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ [-Rio Canal-] [-Cop Rescue-] Damn Wildcats have Us against the wall, Officer Stern! They say they've got 2 UCPD officers held, and are claiming they are gonna shoot them if we don't leave them alone. We can't let the uniform down like this Stern! This is a top priority case for a rookie, Stern, but I got faith in you lady- get Johnson and Beck out of there unharmed, or else you'll lose your badge. [-Duties-] -Bring both officers back to safety. Just my opinion but isn't this sarge just a bit harsh saying she'll lose her badge. All the good she's done in the game thusfar and the jerk still calls her a rookie. Obviuosly this would be based on a game or a movie cause otherwise Darci would already have had the sarges job. Turn around when you gain control of Darci and there is an alley with 2 green dumpsters. Enter this alley and back a small ways is a constitution powerup. Turn around once again and another alley just to the right and behind the police vehicles is another alley to enter. Go up the ladder and up here is a reflexes powerup. Run right now when you turn around and jump to the other side of the building and jump up the middle area and get a strength powerup. Hop off the ledge now and go up and left and receive a ammo clip/bullet. Hop off the building safely and run along the sidewalk and shoot some WIldcats. Head up a smaller ways and shoot another cat. Hop the fence and take the reflexes powerup in this fenced in area. Go to where a long level ago there was a switch that opened a gate so hit the switch and get the powerup here. Now head back to the safe zone and make your way to a resturant and shoot 2 guys inside. Behind the counter is a stamina powerup so take it. Follow the red marker now and make your way through the alleys. This part with the alleys is really tough so be aware of your surroundings and pretty much just blast everyone ya see. Just about every Wildcat is armed with a shotgun and they move in quickly. Best way to rid them is to try and make very quick arrests. Take their ammo and stock up so you can use more ammo later in this level. When you finally find the officer you'll get control of Roper. Roper should have been the main character in this game in my opinion. He's much faster and wayyy tougher. Follow the blue marker to where Beck is. He will be unconscious in an alley and you must carry him back to the station. When you meet up with more Wildcats on the way to the station use the action button to put Beck down so you can take care of business. Don't go too far away from Beck when fighting cause you need him to complete the level. The best method when carrying Beck is to just stay on the sidewalks and avoid fighting. When you encounter some Wildcats, run in a zig zag pattern to avoid being hit till you make it to the parker police vehicles. You make it here with Roper and now you must make it back with This other guy. It'd make it easier if this guy was unconscious too that way you wouldn't worry about him dying. Okay go up the alley exit and shoot the 1 land mine to blow them all up or your officer guy gets you both blown to smithereens.