It is finally time to reveal some cover art and release dates for the first books in my new dark, urban fantasy series The End of the World and Some Other Things.
Available September 9th
DEATH'S GOOD INTENTIONS
THE END OF THE WORLD AND SOME OTHER THINGS
BOOK 1
Trey Decarr used to be a well-respected hitman. He kept his
clients happy, limited civilian casualties, and lived his life with a moral
code that allowed him to think that what he was doing was just. Along the way,
Decarr must’ve impressed someone up on high, because the next thing he knows
the world’s a lot weirder than it used to be. . .
Demons walk the streets. Angels hover up above. Vampires
hunt like wolves. And some jackasses in nice suits are saying that Decarr’s
been chosen.
Decarr is to become Death, the Fourth Horseman of the
Apocalypse.
But then Decarr does something that they never expected. He
resists. Instead of accepting his role in the end of days, he decides to hunt
down his Horsemen brethren in a crazed attempt to save humanity.
Hell now views him as an enemy and Heaven sees him as a
reckless wildcard that threatens to undo prophecy.
April Frausini, a young recruit in a secret order within the
church, is tasked with finding Decarr and stopping him before things get out of
control.
April’s orders are simple: kill Death. However, April is
conflicted, and senses purpose in Decarr’s violent rampage. When she meets this
man called Death, will she pull the trigger? Or can she reason with him and
perhaps make the Pale Rider into a powerful ally in the fight to save the world
from annihilation?
In addition to Death's Good Intentions, there will be two prequel stories. These books can be read before or after Death's Good Intentions as they tell separate stories from the main arc of the series, but they will be released in the weeks prior to DGI.
Available August 5th
THE MAN WITH THE DEVIL'S TONGUE
A Prologue to The End of the World and Some Other Things
April Frausini can see ghosts. When she was younger, her
parents had treated her like a child with a broken brain. They took April to
doctors. The doctors sent her to specialists. The specialists put her on drugs.
And when the drugs failed to stop the visions, the specialists zapped her
brain.
After that, April told them that the ghosts had gone.
She lied.
Now she’s in college and trying to forge a future for
herself, but a chance encounter with a dark spirit in a bar puts a bit of a
hold on things.
A man named Jameson Talbot reaches out to her, explaining
that there are worse things than ghosts to be afraid of. The spirit she saw the
other night was no mere ghost, but the Devil himself in spectral form. If she
chooses, Talbot promises to teach her to control her gift of sight, so that
they may help others who have been tormented by these spirits, and potentially
put a stop to whatever the Devil has planned.
April must choose. Go back to a life where nobody
understands her or her visions? Or follow Talbot, find a purpose, and walk down
a dangerous path in search of the Devil himself?
Available August 26th
BLOOD CHILD
A Prologue to The End of the World and Some Other Things
Ivan Tarkovsky was one of the Soviet Union’s finest soldiers
in World War II. A warrior feared by the Nazis and his own men, he was set
loose upon the battlefields of Europe with the sole purpose of putting Hitler’s
decapitated head on a pike. However, upon reaching Berlin, he led his men into
an ambush. Tarkovsky was the only survivor.
Taken hostage by the Nazis, Tarkovsky was hauled into
Hitler’s bunker and told a most unbelievable fantasy: Hitler was gathering the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Tarkovsky was believed to be the Pale Rider
himself.
They told him he was a man of great purpose, a man with a
destiny. He told them he didn’t want a destiny and had to cut their throats to
stop their jabbering. . . He did not escape Berlin alive.
Tarkovsky fell to the deepest pits of Hell where the Devil
labeled him a traitor. For decades, Tarkovsky was tortured and twisted until he
became a self-made demon, one filled with regret over the misuse of his time on
earth.
Now Tarkovsky has learned that the modern Death, an American
named Trey Decarr, is repeating similar mistakes. Tarkovsky decides it is time
to leave the comforts of Hell, take hold of Decarr’s soul, and set him on the proper
path. . .
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Some time before the September 9th release date of Death's Good Intentions I hope to have a giveaway program up on Goodreads. I will also be looking for reviewers interested in ARCs. Keep checking back here for updates!
And thanks for reading.
