Trying a different genre with a new book

Meet Alex Binkley, Science Fiction Author

It’s been a while since I posted, but many of my readers know by now that I’ve moved my focus to Medium.1

I returned to Wind Eggs at the request of author April Grey, who organized a blog hop to promote her newest horror anthology, Hell’s Heart. Science Fiction author Alex Binkley agreed to join us to promote his newest novel Ultimate Wizard. I can’t find an eBook sale site, but if you connect with his facebook link on his about page, he will most likely update you. (He has a Twitter feed but it’s not as active).

Let’s hear from Alex:

[image error] Alex Binkley’s latest novel Ultimate Wizard was just released for
The Genesis of Ultimate Wizard

My new novel, Ultimate Wizard, was launched Dec. 3 in my favorite Ottawa bookshop, Books On Beechwood. My first two novels, Humanity’s Saving Grace and its sequel, A Biot’s Odyssey, are science fiction stories. Ultimate Wizard is a blend of science fiction and magic.

However, they all started with thoughts of what if and were driven by a desire to keep the stories as plausible and scientifically accurate as possible. While the first two have space travel and aliens, climate change and another human-like species is the backdrop to Ultimate Wizard.

Although Tolkien did much to put magic and fantasy on the literary landscape, it was the stories of Terry Brooks and Rick Riordan that led me to want to try combining sci-fi and magic, a small genre sometimes called science fantasy. Magic is a force that requires special qualities to connect with but it can provide the right people with a tremendous boost to their own talents. But there are limits on how much a person can use and do with it.

While I hope someday to write a sequel to Ultimate Wizard, there are a few other novels I need to finish first.

The story began as a NaNoWriMo project several years ago. I worked on it until late December that year before putting it aside to marinate while I worked on another story. By early 2018, I knew its time had come. With the help of a great team of beta readers, I prepared it for publication using a printer in Montreal that was new to me. Mag Carson did the cover and prepared the book for publication. I have the e-book and plan to post it on Barnes and Noble, Amazon and other booksellers.

What should readers expect?

Without giving away the plot, the Ultimate Wizard or she is a long foretold Wizard who would elevate magic to a new level although the ancient Wizards who knew about the prediction have no idea how or when this could happen. Neither did they know about The Realm, engineers, doctors and other men and women around the world who possess skills well beyond their scientific training and natural abilities. They have no explanation for the range of their talents although one of them deduces magic might be an explanation.

They come to understand that magic is a life force but not any form of life they’ve previously encountered. While it can influence them, in the end, it can’t tell them how to act. Their judgment must do that.

They earthquakes, wildfires, volcanoes and other natural disasters afflicting the planet alarm them, but they can’t find the cause despite using their instruments to search deep underground. One member, Judyth, discovers Stuart, an engineer who has similar talents to the members of their group. She must find him and learn the source of his abilities. She’s not the only one searching for him. And he’s just the first surprise.

[image error] Hell’s Heart will warm your winters with the flames of hell.
Just in time for Christmas

There’s no better Christmas gift than a horror anthology that will keep you awake until Santa arrives. It’s how I stayed awake on Christmas Eve when I was a kid. Alas, the bastard always outlasted me. I don’t know how. But I do know my parents drank gallons of coffee on Christmas morning.

Hell’s Heart: 15 Twisted Tales of Love Run Amok, will keep your chocolate warmer than an electric mug. The flames of hell leap from every page. The Fifth Installment in the Hell’s Series delivers fifteen fright-packed stories by horror masters such as Rayne Hall, Jonathan Broughton, Elizabeth Crowens, Oliver Baer, April Grey and me.

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