Cover, Title, and Plot Reveal of My Next Novel
COMING NOVEMBER 2023 (hopefully!)Well, I guess I’ve had you guys hanging on long enough. Over the past several months, I’ve been slowly leaking little hints about what my next book is about, culminating with revealing the most info in my interview with the 1980s Now podcast. No more tiptoeing around the details. Here they are. My next book will be titled Déjà View. Yes, I realize I spelled “Vu” differently. There’s a reason for that.
Without further ado, here is the tentative back cover text of the book, giving the plot’s synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Bobby Dalton doesn’t want to grow up. All his life, he has relied on the imaginary games of childhood with his best friends Joe and Max to get him through the tough times. That all changed when his Seventh Grade class buried a time capsule to commemorate the end of the 1980s. Now Bobby is seeing visions: doubles of himself, his friends, and others. He calls them “déjà view.” Are these visions real, or has his imagination finally gotten away from him? And if they’re real, what do they want? Bobby needs to figure this all out to survive his childhood…and his life. From the author of the award-winning Danger Peak, Déjà View is a darkly funny coming-of-age dramedy with a sci-fi twist, cranked up to eleven. But even more, it’s at once a pulse-pounding thrill ride and a haunting portrait of paranoia, mental illness, and the unbearable sadness of growing up.
Similar to Danger Peak, this book will have a subtitle: A Kid Nightmare. Those with fantastic memories (or who are just genuine fans of mine, if they exist) will know the subtitle for Danger Peak is A Kid Adventure, so in this way, the books are somewhat linked. Déjà View is a spiritual sequel to Danger Peak, but please don’t expect Danger Peak 2! This book will be much darker and a little spooky at times.
That’s all I’ve got for today, folks. This website will be redesigned in the near future to incorporate the new book, as soon as I remember how to work in WordPress! (I’ve just been posting blogs for a year and a half.)
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P.S.: Danger Peak is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble:
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Can’t wait to read this second book, and I really like that it will be different from Danger Peak, the end of the 1980s, and a new chapter.
Luminita wrote: "Can’t wait to read this second book, and I really like that it will be different from Danger Peak, the end of the 1980s, and a new chapter."Thanks! Yeah, I don't like repeating myself. No "Danger Peak 2: Electric Boogaloo," lol.
