The story of THE DEVIL’S RIGHT HAND Jason McIntyre

**Guest post by Jason McIntyre**



More than a decade ago, before I had published any novels and rarely (if ever) shared my work, I had a thought. What if there were god-like beings who, on their whims, could manipulate and contort our lives here on earth?

It was an overwhelming thought for me, these hidden manipulators who were like us but un-like us in many ways.

Of course, there would have to be some rules for these beings. And some greater purpose. I didn’t think anyone would much care for a story where mean individuals simply monkeyed with the lives of regular hard-working folks if there was no point to it. I began to see it as a series of sweeping books.

I started the first one and then...well...life happened.

I didn’t get back to writing it for some time. And, because the concept was so unusual I next wrote a novella-length piece called, simply The Night Walk Men. Last year, that novella was downloaded over 45,000 times at Amazon over five days. When some of those readers eventually read the story, the reviews were mixed. Many loved it, some just couldn’t wrap their heads around it. As with much non-mainstream literature, some readers didn’t get it or care to.

But, the downloads continued and the reviews did too. It certainly wasn’t the most successful book of all time, far from it, but it was a handsome success for a nobody like me.

With its climbing number of readers, I began to bat around my old ideas for the over-arching story. I wrote the first draft of a much longer novel that had all the same elements but offered so much more. Sperro and Fallow were back. These are the two brothers that drive things forward. And there was a pile of new characters now too. The people they were dealing with were so compelling to me that I wrote over 150,000 words in less than ninety days. I incorporated much of my new life into the book, things that had changed for me since the decade previous when I wasn’t yet a parent, when I hadn’t experienced hardships, and the aches of life, but also the joys of it.

I was so excited to share this book.

But then. Well. Life happened.

Finally, after re-drafts and cover design and over 160 beta readers plus the help of a professional editor to sort it all out, I have finally released the full-length novel.

It’s called The Devil's Right Hand and I’m more proud of it than I could have imagined all those years ago when I pondered “What if...”

Official synopsis:

The saga began with The Night Walk Men, the #1 Kindle Suspense novella by Jason McIntyre. Now it continues with The Devil's Right Hand. And a war is brewing.

Meet Benton Garamond. He's lost. He careens through the wet streets of downtown Vancouver on a collision course with a dirty lawyer named Levy Gillis. He wants something from Gillis and he aims to get it.

Meet Donovan Lo, former drug kingpin and not bad with the ladies if you ask him. He's in hiding and has a plan to leave his empire for good. But something -- and someone -- aims to put a bullet through his last big score.

Now meet Sperro. He has a lot to say about his job, about Benton Garamond and about Donovan Lo. Sperro will be your tour guide.

"We are Night Walk Men, imbued with the lives of at least ten men, and we walk among you like a blur, unseen but often sensed or smelled like pollen in the air when you can't see flowers--or the tingle you get when the hairs on your neck stand up.

"If you hear footsteps on the parched earth behind you, or if dry autumn leaves scrape concrete with a breeze, that's most likely one of us, walking just a little ahead or just a little behind. If it's dark and you climb into your car and for once--for no reason at all--wonder why you didn't check the back seat for strangers, one of my brothers is mostly likely back there as you drive off.

"We are everywhere at once and nothing can stop us. We are Death incarnate, walking under long robes of black and chasing down the winds to read from a discourse that may be the last words you'll hear..."

Be prepared to shake The Devil's Right Hand.

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You can keep up with Jason's writing at his website: http://www.thefarthestreaches.com/

Follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JasonCMcIntyre

Get your copy of The Devil's Right Hand on Amazon, here: viewBook.at/B00A6E329Q (this link will take you to your local Amazon store)

And check out the novella, The Night Walk Men, here: viewBook.at/B009LAHAI0