SPOTLIGHT: Virtually Dead, A Commonwealth Universe Serialized Novel

For the 2nd Spotlight Saturday, let's talk ZOMBIES.

Well, not actually.
But close!

That's how this book got its start -- people were talking zombies at a romance writing conference. (Yeah, I know what you're thinking -- HOW can you have a relationship with someone/something that's disintegrating with every step?)

That got me thinking. What if the main character was just ... visiting ... the dead bodies? And I ended up with VIRTUALLY DEAD.

The situation: During the Downfall of the Central Allied Worlds, called First Civ centuries later by the Commonwealth archaeologists and historians, a group of Khybor scientists learned the Set'ri were coming to attack their colony. They were experimenting with using Khrystal for long-term cold sleep, while letting the sleepers create a virtually community and contact one another. To hide from the Set'ri, they buried themselves far apart, with no one knowing where more than a few other people were buried.

Now, 600 years later, the new civilization built on the ruins of their colony is threatening their nice, comfortable, virtual reality community. CASPYA, their sentinel, must make contact with the world above and convince people to help them before any more of them are killed. Since she can't leave her own life tube, the only way to do that is by animating and communicating through ... you got it ... RECENTLY DEAD BODIES.

Now here's the fun part: You can get EPISODES of the book for FREE from now until the entire book is released early in 2014. And you don't have to keep going to the publisher and downloading every month. Subscribe!

Not sure you like the idea of people borrowing dead bodies? Well, consider the episodes as a test drive. If you don't like the story, you don't have to buy the entire book! (But I think you will. I dare you! Come on, what'll it hurt? You might be surprised!)

Just go to Writers Exchange, my publisher, and subscribe. www.writers-exchange.com. That easy.

NEXT WEEK: The Spotlight will be on a new book by Ohio author Mary Ellis, who happens to be a friend and fellow member of ACFW.