Twenty Days

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Twenty Days

No, it’s not the name of another Zombie movie. In twenty days, on May 4th, the third book in my science-fiction thriller After Eden Series, Rising Leviathan will be released in e-book form, with the paperback and hardcover versions available later in the month.

The Writing

The first book was in America. The second one took place in America, Australia and Mexico. Book Three is almost exclusively in Russia or, in this time 82 years in the future, the Russian Bloc. In the 2060s, Western Europe falls to Islam and Eastern Europe merges with Russia. The series makes a lot of predictions and follows many of our current trends to their logical (and sometimes disturbing) path into the future.

Two weeks after I was writing about turmoil in the streets of Russia, Putin is rolling into Crimea in the Ukraine. In the After Eden series, there are many international changes: Western Europe is Islamic, China and India have merged into an alliance, and Russia “owns” Eastern Europe, including the Crimean Peninsula being the permanent base of the Russian Fleet.

I’ve never written an epic, anthology-type story like this before and won’t again, not because I don’t love everything about the story, but as a writer it’s like climbing Mt. Everest or K2. It is just so massive. The linking of current times to seventy years and over a century later, the people, politics, ideologies, religions, and technologies. But again, I love the series.

Each book increases the stakes and even though the very first chapter of Book One tells you exactly where we are going to end up in the series, how we get there is nothing like what you would have imagined. There are four more books in the After Eden Series ending with that final explosion of World War Three.

Fun Stuff

Okay, I’ve finished another novel—three books in a year (Not bragging, I was simply made this way). The book comes out in less than three weeks. I’m tired, you’re happy, so… I’m happy. Let’s have some fun with this.

“A Future Imperfect” Blog Tour: May 4th not only kicks of the book release, but I’m a science-fiction fan too so why not take advantage of Star Wars Day. For the whole month, ending on June 4th, I will be on a whirlwind virtual book tour with over 15 bloggers from around the world. We’ll get to talk about all things Rising Leviathan, the After Eden Series, and science fiction in general. My goodness, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Godzilla come out in May too! So maybe we can throw that in there too.

Sharing the Love: Everybody loves contests, so for the whole month of our Future Imperfect Blog Tour there will be a free Rising Leviathan Gift Card Contest. You don’t have to buy a thing (I’ll save that for later). Just enter, or have your pet, clone or robot do it for you.

Surprises: It’s been done before but one of the best episodes of Doctor Who (Blink) reminded me of it. In addition to the regular contest, we’re going to do some kind of special “Easter Egg” contest. Find something; know a piece of trivia—something fun.

More Announcements: I’ll mention it later in the week. So to recap: May 4th, Book Release, Blog Tour, Cool Contest.

Happy Monday!