A Brief Q & A About a Figment of My Imagination

Annual Pilgrimage to See the Slavs August in the Cold

A Brief Q & A About a Figment of My Imagination

I’ve been tagged by the dangerous and redoubtable Eden Baylee to partake in a tour involving my main character. And what perfect timing, since the summer has left me with little time to ponder Cold War mayhem, Nazi jewelry design, the insanity of the Slavic race and other topics usually covered here on Cold. It also gives me a chance to shamelessly plug my novel, The Bone Church!

(LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT AND THERE IT IS!!)

What are the rules? They’re simple!

I have to answer seven questions about a main character from one of my novels, then I nominate five other authors to answer the same questions. I nominated six because that’s just the kind of girl I am.

Please check out Eden’s blog (link below), where she answers some questions about Kate Hampton, her mystery-solving psychiatrist character. Kate’s a woman with a past, and Eden’s a woman with a future. And have a look at Stranger at Sunset as well (link below).

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Getting more serious now, here are my responses about Felix Andel.

1. Tell us a little about this main character. Is he fictional or a historic person?

Felix is like most fictional characters – a peppery goulash of one part truth and infinite parts imagination.

2. When and where is the story set?

Prague, Czechoslovakia, mostly, with a bit of the Vatican, too. As for when? At the end of World War II, with a good dollop of 1956 Cold War menace tossed in for good measure.

3. What should we know about him?

Felix is a hero who barely avoids being a tragic one. He suffers from intense spiritual visions, an incurable case of honor, a thirst for revenge, and an ache for a woman he had no choice but to leave behind.

4. What is the main conflict? What messes up his life?

Quite simply, war.

5. What is his personal goal?

To save the woman he loves. To save the world. To save himself.

6. What are the titles of your novels, and where can we read more about them?

The Bone Church is available exclusively on Amazon in digital and paperback form:

Here’s the link: http://buff.ly/VgDxQz

And here’s a picture from the real, live bone church:

7. When can we expect your next book to be published?

I’m finishing up edits on The Hungarian as soon as I get my three adorable children back to school.

As for The Hungarian, it’s an adventure, a Cold War spy-thriller and a love story that examines the intersection of three lives – a drifting ex-pat, a fugitive Russian diplomat, and a Hungarian assassin with a weakness for rich food and sadistic murder. It’s got Sputnik, murder by salt-poisoning, a Russian mystic, and a great roll in the hay inside an old, abanandoned chapel. What more could you want?

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Now I’ll nominate five other authors. All of them are terrific writers, so please visit them and give their books a read. And please take a look at Eden Baylee’s work as well. She’s great fun.

Eden’s blog: http://buff.ly/1uKjHda

Stranger at Sunset by Eden Baylee: http://buff.ly/1orQzrC