A New Story

I know that most people want me to finish the sequel to Power Rises, and believe me when I say I'm working very hard on it. Unfortunately I have a small problem.

You see this other story has found its way into my head and won't go away. It keeps me from sleeping, and every single time I sit down to work on "Power Spreads" it runs interference. So I'm left with no choice. I have to write it.

I relinquished a few days ago and started working on what I'm calling "Reckoning" so far I'm 8,000 words in and still going strong. I'm not sure how long it will be in the end, I think somewhere in the novella length (between 15,000 and 40,000 words) but that is up to the characters, not me.

It's a science fiction story set about 100 years in our future. Here is what I'm thinking for the back copy, or blurb, of the book, tell me what you think:

~There are turning points in our lives; crossroads that we come to that once picked send us down a certain path. Heather Lawson’s job is to find those points in the past of societies criminals and help them to pick a different direction.

Is she ready to help Michael Cordley the first man in the solar system to be convicted of rape and murder in nearly five years? Can she put her pride aside to do what is necessary in order to bring his case to a close? Or, will she be responsible for the first failed criminal rehabilitation in more than half a century?~

The nice part is I've already got a publisher lined up to take it on which helps a ton! I'm hoping sometime in the next few months I'll have it finished so that I can get my head clear and focused again on the next book in my "Ways of Power" series.

Thanks for taking the time to read this post!