Therefore, until then my blog will be a farewell tour for all things Musa, and in particular, information about my ebooks with them. I plan to market my Musa ebooks with other publishers, but because they would then be reprints this lowers the chances of them being accepted again. And, even if they are, it might be some time before they are (possibly) re-edited, have a new cover chosen, and are available for sale once more. So, in effect, if you have any interest in reading either "Dead Reckoning" or "Kaishaku" in the foreseeable future, you have until February 28th to buy them. They can be found at the Musa website (www.musapublishing.com) or on Amazon (www.amazon.com).
I'll start today with the blurb and excerpt for "Kaishaku." Over the next few days I'll be reposting the blurb/excerpt for "Dead Reckoning," as well as posting the character interviews for both books. These character interviews were previously only up on the Musa blog, and were a fun writing exercise. It was neat to do an interview as a fictional character, even for "people" who are disturbing and rather unpleasant. As usual, the book covers for both ebooks are visible on the right side of this blog.
Kaishaku Blurb:
After receiving a
DUI, Dustin Dempster is working off some community service hours at a
hospital. While there he’s asked to do
some amateur counseling of sometimes difficult patients. He thinks this a waste of time, but he reluctantly
agrees.
One of these
difficult patients is Levon Howard, a man paralyzed from the neck down because
of a car accident. He’s initially
uncooperative, but after being charmed by Dustin’s brutal honesty and
willingness to break some small hospital rules, he agrees to participate. Soon he’s revealing his biggest secrets to
Dustin…
For Levon is an
obsessed and unrepentant killer of the worst sort, only with a personal
quirk. Despite his revulsion, Dustin
finds himself intrigued by Levon’s story.
Soon he finds himself doing what was once unthinkable, and realizes that
he’s being affected by what he’s learned.
Will Howard’s madness claim yet another victim, or even another
perpetuator?
Kaishaku Excerpt:
Dustin pulled up
his chair, and listened intently.
“For starters, my
name is Levon, so call me that. Not big
on ‘Mr. Howard.’ Fort is right in a
way—I do want to talk. Just not to
someone like him, or his flunkies, or a nurse.
What I’m going to tell you I’ve never told anyone—but I figure, why
not? My life—my real life—is over.
“You never told
anyone? Why not?”
“Shut up and
listen! You’ll see. But anyway, the most important thing in my
life is that I’m obsessed with killing.
With a catch—I’m not a murderer.
I’ve never been arrested, never went to jail, and never even broke the
law.”
Levon paused to
catch his breath, and Dustin just stared at him, and resisted the urge to
laugh. Come on! This guy’s gotta be
fucking with me! Or was he? He looked pretty sincere—could he be
serious? Maybe he would have been better
off not talking to him. But, on the
other hand, Levon could hardly attack him even if he wanted to, and besides,
Dustin was a little curious. So he
waited for the paralyzed man to resume.
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