I have the Best News Ever. My novel, The Wicked Instead, has a publisher! It will be the first
publication of Hard Limits Press, an awesome new speculative fiction indie
publisher. You should follow them on Twitter (@hardlimitspress) for info on the
unveiling of their logo and the launch of their website at the beginning of
December. There you’ll be able to check out an excerpt from the novel.
For now, though, here’s the awesome blurb from Hard Limits:
Cary
and Lindsay Delaney have always known they were special. Warriors for God,
their father said, meant to bring about the Rapture, and every moment in their
family’s isolated Ozarks compound was spent preparing for that day. Cary’s
paraplegic injury put an end to that dream, however, and the brothers, now
estranged from the father who once exalted them, find a different kind of magic
in the streets of Springfield, Missouri.
Dubiously
blessed with the title prince and heirs to powerful táltos magic, the brothers
find themselves embroiled in a struggle for the health of the World Tree, the
structure that supports not only their world, but every world. The Tree is
rotting, and it’s only a matter of time before the corruption reaches its
heart. Can Cary and Lindsay make their own way despite those who would use them
for their own ends?
A
coming of age urban fantasy with a twist, The Wicked
Instead combines the voice of a redneck
haint tale with an unerring modern sensibility and sensitivity. As much about
struggling to survive and the bonds forged between unlikely friends as it is
about fantasy, The Wicked Instead
will change the way you think about the genre.
Doesn’t that make you want to read it? I know it does. The e-book
release is scheduled for early next year, with print following shortly after.
Stay tuned for the cover image as well as an excerpt that
will be released in conjunction with the launch of the Hard Limits website. I’m
so excited!
