Next week (on the 15th November to be precise), I will be entertaining a second guest on my literary landing. Paul Anthony Shortt will be submitting himself to a gentle grilling as part of his blog tour to promote his debut novel Locked Within.
Locked Within
Locked Within officially released yesterday, launches on Thursday 8th November at Hughes and Hughes Bookshop in Dundrum, Dublin (details here). If you follow the link on the site you will find the first chapter to whet your appetite.
This urban fantasy novel is set in New York, where the hero Nathan Shepherd feels he is destined to fight the supernatural predators that threaten the inhabitants of the city:
‘The supernatural realm and the mundane world have existed side by side since the dawn of time. Predators walk the streets, hidden by our own ignorance. Once, the city of New York was protected, but that was another age.
Now a creature emerges from the city’s past to kill again, with no-one to hear the screams of its victims. The lost and the weak, crushed under the heels of the city’s supernatural masters, have given up hope.
But one man finds himself drawn to these deaths. Plagued by dreams of past lives, his obsession may cost him friends, loved ones, even his life. To stop this monster, he must unlock the strength he once had. He must remember the warrior he was, to become the hero he was born to be.
His name is Nathan Shepherd, and he remembers.’
Well, that was just a little teaser taken from Paul’s blog (here) and next week I will be posting up answers to a few questions that I put to him about his writing and what influenced the creation of his novel. Paul will be talking about music, mythology and his favorite place to write. I also asked him about which actor he would choose to play his hero, should Hollywood come knocking!
Meanwhile, if you are in Dublin tomorrow pop along and meet the man himself…
