Behind Schedule

So I'm a little bit behind schedule on publishing my next two books. I realize I set my goal a little too ambitiously, but I didn't know editing was going to take quite so long. Because of that, Beginnings and The Ferryman will be out a couple months late, but still by mid-August (I hope). The good news is the books are better because of the additional time spent re-reading and re-editing. In addition, the book after these two, The Burden of Immortality, should be coming out early. I just completed my second edit of the book and am about to send it off for another review. Excited to see some things come together more quickly than I thought.

For those of you who have read Jeremiah Stone, Limbus, and Azazel (all part of the Jeremiah Stone trilogy), be glad to know Beginnings and The Ferryman are both prequels, though The Ferryman concerns the character Opus Wright and its quite the page turner. As for The Burden of Immortality, its a stand alone novel that will have you guessing until the end. Here's a taste of each:

Beginnings: Skirting the law while skipping between Ivy League schools in search of himself, Jeremiah finally finds someone who accepts him for who he truly is. This love, however, is short-lived as his latest interlude raises more than just the police’s curiosity. Within weeks, he’s on the run again with only one safe option to turn too, but can he manage to endure his choice while surviving the initiation process or will he lose himself within the folds of the mafia with powerful enemies on all sides. His life hangs in the balance as both friends and enemies weigh their options against a quick profit. In a last ditch play, he returns to the one person who might love him in return. The only question he has is will she accept where his choices have led him while knowing the danger he’s in or will she turn away like so many others. More importantly, can he live with himself if he puts her in danger? Unfortunately, it’s not his decision as external forces converge around him in an explosive confrontation.

The Ferryman: Brian Dalton thought he was going to survive his genius with only a resentful childhood, but when his parents are murdered in front of him, his life takes an odd change for the worse. Now, obsessed with Death, Brian is pulled into the CIA who’s more than willing to use his abilities to their advantage in a massive mole hunt. Brian, however, has other plans as he uses his mental prowess and new-found skills to commit a string of murders against his own personal enemies. But no one’s perfect, Brian realizes as he taunts an up-and-coming FBI agent’s morals who starts to close the noose around the killings. Disappearing under his CIA cover, Opus Wright, Brian temporarily escapes as his superiors are pulled into the mix while he struggles to stay one step ahead of everyone in a game he’s still learning. With his plans on the verge of backfiring, he wonders if his fascination with Death will prove to be his savior or his downfall.

The Burden of Immortality: Drazan Cvetko hates his life. He was meant for better than this, but pulling himself out of the gutter isn't easy. This all changes when his father dies and an old acquaintance delivers to him his father’s encrypted journal. Yet, despising everything the journal means to him, Drazan begins to painstakingly unmask his father’s latest archaeological discovery. Unfortunately, it’s not the only journal of his fathers out there and other people, people far beyond his understanding of wealth and power, want what’s contained within the scribbled pages. So, fighting his better judgment, Drazan launches himself into the middle of something he can’t begin to comprehend for the sake of what; a chance at immortality. Is it enough to risk his life for? Maybe the better question is what does he have to give up to acquire it?