Hey there. It’s been a while!
Like many people, this past year shattered all my best-laid plans. Things fell apart, the center could not hold, etc. I spent some time away from the keyboard (for the first time in years) to get some better brain-meds and a top-notch therapist and start putting myself back together. Meanwhile, I moved to a new home, one with big fluffy dogs and murderous cats, far enough into the woods to see the stars at night. You know, all the good stuff in life.
I’m not going to say I’m back to where I was, because I’m not and that’s not my aim. I’m more into working on Me 2.0, healthier and improved. I CAN say that I’m back to work full-time and full-speed, working on new stories to share. I had originally hoped to have Down Among the Dead Men, the next Daniel Faust novel, out by now; that’s still in the works, almost done and ready for a couple of editing passes before I can bring it to you.
That said, I’ve got something for you. The Hungry Dreaming (originally serialized, now revised and fully edited from the ground up) is on its way and will be out next Tuesday, June 1st! This is a side story set in the Ghosts of Gotham/A Time for Witches universe — a new cast of characters and a new historical New York mystery to unravel, but with a small special cameo or two. It is also, by far, the longest book I’ve ever written: the paperback clocks in at nearly 700 pages, don’t drop it on your foot. Don’t drop the e-book version either (because you might damage your Kindle.) Here’s the blurb:
The discovery of lost letters between Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, describing historical events that never happened, sends shockwaves through the academic world. Meanwhile, a citywide surveillance program is coming to New York on a groundswell of dirty money and dead bodies. To hard-nosed Brooklyn reporter Nell Bluth, the two mysteries couldn't be more different.
Then she finds the missing link. Seelie Rose, a transgender runaway and the eyewitness to a murder, has a priceless secret in her pocket and a ruthless assassin on her trail. Nell and her partner Tyler are drawn into a centuries-old vendetta, a conspiracy dating back to the Revolutionary War...and witchcraft.
A secret war is raging on the streets of New York. It's a battle to control the narrative of history itself, and the winner rewrites the world. Three unlikely heroes will have to outrun and outwit every obstacle in their path; with time running out, they're the last hope to save the past, the present, and the future. And if they can't, they won't live to see tomorrow.
So, yeah! There we go! It’s moody, it’s dark, it’s got witches in it, Greek myths coming to life, and some very nasty villains. I am excited and nervous to share it with you, and it’ll be here on Tuesday. And with that, I’m getting back to work. Daniel Faust is in deep, deep trouble, and I need to make it even worse. I’m evil that way.
