An Axis Oblique

Just thought I'd post a little about my first novel, An Axis Oblique. I've written another since then and am about halfway through my third, but this is my baby, about which I sat up countless nights worrying.

Every mind has that little voice inside,

but what if that voice had a mind of its own?

Detective Keith Merrimac is tired. On the heels of a case that dug into his dark side, he’d just about kill for a decent night’s sleep.

But some scars are forever –

And when bloody murder cries twice before morning, all Hell breaks loose to shake up the foundation of his shell-shocked community, and Keith’s very sanity, on the trail a ruthless killer more cunning, and sadistic than any he’s ever imagined...

Himself.

When the scope of ‘The Stand,’ meets the blood and schizophrenia of ‘American Psycho,’ An Axis Oblique takes a long, blurry look at the fine line within as it pertains to a spectrum of characters at war with themselves – and each other. Set in contemporary Connecticut, the story; part mystery, part fantasy, part family-drama, depicts a world with supernatural undertones, weaving between the real and the fantastic as it chronicles the vicious exploits of ‘Perry Finch,’ an ageless demonic consciousness that sets up shop in susceptible psyches to feed off their broken souls. Perry has had many names and faces across 10 000 years of bloodlust and brutality, but none more conflicted, opposing…and infuriating as his burnt-out latest...

From 12^th century Mongolia to the jungles of communist Cuba to the screaming sky-scrapers of New York City, this 250 000-word horror-epic told in four volumes sets the stage for the ultimate showdown between darkness and light, touching all who stand in the way of Perry’s insatiable thirst for chaos – and Keith’s exhausting quest to quench it for good.

There you have it. Check out the full prologue here.
http://www.squidoo.com/peripheral

Thanks for reading.

D.A.