First Look: The Demon's Guardian

In The Third Face, we met Rasuke. We learned what he's like, and why. We watched him become part of Redhand, an organization that desperately needs him and yet leaves him ignored until the last minute. We watched him make best friends and bitter enemies, and we saw some of them leave suddenly.

In the sequel, The Demon's Guardian, we see an entirely new world for Rasuke and friends to explore. It's a world completely unlike any they've ever seen, a world of space travel and laser guns. It's also a dangerous place for our heroes to live, because it's completely lacking a substance that they need to survive. They have a week's supply of it on hand, but they'll have to get back home by then. It's kind of like they're stuck in the bottom of the ocean and only have so much oxygen.

Meanwhile, back home, Redhand is looking the worse for wear. Weakened enough by the loss of the kids, it's suddenly under attack by enemies both old and new, those who've been around constantly and those that you never thought would be back. All those seemingly unimportant characters from the past are rising to bring it down. If Rasuke and friends die, Eibmoz's hope of finding the good in the lowest of creatures dies with them.

Of course, that's just scratching the surface. But if I tell you all about the romance, the horror, and the comedy that live beneath this tale, I'll be at this all day. Suffice to say, this book ought to be even better than the last.

A New Goal

The first draft of The Third Face's sequel has been going pretty slow. I consider myself about one-third of the way through it, even though I started writing it only a couple of days after The Third Face was released, over a month and a half ago.

That's why today, I decided that I want to finish it by August 3rd. It sounds like an arbitrary date, but it's perfect for personal reasons. It's also great because I can write one scene each day and I'll be at about the expected length for this new novel, which will be a bit longer than The Third Face.

One last thing. I've finally figured out the name for this new novel: The Demon's Guardian. Expect to see a little more information about it by the end of this week!