Isis: Night of the Vampires and
E’steem Undercover are coming to Smashwords!
But with a twist! Bill Walko did an
amazing job on the art on the Isis/E’steem crossover covers. And he even did a
pair with a different trade dress. And with Smashwords having a larger distribution
network than Amazon, I thought that would be a great place for both to get
their debut!
In other book news I’ve just
completed the first draft of sequel to The Temptation of John Haynes. The book is tentatilvely
titled The Man Who Rules the World. I'm pondering calling it John Haynes: The Man Who Rules The world to keep it in line with the other Isis and E'steem series books. Temptation was one of my
most acclaimed novels in 2011 and it had a fairly strong following. Some asked
me back as far as 2011 if there’d be a sequel, and I wanted to have just the
right story premise in mind before I made any promises.
I planned this story back as far as
2009 and I’ve been trying to write The Man Who Rules The World for close to
seven years now. I started this book and stopped it numerous times and
struggled to get this book to go anywhere. However, while I was stuck on Isis:
Imitation of Life I got inspired to write The Man Who Rules The World and
completed the entire story in a week.
Some of my readers have wanted me to
write books for Black boys for several years. And I wrote this story
specifically with Black boys in mind. I made it a point to create a story where
we see a Black man in a leadership position being assertive, authoritative and
commanding. I’ve learned a lot of lessons about manhood and the male identity
in the last seven years and I wanted to make sure they were applied in this
story.
Readers of the Isis series got a
glimpse of John Haynes in his appearances in Isis: Wrath of the Cybergoddess
and Isis: Night of the Vampires. And the story of The Man Who Rules the world
will take place right after Isis: Night of the Vampires if you follow that
continuity. Like Temptation, this one is action packed and is extremely fast
paced. If you like superhero movies like The Avengers, you’ll love The Man Who
rules the World. Almost every major character from the SJS DIRECT Universe
makes an appearance here.
The Man Who Rules the World is the
first full John Haynes story in the Novelette format. I wanted this book to be
longer, but as it was writing itself this was the format it was flowing into. I
would love to do a John Haynes series like I do with the Isis series, but I’d
have to see the sales numbers for the book before I made any commitments.
I’m pondering doing a Kickstarter for
The Man Who Rules the World I would love to see Bill Walko’s version of John
Haynes to go along with Isis and E’steem. And I’d love to see his trade dress
for the cover. He did a great job with the Isis/E’steem crossover covers and
I’d love to work with him again.
I’d love to release The Man Who Rules
The World in Summer 2016, but I’m making no promises This is just the first
draft and I have a long way to go.
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