Hi everyone! Bookhi is hosting today's stop of the new book blog tour, What Hides Within. The book sounds amazing, and I am sure you will be just as eager to read it as I am after this post! ;P
I have the privilege of sharing to you all a guest post by the author, Jason Parent.
Top Moment No. 2
"Her many legs pitter-pattered across the hardwood floor. She moved with
purpose, surveying each obstacle in her path. Each stride was light but deliberate,
inaudible to the human ear, her eventual target.
Outside the bedroom door, a tabby cat lay twitching, not quite dead. Chester
used a minimal dose of her liquid death on the feline, conserving the bulk of it for her
much larger target. Dispatching the kitty wasn’t necessary. She probably could have
avoided the cat’s detection with ease. But she hadn’t lived as long as she did by taking
unnecessary risks. With most of her kind dead and gone, she felt it her obligation to
survive and carry on what they had started so many years ago. She would do so at all
costs.
Her venomous glands were nearly full again, pumping poison toward the
hollowed tips of her fangs. She felt them gush with energy as she trotted toward the leg of
Derek’s bed. Like a surge of adrenalin, the venom made her feel alive."
purpose, surveying each obstacle in her path. Each stride was light but deliberate,
inaudible to the human ear, her eventual target.
Outside the bedroom door, a tabby cat lay twitching, not quite dead. Chester
used a minimal dose of her liquid death on the feline, conserving the bulk of it for her
much larger target. Dispatching the kitty wasn’t necessary. She probably could have
avoided the cat’s detection with ease. But she hadn’t lived as long as she did by taking
unnecessary risks. With most of her kind dead and gone, she felt it her obligation to
survive and carry on what they had started so many years ago. She would do so at all
costs.
Her venomous glands were nearly full again, pumping poison toward the
hollowed tips of her fangs. She felt them gush with energy as she trotted toward the leg of
Derek’s bed. Like a surge of adrenalin, the venom made her feel alive."
myself to become Chester, my malevolent widow spider. I give insight into her motives and hints
at her true nature. Plus, it’s kind of fun to be a spider, if but for a chapter or two.
I enjoy writing from the point of view of the deviant-minded or the criminally insane. Even my
most moral of heroes are always somewhat less than perfect. But my villains, well, they’re the
most fun. Morality is for the lemmings.
Gone are the days of Hulk Hogan telling us to drink our milk and take our vitamins. The anti-
hero is the new hero, so the new villain has to be downright dastardly. Admit it! Sometimes you
can’t help but route for the villain. Perhaps there is a little Chester in all of us . . . not literally, I
hope.
hero is the new hero, so the new villain has to be downright dastardly. Admit it! Sometimes you
can’t help but route for the villain. Perhaps there is a little Chester in all of us . . . not literally, I
hope.
Thank you, Jason! =)
To end this post, I would like to share with you all the cover and synopsis. Voila!
What Hides Within tells the story of a man held captive by an unknown evil. Clive Menard is a spineless slacker leading an ordinary existence. But when Chester enters his life, it becomes far from ordinary.
A disheveled Clive stands alone in a hospital waiting room. A series of incidences have led him to undergo unnecessary neurosurgery. A voice inside Clive’s head nags him to kill the doctor.
Weeks prior, a murder investigation and an unrelated kayaking excursion set the story’s interlocking events in motion. When a remorseful killer, a bomb-happy psychopath and a mysterious widow spider converge upon Clive, they bring with them destruction and death. Clive must discover who or what is steering his very existence before he, too, is consumed by the carnage around him.
With a driven detective following his every step and a vicious killer hiding within his circle of friends, Clive must walk a narrow and dangerous path, teetering between salvation and damnation. He must confront Chester and his own demons. But is he powerless to overcome them?
A disheveled Clive stands alone in a hospital waiting room. A series of incidences have led him to undergo unnecessary neurosurgery. A voice inside Clive’s head nags him to kill the doctor.
Weeks prior, a murder investigation and an unrelated kayaking excursion set the story’s interlocking events in motion. When a remorseful killer, a bomb-happy psychopath and a mysterious widow spider converge upon Clive, they bring with them destruction and death. Clive must discover who or what is steering his very existence before he, too, is consumed by the carnage around him.
With a driven detective following his every step and a vicious killer hiding within his circle of friends, Clive must walk a narrow and dangerous path, teetering between salvation and damnation. He must confront Chester and his own demons. But is he powerless to overcome them?
4 comments:
Thanks for including this post in your blog. I wish you and Bookhi all the best!
- Jason Parent
That totally gave me the shivers. Very creepy, an excellent read for this month.
I don't know what it is about spiders that makes my skin crawl. ;) Great post, Zoe! This does sound like a really interesting book. Thanks for sharing. :)
Thanks, Heather and Sam for your comments. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me through these comments or my website. Thanks again, Bookhi, for the post.
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