The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)
Description
<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
The book's premise evolved from my research of serial killers, specifically why they'd elected to enact their particular method of carnage. Anger, although misdirected and oftentimes nebulous, seemed to be the precise fuel that ultimately propelled them to choose a particular solution of attaining revenge. Sans any directive other than to satisfy that intent --and with total disregard for the consequences of their actions --serial killers are born.
I created a character who believes in God, but who also remembers that He had killed in moments of revenge. Richard Calder knows the difference between right and wrong, but now he is faced with a conundrum, though internally validated. He has six months left to live at best; the ones in his past have been enjoying the fruits of his labors while he has been suffering from their thefts; and there is nothing left to lose.
Utilizing his dedicated and finte research of past serial killers, keen to how they had eventually been apprehended, and reasonably certain that he is now an expert in regard to how to get away with murder, he embarks on the last road trip of his life. But will he actually be comitting murder? Is it not an eye for an eye, as the Bible had said?
The trick for me, when writing this book, was to somehow spur the reader to garner empathy for the protagonist. And within that effort, I also attempted to underscore the fact that in certain times within our daily lives, many of us have also harbored thoughts of revenge, albeit never bringing them to frution. Words, hastily spoken, are sometimes a mirror to our souls.
Reviews
<p>Currently, <em>Short List </em>has received 6 reviews, two 5-stars and four 4-stars. As of one month ago, I've been promoting it while also editing my next release, which is book #1 of a 3-part short story collection. As well, I'll be re-releasing my 1995 paperback <em>Gigolos</em> as an eBook in July of this year.</p>
