Blood
Sky
The
After Series
Book
4
Traci
L. Slatton
Genre:
paranormal romance
Publisher:
Parvati Press
Date
of Publication: August 24, 2015
ISBN:
978-1-942523-02-4
ISBN:
978-1-942523-03-1 eBook
ASIN:
B012TXZ4OC
Word
Count: 67,000
Cover
Artist: Gwyn Snider
Book
Description:
In
a time of apocalyptic despair, love is put to the test… Deep in the
badlands of Outpost City, in the Dark Horse saloon, a poker game is
being played. The stakes are life and death—for the world.
What
can Emma afford to lose? Will she gamble on herself, or on Arthur?
Will
love find a way when the apocalypse closes in? A mystical odyssey, a
haunting love…
Book
Trailer: https://youtu.be/moBlcXPG33o
Available
at Amazon
About
the Author:
Traci
L. Slatton is the international bestselling author of historical,
paranormal, and romantic novels, including IMMORTAL (BantamDell) and
BROKEN; the award-winning dystopian After Series which includes
FALLEN, COLD LIGHT, FAR SHORE, and BLOOD SKY; the bittersweet
romantic comedy THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE; and the vampire art
history romp THE BOTTICELLI AFFAIR. She has also published the
lyrical poetry collection DANCING IN THE TABERNACLE and THE ART OF
LIFE, a photo-essay about figurative sculpture through the ages. Her
book PIERCING TIME & SPACE explores the meeting ground of science
and spirituality.
Interview
BLOOD
SKY author Traci L. Slatton
Where are you from? Around. My father was in the Navy and we transferred around the country
a lot when I was a kid. I was born in Great Lakes, IL and subsequently lived in
Norfolk, VA; Groton, CT; Millington, TN; and Olathe, KS. I attended college in
CT and now live in Manhattan. I guess I can say I’m a New Yorker now.
Tell us your latest news? The latest news is the publication of the 4th book in my
dystopian After Series, BLOOD SKY. The saga of Emma and Arthur, and the
apocalyptic mists and the psychic human biomind, continues….
When and why did you begin writing? I began as a little girl, writing poetry in
second grade. In first grade I went from reading “See Spot Run” to reading novels
in a few months, and then I was off and running, devouring books. In second
grade I started writing poems and soon thereafter stories. Stories and words
bubble up from within me, they’re woven into every angstrom of my being.
When did you first consider yourself a writer? Good question, and it has two answers. One
is that from the moment I read my first novel, I wanted to be a writer, and
from the time I finished my first poem, I knew I was one. On the other hand, I
am constantly striving to become a “writer,” constantly pushing myself to
deepen and improve the art and craft of my writing. Right now I’m reading a lot
of Joseph Campbell as part of my evolution as a writer. So, in one sense, I’ve
been a writer as long as I can remember, but also, it’s an evolutionary journey
with no tangible end in sight.
What inspired you to write your first book? The burning desire in me to tell stories!
Do you have a specific writing style? I try to write with great clarity and with sensual
acuity, that is, with visual and tactile depth. I began as a poet and studied
poetry in college and graduate school, so the music of language is important to
me, though I often don’t achieve the lyricism to which I aspire.
How did you come up with the title? BLOOD SKY has a primal, elemental feel to
it, which works for my paranormal dystopian series.
Is there a message in your novel that you want
readers to grasp? Well, there are a few
ideas that matter to me. For one, I know that we have greater abilities than
the concrete senses that Newtonian science acknowledges, and I
try to share that with readers. Also, BLOOD SKY turns around Emma’s choices.
She has to come to understand that she is making a choice at every turn. I
think facing our choices is part of maturation.
How much of the book is realistic? Human emotion and human action, those parts
are realistic. I have tried to create a speculative world that is plausible.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events
in your own life? Just my sense that we
are, in many ways, already living in a dystopia.
What books have most influenced your life most? In terms of novels, I have been very
influenced by WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY by Richard Powell. I am always
reading, so there are always new books influencing me.
If you had to choose, which writer would you
consider a mentor? Richard Powell,
because I read that novel a thousand times, and it taught me a lot about the
structure of story.
What book are you reading now? Currently I am reading books by Dave Richo, a Jungian therapist. His
books HOW TO BE AN ADULT, THE POWER OF GRACE, and HOW TO BE AN ADULT IN
RELATIONSHIPS are just amazing. They are about love and maturation and what it
means to be a whole human being.
Are there any new authors that have grasped your
interest? I am reading everything I can
find about the Cathars as research for a historical novel. I’ve found this
strange and wonderful British psychiatrist named Arthur Guirdham who writes
about being a Cathar revenant. I’m all over his books like stink on a skunk.
What are your current projects? Having finished BLOOD SKY, I’m currently working on a novel called THE
YEAR OF LOVING. It was entitled THE YEAR OF LOVING A YOUNGER MAN, but then the
protagonist went and got herself involved in a love triangle with a younger man
AND an older man, and her best friend has cancer, so I realized it was THE YEAR
OF LOVING. I’m also researching the siege of Montsegur and the Cathars for a
historical novel.
What would you like my readers to know? I hope they read with joy.
@tracilslatton
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Oooh, I read this entire series, well - the first three. I didn't know a new one was out!
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