Someone
wants Dr. Rhett “Jack” Jackson dead.
After
surviving a vicious attack from a dragon in his own home, Jack and
Dr. Kamala Anjali investigate who sent the dragon to kill him.
Unfortunately, their list of enemies is long. Plenty of people have
an axe to grind with the two scientists responsible for the rebirth
of the previously extinct dragons that are now flourishing on every
continent of the planet. Jack and Kamala rejoin with their team at
the Knight Division to hunt down the culprit and put an end to their
revenge scheme once and for all.
But
will it cost them everything?
Of
Fury and Fangs is the fourth novel in the Amazon and USA Today
bestselling Of Cinder and Bone series, following Of Cinder and Bone,
Of Blood and Ashes, and Of Dawn and Embers.
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The
world's deadliest dragon, the infamous Baba Yaga, is loose on the
streets of Tokyo.
Dr.
Rhett "Jack" Jackson and Dr. Kamala Anjali have been tasked
with helping the government take down a dragon the size of a
Tyrannosaurus Rex after it sends part of the city up in flames.
Things worsen when they lose track of dragon in none other than
Aokigahara, the Suicide Forest--a section of woods in Japan that is
rumored to be one of the most haunted places on earth. They've also
got the yakuza who cloned the dragon hellbent on getting her back,
and they don't care who they kill in order to re-capture the
dragon.
Jack
and Kamala are joined by CIA field agent William Fry and
dragon-hunting expert Juniper Snow as they infiltrate the forest to
hunt the dragon before she can hurt anyone else. Between the ruthless
yakuza hot on their trail and the growing mistrust in their small
hunting party, it will take a miracle for Jack and Kamala to make it
out alive...
Of
Blood and Ashes is the second book in the series, following the
Amazon bestselling Of Cinder and Bone.
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CINDER AND BONE is Ron Howard's Ransom meets Michael Crichton's
Jurassic Park!
After
centuries of being the most dangerous predators on the planet,
dragons were hunted to extinction. That is, until Dr. Rhett “Jack”
Jackson and Dr. Kamala Anjali cracked the code to bring them back.
Through their research at MIT, they resurrected the first dragon
anyone has seen alive since the 15th century. There’s just one
problem.
Someone
stole it.
Caught
between two ruthless yakuza clans who want to clone the dragon, Jack
and Kamala brave the dangerous streets of Tokyo to steal their dragon
back in a race against time before the world is taken over by
mutated, bloodthirsty monsters that will raze it to ashes.
Of
Cinder and Bone is an all-new sci-fi thriller from the author of the
Amazon bestselling Black Parade novels. Don’t miss out on this
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and Reign of Fire will fall in love with this mashup novel that opens
up a whole new world of possibilities into what we know and love
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Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
This is a great question. I actually recently had a long conversation with a friend about this topic because of Jim Butcher’s recent novel, Peace Talks (Book 16 of The Dresden Files). I’m not going to spoil anything in detail, but in short, in my opinion, Peace Talks is basically just one 400-page set up for the next book in the series, Battle Ground. My friend and I were discussing whether or not that’s not a good idea for books in general. I’m of the opinion that all books should be able to be read without reading what’s before or behind them, but strictly from a plot and story standpoint. I believe that books in a series should still operate independently and should blend with the overall series and the books in sequence. I say this because that’s how some of us discover books.
For instance, years ago, my brother randomly found Turn Coat (Book 11 of The Dresden Files) and read that long before he ever picked up Storm Front. Now, could my brother understand the massive context related to all of the characters? No way. But he was able to read the story and enjoy it enough that he then decided to buy the whole series and start from the beginning so that when he reread Turn Coat, he would understand all that context. That is why I think books in a series should be able to stand alone but just provide connectivity between each other for things like payoff and context. Peace Talks does, technically, stand on its own, but not very well. It just sort of alludes to what’s coming constantly and so it almost feels like a prequel novel. None of the other books in the series have been written this way, so you understand why it stood out to me so much.
In my own work, I try to have each book stand on its own if possible. That being said, once it passes a certain point, I expect the readers to know some of the lore and story in the previous books in order to understand what’s going on. I make mini-introductions for what the main characters look like and how their personalities are in order to serve that purpose. It shouldn’t negatively impact those who already have read the previous books and it allows new readers to climb into the saddle.
What is the most difficult part of your artistic process?
I find that the transitional/connective tissue scenes are the hardest for me to write. Action scenes, emotional scenes, and banter are no problem for me. However, scenes where I have to give exposition or have the characters move from one place to another or where we’re setting up before a big sequence are my Kryptonite. It takes me so long to get them written. I procrastinate forever because I just hate utility scenes. Most of the time, you can’t skip over them. You need those scenes so that everything ties together and the cogs continue to work, but I hate them. There was one in Of Fury and Fangs where I wrote the characters coming up with an idea…and then forgot I was the one who had to actually write the execution of said idea. It took me weeks to stop whining and do it. I’m an adult, can’t you tell?
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