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"All Kagami Takeda wants is to be left alone, so that no one else can be destroyed by the madness she keeps at bay. Her connection to the Radiance--a merciless and godlike sea of light--has driven her family insane and given her lover strange abilities and terrible visions. But the occult forces that covet her access to the Radiance are relentless in their pursuit. Worse, the Radiance itself has created an enemy who can kill her--a fate that would unleash its brutal light on a defenseless city...

"Rhea Cole is also on the run, after murdering her husband with a power she never knew she had--a power given her by a strange girl with a single touch. Pursued by a grim man unable to dream and a dead soul with a taste for human flesh, she must contend with those who would use her to open the way to the Radiance, and fight a battle that stretches from the streets of Detroit to a forest of terrifying rogue memories."

Brutal Light is a supernatural dark fantasy novel set in modern day Detroit, and is my first published novel. It came out on December 1, 2011 from Damnation Books.

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Excerpt

Want a sample? Check out the full prologue to Brutal Light:
Prologue: Blood in the Black Water

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Ordering Information

Brutal Light is available from these vendors, among others. The list keeps growing; I've decided to make it manageable by limiting the ebook-only vendors on the list to those who offer more than just .pdf versions.

DamnationBooks.com -- .pdf, .mobi, .epub, .pdb
Amazon.com (U.S.) -- Kindle edition
Amazon.com (U.S.) -- Print edition
Amazon (Canada) -- Print edition
Amazon (U.K.) -- Kindle edition
Amazon (U.K.) -- Print edition
Amazon (Japan) -- Print edition
BarnesAndNoble.com -- Print edition
Fictionwise.com -- .pdf, .mobi, .epub, .pdb, and more
Diesel-EBooks.com -- .pdf, .mobi, .epub, .pdb
Lybrary.com -- .pdf, .mobi, .epub, .pdb
AllRomanceEbooks.com -- .pdf, .mobi, .epub, .pdb
Powells.com -- Print edition
AbesBooks.com -- Print edition
BookDepository.com -- Print edition
FishPondWorld.com -- Print edition
Biblio.co.uk (U.K.) -- Print edition
LandmarkOnTheNet.com (India) -- Print edition
SuperBookShop.net (Croatia) -- Print edition

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Virtual Book Tour

In December 2011 I went on a nine-stop virtual book tour, mixing interviews and guest blog articles focusing on various aspects of Brutal Light. Most of these stops also included an excerpt; I gave each a unique one.

12/1/2011 - Guest blog on RJ Sullivan's site: The Story Behind Brutal Light - On all the aborted attempts and the lessons learned along the way.

12/2/2011 - I was interviewed by Greg Chapman, author of Torment and The Noctuary

12/3/2011 - Guest blog on Tim Marquitz's site: Brutal Light and my Path to Dark Fantasy - On what drew me to write in the dark fantasy genres.

12/5/2011 - I was interviewed by Lee Mather, author of The Green Man

12/6/2011 - Guest blog on Lincoln Crisler's site: If It Doesn't Make You Squirm... - On one of the most valuable bits of writing advice I ever read.

12/7/2011 - I was interviewed by Sally Franklin Christie, author of If I Should Die

12/8/2011 - Guest blog on Su Halfwerk's site: On Fighting the Internal Censor - All about how I contend with my internal censor during the writing process, with the help of the Internal Editor.

12/9/2011 - Guest blog on Sean A. Lusher's site: These Books Made Me Weird(er) - Seven books that warped my brain and had some influence on Brutal Light.

12/10/2011 - I was interviewed by Kelly A. Harmon, author of Blood Soup


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More Guest Blogs and Interviews

1/18/2012 - Guest Blog on Ash Arceneaux's site: Writing, Rewriting, Impending Apocalypse, and Everything After - All about my writing and rewriting process on Brutal Light, including the pivotal role played by Jaranash'ghthk the Indweller of Night.

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Something You Should Know

Something You Should Know, a short story set in the world of Brutal Light is now available for FREE download from Smashwords! See the Something You Should Know page on this site for more information.

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Something You Should Know
A free ebook short story featuring characters from Brutal Light, now downloadable from:
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