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The Covenant, an occult/suspense fiction novel, is part of a
series I’m writing called “The Bracken Covenant.” The series has a somewhat
dark mood to it, hitting on many controversial issues that we face in our
society, most having to do with religion.
Now, that subject alone might stop people from picking up a
book, because most of us are very set in our beliefs, but I think I did a
pretty good job at leaving both sides comfortable with the subject material,
while urging meaningful thought on the subject. Hopefully providing some
positive stimulation one the topic of religion.
The series, and especially this book,
The Covenant,
contains quite a few violent set pieces scattered throughout the book. Maybe
it’s my love of high-fantasy fiction stories, or my pastime of anime and video
games, but to be honest, an appropriate amount of violence can really help make
a book exciting. These violent sections of the book helps the reader realize
that yes, lives are at stake here, and these characters that you care about
could get hurt, or even die.
I know
I took a risk dealing with these two controversial subjects (one more than the
other), but I think I did the topics justice, and hopefully you’ll approve of
the way in which I presented them.
That
having been said, what exactly is the book about? It’s the second book in “The Bracken
Covenant” series, but it’s the first full-length novel in the series. So, you
don’t really need to feel like you have to go read the first book before picking
up
The Covenant. The first book in the series is titled
Tome of Victims, and is
a precursor to the main story that will take place in the later books.
The
Covenant follows the story of a college professor who becomes suspicious of a
fellow professor of being a kidnapper. After following him after work one day,
his suspicions are confirmed, and he becomes swept up in pursuit of his fellow
professor, following him to an underground cultist den, which is a large
renovated 1940’s bomb shelter.
The
protagonist, Dr. Carver, in his attempt to rescue the kidnapped kid, runs into
all sorts of trouble, dealing with possessed zealots, to trapped and tortured
animals that the cult keeps caged down in this cultist den.
The
story is really about Dr. Carver trying to escape the zealot’s base along with
kidnapped kids that he finds down there; but, throughout the story, Dr. Carver
is questioned by both the zealots and the kids themselves about religious
issues, and this English professor has to figure out how to address these
points.
I think that we’re all pliable
people, and there isn’t a day that goes by that my mind doesn’t change on some
subject, some small (yesterday I decided my favorite number is now nine), some
big. Dr. Carver is a person that is at a crossroads in his life, dealing with
paradigm shifts, most quite large.
So,
that’s my new book,
The Covenant by Paul Yoder. Click
here for a link to the
purchase page. Give it a read! it’s on Amazon for $2.99. And leave me a comment
on questions you might have before buying it, or if you’ve read it and wanted
to connect with me about your experience with the book.
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