Moth Book Tour & Giveaway
Moth
Social worker Max Hollingsworth is no stranger to monsters. Supernatural or human, he's faced all kinds. But when he's called upon to investigate a missing child, he may have met his match. Children are vanishing, not just from the streets, but from their parents' memories. Max's investigation leads him to a gang of neo-Nazi vampires running a child slavery ring. There, he comes face to face with the deadliest enemy he's ever met, their charismatic and powerful leader Boone. Running low on hope and options to find the missing children, Max turns to his friends for help. But even they aren't enough. Forced to face the darkness of his own past, Max forges an alliance with the least likely ally of all. An enemy whose cruelty was almost his end, and haunts him still. Rated 18+ for language, violence and sexual content.
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Sean T. Poindexter
Though born in Mesa, Arizona, Sean has spent most of his life in Missouri. After college, Sean went into social and investigative work, primarily with disabled adults and seniors. Sean’s background in sociology, criminology, and philosophy and his experience as an investigator for the State of Missouri, are heavy influences in his writing.
While Sean has been writing most of his life, he did not consider doing so professionally until he was inspired by a terrible vampire movie. During the film, Sean amused himself by imagining the vampires being attacked by a dragon. His imagination resulted in his series, The Dragon’s Blood Chronicles, featuring dragons and vampires.
Sean enjoys watching and reading science fiction, fantasy, horror, and thrillers. His hobbies include playing Xbox, fantasy role playing games and collecting firearms.
Moth is Book 1 of The Max Hollingsworth Paranormal Mysteries. Sean's other books include The Shadow of Tiamet and The Will of the Darkest One, both from The Dragon’s Blood Chronicles.
You can find Sean at these links:
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GUEST POST:
Depression, Writing, and Max Hollingsworth
I've been told that a lot of great artists suffered from
depression. Robert E. Howard. Ernest Hemmingway. Vincent Van Gogh. Robin
Williams. I don't purport to be anywhere near their level of genius, but I can say
I understand what it's like to suffer from depression. It's like a stalking,
shadowy ghost, always there ready to sink it's chilling, insubstantial claws in
me. It's always there, even when I'm happy...there is always that lingering
thought in the back of my mind of when the next cloud will come and block out
the light. This is every single day.
I've also been told that many artists are inspired by their
depression. Well, good for them. For me, it's always been an obstacle. I do
most of my writing when I'm up, even more so if I'm manic. When the depression
comes, I can barely get out of bed, much less create.
That doesn't mean my depression hasn't had an effect on my
writing. This illness has taken me to new lows, emotionally dark places that
most people don't even know exist without having experienced great personal
loss. Imagine the sadness and misery of losing a loved one. Now, imagine
experiencing that same level of melancholy for no reason other than that your brain decided
to take a chemical break. That's depression.
Max's story, Moth,
is the first book I've written that takes my readers to those lows. It's the
darkest thing I've had published. The book isn't a complete downer, there are
humorous parts and light moments, but the overall tone of the book is very
dismal. It deals with some of the worst evils to which humanity can sink: child
slavery, human trafficking, drug use, and more...all rolled up into one book.
Climbing this mountain of darkness is Max Hollingsworth, a rather remarkable social
worker who approaches his job less like a civil servant and more like a soldier
at war.
The darkness Max faces is both palpable and abstract. The world of Moth seems to be an amoral place where
ruthless evil has a distinct advantage over morality and righteousness. This is
not dissimilar to the world created by the aforementioned Robert E. Howard in
his famous Solomon Kane stories. Like Kane, Max is guided
by an inner light, a will to do what is right despite it being seemingly
meaningless in the grand scheme. At one point in the novel, Max justifies his
righteousness by stating that there is supposed to be a moral order in the
Universe, whether there actually is one or not. There is a way things are
supposed to happen so that right triumphs over wrong, light over darkness, good
over evil. Max and Kane are heroes, and it's the hero's job to make things
happen that way.
If my depression has aided my work in any way, it's that it has
given me a glimpse at that world. A place where there is no good or light, only
misery and darkness. Max is born from my own desire to confront the darkness in
my own life. He is a light shining in the darkness. A way to forge order from
chaos. I may not be able to control my own world, or escape the monster that
stalks me, but in Max's world, I can. Max can kill the monsters, save the
children, set right what was wrong, and make things happen the way they are suppose to. Because he's a hero.
Giveaway
This Giveaway is open Internationally, with this exception: The winner of the Signed Print copy of THE SHADOW OF TIAMAT must live in the USA.
You must be 18+ to enter.
2 Winners will receive an eCopy of THE SHADOW OF TIAMAT by Sean T. Poindexter
1 Winner will receive a Signed Print copy of THE SHADOW OF TIAMAT (USA only)
1 Winner will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card
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