Since most of the advance word about my new supernatural
thriller, LILITH, is kind of a general overview of the book’s storyline, I
thought it would be cool to talk about some of the characters in the story.
There are actually a number of important people in there, but the main
protagonist is a guy named Hunter Singleton.
Hunter is half Cherokee Indian, half white, and was adopted
as a baby near a Cherokee reservation by two very special people in a small
town called Tahlequah, Oklahoma. They raised him as their own and taught him the
ways of the Cherokee so that he could stay in touch with his own heritage, his
own roots.
Hunter grew up and joined the Navy to get away from the
small town life (much as I did) and hopefully have some adventures. After that,
he went back to school and got his degree in journalism, then interned at some
small newspapers before getting on as a reporter in River City, North Carolina
(yeah, that’s me, too!)
Hunter met his wife, Lisa, while interviewing her for a
story. Hunter forgot to tape the interview, which Lisa found quite funny, and they
decided to start dating and eventually ended up getting married. What happened
between then and LILITH can be found in my first novel, (shameless promotion
alert) DIABLERO. I can assure you, it’s quite terrifying and not for the faint
of heart. But they made it through reasonably unscathed.
Hunter is thirty-ish and in good physical shape, but not
very tall. However, due to his Native American heritage, he is dark-skinned,
dark-haired and dark-eyed, which most women seem to find attractive. He also
has a dry, acerbic wit, which gets him into trouble.
He is not musically inclined, though he loves good rock and
roll and some classical music, and generally likes doing outdoorsy stuff like
hiking and camping. Hunter is a black belt in Wing Chun Kung Fu, which he learned
from his wife. He believes in self-sufficiency and dislikes taking handouts from
anyone. He loves his wife and will probably make a great father when their new
baby is delivered.
Hunter and Lisa did have some marriage problems due to a
miscarriage by Lisa, which you can read about in DIABLERO, but things have been
patched up and they are going full-throttle in dealing with this new danger in
LILITH.
There are some introspective moments in LILITH where you
will discover more about Hunter and his past, about his shortcomings and
failures, what makes him tick, and also about why Lisa finds him so irresistible.
He gets into quite a jam in LILITH – one which, at first, seems impossible to overcome.
Does he make it out, or not? Find out when LILITH is released in January!
Next time, I’ll talk about Hunter’s cohort in all of this,
his wife, Lisa, who I think you will find a very interesting character in her
own right. Ciao!
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