Today
Summer of Indie talked with Kevin McGill, our next featured author. Kevin
McGill is the author of Nikolas and Company:
The Merman and The Moon Forgotten #1,a young adult fantasy book.
Nikolas and Company:
The Merman and The Moon Forgotten #1
Senior
stagecoach driver Yeri Willrow thought he was performing a simple drive and
drop for his mysterious passengers, until they are attacked by foul-breath
red-eyed creatures. He soon learns that his passengers are a family of
automaton-legged merfolk, and he is their only hope. Yeri suddenly finds
himself tasked with saving the merfolk or they will fall to the peril of the
creature most foul.
Sometime
in the near future...
Nick
lives in a time when one can zip from country to country in mach-speed
hovercars, extend their life indefinitely through cerebral downloads, and have
every whim taken care of by their ever faithful nannydrone.
Nick
hates it.
Aside
from the refugee camps, overpopulation, and unchecked consumerism filling every
city across the globe, Nick just doesn’t belong. That is when he hears the
voice of a woman:
The
Rones lie about their true intent. They enter the city of Huron at the peril of
us all.
Shortly
after, his slightly crazed grandfather reveals to him:
“All
you've ever heard about the Moon is a lie, my dear Nikolas. He was not always a
mere satellite, a ghost wandering the stars. In an age before our own, Moon was
our twin, and in him bore the whole of magical life. The cradle of this magical
civilization was a fantastic metropolis filled with fire-breathing winged
lions, volcano-born nymphs, automaton-legged mermaids, and so much magic you
could smell it. We called this metropolis Huron, and you, Nikolas, are her
steward.”
Author
Kevin McGill also included this video book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sSqNcoGB8E8
We
asked Kevin McGill to give us some brief biographical information, as well as
tell us where readers can find him online:
"Kevin
knew he liked this writing gig when 3rd grade classmates paid him two bucks for
every story he wrote. Unbeknownst to him, the students turned in the stories as
homework assignments (If Kevin had known, he would have charged double). His
literary operations were exposed because the monkey scribble was undeniably
Kevin's handwriting. Unless, it actually was monkey scribble. Kevin was cast
into detention. But, being the industrious boy that he was, detention served as
a place only to imagine more fantastic worlds. Today, his wife graciously
listens as he reads wild stories about foul monsters, fire-breathing winged
lions, and the mysterious voice of Huron city, which speaks only to its 14yr
old steward, Nikolas Lyons."
You can read the first two chapters of The Merman and The Moon Forgotten at KevinMcGill's website, or find him online at:
Hi Kevin! Love your cover and the premise of your book. Thanks for dropping by the blog and telling us more about you and your work. I've added it to my TBR list!
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