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Tales of Tourniquet
One of my favorite books - I've read the cover clean off it - is the compiled Sherlock Holmes collection. Holmes was my introduction to serials in general, and in recent years, I've developed a taste for TV shows as well. It was only a matter of time before I wanted to try my hand at a serial myself.
After getting the deathly serious Hate Ghost out of my system, I decided I wanted to try a "lighter" dark fantasy - keeping the horror elements, but wrapping them around a framework of adventure, drama, and humor - and Tales of Tourniquet is the result.
Speaking of TV, there are several intelligent, intricately plotted, award-winning shows running. Even taking different mediums into account, Tales of Tourniquet doesn't aspire to their company. Meant to be fast, fun, and pulpy, ToT chronicles the ongoing journeys of an undead bounty hunter pursuing targets ranging from vampires to soul-sucking demons.
Tourniquet herself is a leyak - a creature which detaches its head to hunt - in disguise as a human to avoid persecution. She's a woman with a very fluid morality; her own companions can't always figure out how she makes her decisions. She needs human blood to survive - or is presumed to - and doesn't much care who provides it.
Her most stalwart companion is the Northlands barbarian Ajin, a man of honor whose noble convictions are somewhat undermined by his loyalty to a killer as vicious as Tourniquet. It is currently unknown as to why he remains so devoted to someone who, by his own values, would be considered a monster.
Darius Zenn, failed merchant, sleazy and unscrupulous, is looking to make a profit from his travels with Tourniquet, who has a way of amassing priceless, powerful artifacts. Self-serving and immature, Zenn values himself above all others, which occasionally manifests in vindictive, ill-considered actions.
The newest addition to Tourniquet's crew is the quirky stripper Red. She's a little air-headed and awkward, but she does have a rare skill which Tourniquet values: her ability to see through mystical disguises. Her infatuation with Ajin has gone, so far, unreciprocated.
This motley crew represent the core of Tales of Tourniquet, and I hope readers will come to enjoy their continuing misadventures. Theirs is a world bursting with supernatural horrors just waiting to be confronted and I'm excited to continue building the series' mythology. Volume 1 releases on January 6 2015. I'm already working on volume 2!
After getting the deathly serious Hate Ghost out of my system, I decided I wanted to try a "lighter" dark fantasy - keeping the horror elements, but wrapping them around a framework of adventure, drama, and humor - and Tales of Tourniquet is the result.
Speaking of TV, there are several intelligent, intricately plotted, award-winning shows running. Even taking different mediums into account, Tales of Tourniquet doesn't aspire to their company. Meant to be fast, fun, and pulpy, ToT chronicles the ongoing journeys of an undead bounty hunter pursuing targets ranging from vampires to soul-sucking demons.
Tourniquet herself is a leyak - a creature which detaches its head to hunt - in disguise as a human to avoid persecution. She's a woman with a very fluid morality; her own companions can't always figure out how she makes her decisions. She needs human blood to survive - or is presumed to - and doesn't much care who provides it.
Her most stalwart companion is the Northlands barbarian Ajin, a man of honor whose noble convictions are somewhat undermined by his loyalty to a killer as vicious as Tourniquet. It is currently unknown as to why he remains so devoted to someone who, by his own values, would be considered a monster.
Darius Zenn, failed merchant, sleazy and unscrupulous, is looking to make a profit from his travels with Tourniquet, who has a way of amassing priceless, powerful artifacts. Self-serving and immature, Zenn values himself above all others, which occasionally manifests in vindictive, ill-considered actions.
The newest addition to Tourniquet's crew is the quirky stripper Red. She's a little air-headed and awkward, but she does have a rare skill which Tourniquet values: her ability to see through mystical disguises. Her infatuation with Ajin has gone, so far, unreciprocated.
This motley crew represent the core of Tales of Tourniquet, and I hope readers will come to enjoy their continuing misadventures. Theirs is a world bursting with supernatural horrors just waiting to be confronted and I'm excited to continue building the series' mythology. Volume 1 releases on January 6 2015. I'm already working on volume 2!
