I debated about making this post about my novel. I don’t want people to think I’m trying to use the very serious case of Jeffery Epstein to sell books when there are real victims deserving justice. But the real victims are exactly why I decided to share this.

But the truth is, I read everything about Epstein in 2013 as far as court documents, testimonies and articles from FL newspapers about him.

No clue how much of that is still out there. The thing about digital media is, it’s easy to make things disappear.

I stumbled upon the case by accident. I spent my twenties doing 2 things, living like a rockstar as an international dancer and studying the occult. Then I came home to the United States, got into burlesque and TV, and began writing the book I always wanted to read.

Sex, drugs, music and the Apocalypse. In 2035, angels and demons face off to win control of the last days. Their weapons of choice: music and magic.
Darius Seifer, son of the Devil and heavy metal king has it all: fame, fortune, beautiful women and a drug empire. But the only thing he really wants is for the international pop sensation, Arella Briaut, to fall in love with him.

My idea for the series was a sort of rock opera between heaven and hell. A raw good vs. evil. A cyberpunk novel with Shakespearean theatrics. Think Jem and the Holograms meets Twin Peaks meets Breaking Bad – dark, opulent, alchemical, magickal: filled with music and sex; drugs, occult coding, betrayal, espionage, murder and dancing at the end of the world.

I was combing the internet in 2013, looking for a model for the most powerful man in the world to be the costar in my first book. I wanted Darius Seifer, son of the devil and the antichrist, to be a rich mother fucker that was so above the law, he could get away with anything. I was looking for someone to use to sketch out a portrait of what that would like.

Then the muses said, “Look at this,” and I did.

I found files for the Epstein case on Wikileaks. I read all the legal papers (Fun fact: it was actually the first legal case I ever sat down and read). I was flabbergasted. I wondered why no one stopped Jeffery Epstein and how he got so powerful?

In the end, Jeffery Epstein was an excellent model for Darius. Darius was a really difficult character to write but he helped me explore the shadow of humanity and my own shadows and addictions. The 2 of Cups by Snow Torres

The book explores the nature of depravity and love but it’s also a warning that people as evil as Jeffery Epstien and his clients are very real and they are very powerful. And no good comes in letting people get that powerful.

Between 2014 and 2017, Where There is No Night was scouted by agents and publishing houses. They wanted the story, buy wanted me to tone it down and I said no, for many reasons. Then I self-published.

Anyway, this is what I think about that: