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Obsidian
7th Son: Obsidian chronicles a crisis seen in Destruction, the third novel in J.C. Hutchins' acclaimed 7th Son trilogy.
The United States is under martial law, its infrastructure threatened by a devastating coordinated terrorist attack. Nearly every city in America is now without power, and must survive a month-long nationwide blackout.
Obsidian is a short story anthology that examines life during those dangerous days. It features seven tales told by the best writers in new media: New York Times bestselling novelists Michael A. Stackpole and Scott Sigler, and award-winning novelists Christiana Ellis, Mur Lafferty, Tee Morris, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff and Matt Wallace.
These are stories of survival, action and hope. All feature brand-new characters and settings, far from the front lines seen in the 7th Son trilogy. All explore the madness that’s barely kept at bay when the lights are on. All reveal how deadly our would becomes in the darkness.
For when the power fails, chaos reigns.
The United States is under martial law, its infrastructure threatened by a devastating coordinated terrorist attack. Nearly every city in America is now without power, and must survive a month-long nationwide blackout.
Obsidian is a short story anthology that examines life during those dangerous days. It features seven tales told by the best writers in new media: New York Times bestselling novelists Michael A. Stackpole and Scott Sigler, and award-winning novelists Christiana Ellis, Mur Lafferty, Tee Morris, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff and Matt Wallace.
These are stories of survival, action and hope. All feature brand-new characters and settings, far from the front lines seen in the 7th Son trilogy. All explore the madness that’s barely kept at bay when the lights are on. All reveal how deadly our would becomes in the darkness.
For when the power fails, chaos reigns.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 13, 2008
119 people want to read
About the author
J.C. Hutchins
25 books219 followersFrom the About J.C. page of jchutchins.net:
J.C. Hutchins crafts transmedia narratives, screenplays and novels for such entertainment companies as A&E, Cinemax, Discovery, St. Martin’s Press, Smith & Tinker and Leviathan Games.
J.C.’s recent work includes Lead Writer & Experience Design roles on campaigns for the Cinemax espionage series Hunted, Stephen King’s Bag of Bones (a cable miniseries based on King’s bestselling novel) and The Colony, an intense survival reality series. He also recently created an educational transmedia experience based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
J.C. began his career has a “new media novelist,” using emerging storytelling strategies such as podcasting, social media and crowdsourcing to create and distribute his thriller novels.
His 2009 novel Personal Effects: Dark Art (co-written with web storytelling pioneer Jordan Weisman) featured online and physical transmedia elements that blurred the reader’s role from passive consumer to active participant. The Personal Effects IP is presently in development as a Starz TV series, with Gore Verbinski executive producing.
J.C. also also helps entertainment companies reach new markets by creating canonical tie-in content, and offering best practices for worldbuilding, revenue generation and cross-platform storytelling.
J.C. has been profiled by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR’s Weekend Edition, ABC Radio and the BBC. He lives in Denver with fellow novelist Eleanor Brown, and their cat, Chester.
J.C. Hutchins crafts transmedia narratives, screenplays and novels for such entertainment companies as A&E, Cinemax, Discovery, St. Martin’s Press, Smith & Tinker and Leviathan Games.
J.C.’s recent work includes Lead Writer & Experience Design roles on campaigns for the Cinemax espionage series Hunted, Stephen King’s Bag of Bones (a cable miniseries based on King’s bestselling novel) and The Colony, an intense survival reality series. He also recently created an educational transmedia experience based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
J.C. began his career has a “new media novelist,” using emerging storytelling strategies such as podcasting, social media and crowdsourcing to create and distribute his thriller novels.
His 2009 novel Personal Effects: Dark Art (co-written with web storytelling pioneer Jordan Weisman) featured online and physical transmedia elements that blurred the reader’s role from passive consumer to active participant. The Personal Effects IP is presently in development as a Starz TV series, with Gore Verbinski executive producing.
J.C. also also helps entertainment companies reach new markets by creating canonical tie-in content, and offering best practices for worldbuilding, revenue generation and cross-platform storytelling.
J.C. has been profiled by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR’s Weekend Edition, ABC Radio and the BBC. He lives in Denver with fellow novelist Eleanor Brown, and their cat, Chester.
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November 11, 2009
As the stories were by differing authors with different styles and voices. It is hard to review. Some were great, others fell flat with me. Worth the time for 7th son fans.
May 30, 2012
It was a fascinating way to wrap up the 7th Son books. I'm glad I participated.
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