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Never Hide from the Devil
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Expected 5 May 26The government wants them dead.
Fourteen-year-old Suren Simonian lives a familiar boyhood in the Armenian city of Van in eastern Anatolia— attending school, watching fistfights, and trying to stay out of the way of Turkish gendarmes. His closest companion is Hamza, his Turkish best friend, and most days feel ordinary enough.
But in the spring of 1915, rumors of massacres sweep through the region. Soon, Turkish troops surround Van with a single the extermination of its Armenian population. As violence closes in, Suren is forced to confront the meaning of loyalty, courage, and manhood in a world that has turned deadly overnight.
Based on a true story of resistance during the Armenian Genocide, Never Hide from the Devil is a powerful coming-of-age novel about friendship, survival, and impossible moral choices in the face of unimaginable horror.
Fourteen-year-old Suren Simonian lives a familiar boyhood in the Armenian city of Van in eastern Anatolia— attending school, watching fistfights, and trying to stay out of the way of Turkish gendarmes. His closest companion is Hamza, his Turkish best friend, and most days feel ordinary enough.
But in the spring of 1915, rumors of massacres sweep through the region. Soon, Turkish troops surround Van with a single the extermination of its Armenian population. As violence closes in, Suren is forced to confront the meaning of loyalty, courage, and manhood in a world that has turned deadly overnight.
Based on a true story of resistance during the Armenian Genocide, Never Hide from the Devil is a powerful coming-of-age novel about friendship, survival, and impossible moral choices in the face of unimaginable horror.
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Expected publication May 5, 2026
About the author
N.T. McQueen
5 books63 followersN.T. McQueen is a writer and professor in Kona, Hawai'i. His novels include The Cry of Dry Bones and Between Lions and Lambs, and the forthcoming historical novel Never Hide from the Devil (Cynren Press, 2026). He earned his MA in Fiction from CSU-Sacramento under the direction of Doug Rice and his writing has been featured in issues of the North American Review, Stonecoast Review, Fiction Southeast, Entropy, The Grief Diaries, Gold Man Review, Camas: Nature of the West, Grief Digest Magazine, Stereo Stories, and others.
His passion for other cultures and countries has prompted him to do humanitarian work through non-profits in Cambodia, Mexico and Haiti and continues to seek opportunities to make a difference wherever they may arise. He currently lives in Kailua-Kona with his wife and three daughters and teaches college writing at Hawai'i Community College. Aside from writing, his pastimes include fishing, watching basketball and spending time with his family.
To stay up to date on news, events and other writings, you can visit his website at www.ntmcqueen.com or follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
His passion for other cultures and countries has prompted him to do humanitarian work through non-profits in Cambodia, Mexico and Haiti and continues to seek opportunities to make a difference wherever they may arise. He currently lives in Kailua-Kona with his wife and three daughters and teaches college writing at Hawai'i Community College. Aside from writing, his pastimes include fishing, watching basketball and spending time with his family.
To stay up to date on news, events and other writings, you can visit his website at www.ntmcqueen.com or follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
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