The Dog Particle

The Burdened Air #2

by David S. Wellhauser

The disturbing events of The Seurat Construct are cubed in The Dog Particle as Sandu, having been forced through the Seurat Willow at the end of the last book, is now trapped in Sanat with no way home but to complete the search for the weapon and a final confrontation with Loehr on terms forced upon him by Zephyr and a renegade faction of the Eventyr [factotums to the alien cabal – the Rada]. Dinged in signs on the road to nirvanic buggery—life had never felt so much like this before. In a confused, surprising, phantastic, and bloody run across the heartland of the Nexus—then back on Earth—Sandu is forced to confront the fundamental nature of his rage; the intentions of the cabal known as the Rada; the confusing, duplicitous love of a transmogrifying woman; the existential nature of the weapon and his relationship to this; lastly, the fundamental nature and appearance of redemption—behind the drum and bugle Sandu had stumbled upon down on the docks. In The Dog Particle , Book 2 and the conclusion of The Burdened Air , Sandu’s skip across dimensional frontiers, and then back, takes its toll on the man, planet, and metaverse in ways unexpected and troubling for all. Hope, of sorts, remains, because in this is the only way forward—even if ludicrous, debilitating, and—finally—another episode in the Eternal Return, unless Sandu can break the cycle of violation and violence. If you enjoyed this book please take the time to rate and review it.

500 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 7, 2013

About the author

David S. Wellhauser was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Wellhauser acquired both a Bachelor's and a Master's from the University of Guelph (English Literature). Over the years the author has lived and worked in many countries and travelled in many others. Presently he is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Liberal Education, at Keimyung University, Daegu, The Republic of Korea. Mr. Wellhauser has lived in East Asia for many years.

Drawing on a number of genres the author's work wanders from literary thriller to psychological suspense, slipstream, and literary mash-ups. Much of their writing has been influenced by Magical Realism, Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, and many others as well.

The author has been influenced by a broad swathe of novelists, playwrights, and poets. Those such as Shakespeare, Donne, Dostoyevsky, Sterne, Rabelais, Virgil, Homer, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Russell Hoban, and many others spring immediately to mind.

But they have also been influenced by geopolitics, realpolitik, history, economics, business, the social sciences, science, fringe science, travel, and conversations and arguments with many interesting and crazy people over the years.

Traditions which make their way into this writer's work are: Fantasy, Science Fiction, World Literature, Gritty or Hard-boiled Crime Fiction, Philosophy, Gnostic Dementia, Nihilism, Genre Re-inscription, and Realpolitik.

The author's intention is to reveal character at the frontier of experience and humanity. From this oxygen deprived environment, identity and action buckle psychological topographies, revealing a new and disturbing landscape bounded by a razor wire narrative and laced with amorality.

Reviews

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wellhauser's voice is undeniably strong in this conclusion to The Burdened Air. This gripping novel picks up right where we left off from book one and the action doesn't quit. The author's world building will leave readers awestruck and they will feel themselves drawn into the story almost instantaneously. Even though it is best to read the first book to fully grip this bizarre tale, The Dog Particle will be applauded by many as a stand alone novel as well. Sandu has grown as a character and his journey will leave one breathless as he continues his quest to search for answers. Incredibly exciting, satisfying and completely out of this world. Another job extremely well done!