Alex’s Comments (group member since Aug 30, 2011)

Alex’s comments from the Exceptional Books group.

My novel End Man came out two weeks ago. I've been doing a lot of interviews about the novel and the writing process, including the experience that inspired End Man (first sentence: Death was a good place to hide). Here are links to two recent interviews.

https://heatherlbarksdale.com/author-...

https://twitter.com/_armedwithabook/s...

I've done a number of interviews regarding the release of my novel End Man. The latest is the best. Plus it comes with excerpts. https://twitter.com/_armedwithabook/s...

My novel End Man is up on GR if you want to extend your 5000 book "to read" list to 5001.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

I'm happy to report that after six years and 200 drafts, I sold my novel End Man to Cursed Dragon Ship. The novel will be released in October. Early reviews:

"Alex Austin is a master at building tension, psychological inquiry, and intrigue that tests his protagonist in unexpected ways."--Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review

“Evocative and thought-provoking, End Man by Alex Austin is an extraordinary science-fiction tale that paints a disturbing futuristic picture of a technologically advanced society. ”Susan Sewell for Readers’ Favorite

"An engrossing and well-crafted SF Tale with timely themes."--Kirkus Reviews

"Fast and fresh, End Man is a blood-pumping thriller like nothing you’ve experienced before!"--Indies Today




https://www.amazon.com/End-Man-Alex-A...

"Death was a good place to hide. Ninety-nine percent of the reported dead stayed dead, but occasionally someone played possum. At the Norval Department of Marketing Necrology (NDMN), Raphael’s job was to find his possum’s pulse, no matter how faint."

The above is the first paragraph of my new novel, End Man, a Speculative Mystery set in Los Angeles in the 2030s. .I've posted chapters of End Man on Wattpad, a free reading site. If the synopsis interests you, please check it out. https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/27785...
Synopsis: Afflicted with dromophobia, the fear of crossing streets, 26-year-old Raphael Lennon must live out his life in the one square mile that surrounds his Los Angeles home. Fortunately, the area provides everything an artistically sensitive person needs, including a job at Norval, an oddball company that tracks and markets the online remains of the deceased. Raphael's specialty is unearthing "possums," people faking their deaths. His new assignment is Jason Klaes, an allegedly dead physicist who is perhaps creating afterlives for the Internet-era deceased based on their social media content. Raphael must break out of his phobic prison to solve the Klaes Case and thwart his company's entry into a chilling spin-off of its product.
Thanks, Alex