Eleven souls are shipwrecked on an island teeming with sub-human cannibals. Who will survive to tell the tale?
Please welcome author T. Briar to the blog today for a guest post about Heroes, Heroines, and Villains! :)
Hi,
there. My name is T. Briar, the author of Isle of Savages. Thanks for taking
the time to drop by and visit with me. I really appreciate it.
Today,
I’d like to introduce you to Eric, Mia, and Keri, the hero and heroines in my
new action suspense thriller novel. They’re each only seventeen years old and
have the dubious honor of being the only scholarship kids on the ill-fated
sailing trip. The rest of the students come from wealth and privilege.
As you
can probably guess, from the outset of the trip, my charity cases were looked down
upon by the silver spoons. Now they’ve all shipwrecked on an island teeming
with sub-human cannibals in a survival of the fittest type situation. Yep, the
trio will have to be cunning and courageous to survive the other students, the
captain, first mate, and the savages.
Without
a doubt, Eric was my favorite character to write. Just couldn’t help but admire
how he always put Mia’s and Keri’s safety before his own in trying to protect
them from the horrors they’re all facing. It doesn’t always work out for him or
the girls, as you might imagine. But he always had their backs. No matter what.
Mia was
interesting to write also. Although she usually deferred to Eric’s good
judgement, sometimes she didn’t. And there’s this one particular time when she
comes to regret it. Grievously. But still, she strives just as hard as Eric to
make sure that all three of them make it off the island alive.
Keri is
the sweet one. Fun, happy, carefree Keri, the one girl in all the world that
thinks everything will eventually turn out all right. No matter what. Yep, this
is exactly how Mia thinks of her best friend.
Except
Keri secretly harbors doubts about their surviving, especially after she fails
to be of any help to Mia at a time when her best friend needs her the most.
Keri will most certainly seek to redeem herself for the lapse, but it could end
up costing more than Eric and Mia are willing to pay.
Captain
Warren and his first mate was especially cunning adversaries for the trio. How
I hated them from the very beginning. They were just so despicable.
Unsurprisingly,
it was the little savages that proved to be the most treacherous of all. Don’t
know where I conjured them up from, but a sense of dread welled up within me
from the moment they made their first appearance in the story.
No one
was safe from them. That surprised me the most. As much as I’d come to care
about Eric, Mia, and Keri, and fought hard in the writing to help them survive
each new catastrophe, I simply didn’t know how the story was going to turn out.
Yes, as
the writer, I knew how I wanted the story to end. But would it turn out like I
envisioned, with Eric, Mia, and Keri getting off the island?
I wish
I could tell you how it ends. But, if I did that, I would deny you the thrill
of finding out on your own.
Anyway,
here it is for you to peruse and decided for yourself if you want to step onto
the Isle of Savages with my hero and heroines.
Thanks
again for visiting with me today!
Isle of SavagesT. Briar
Genre: New Adult Action Suspense Thriller
Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing
Date of Publication: June 13, 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-77127-926-0
ASIN: B07195LTB8
Number of pages: 220
Word Count: 59,400 words
Cover Artist: Eerilyfair Design
Book Description:
On July 20, 20— a charter school’s sponsored sail from San Diego to Hawaii hits a reef during a violent storm. Sixteen souls abandon ship. Nine students, along with the hated captain and first mate, wash up on what they believe is a deserted island.
Separated into three groups by circumstance and mutual distrust, treachery and death lurks for all. Over the course of a single day, one student betrays all the others. Another drowns. Two others get ambushed by a great white shark. And, like falling dominoes, the captain, first mate, and six students fall prey to a tribe of bloodthirsty cannibals.
In the face of almost certain death, who will escape from the isle of savages to tell the tale?
Excerpt:
Gregory continued forward, ever wary, nerves keyed up and
getting more frazzled by the second. Another twist awaited up ahead.
Approaching it slowly, he duplicated the method of taking a quick peek, except
this time he never withdrew his head, was instead, stunned into staring.
Tanya sat on the side of the trail with her arms wrapped
around her drawn up legs, chin resting on her knees, long blonde hair hanging
in tangles about her face. At some point, she’d lost all of her clothes and was
completely covered in grim. Tear stains cut rivulets through the dirty smudges
on her cheeks.
Gregory stepped forward and knelt in front of her. He
mustered a grim smile at her ragged condition. “Tanya. Are you all right?”
At the sound of his voice, she twisted her head to look up
at him with a vacant, lost expression. Slowly, her brows knitted like she was
having trouble recognizing him.
“Tanya. It’s me. Gregory. Don’t you remember me?” Every
nerve ending Gregory possessed pulsed with caution.
She blinked her glassy, watery green eyes once. Two lone
tears spilled down her cheeks.
Alarmed at her despondency and a little irritated, Gregory
placed the shotgun on the ground to grasp her by the shoulders and shake her
roughly. “Tanya! Answer me! What happened to you? Where are your clothes?”
Tanya’s slack expression became more alert. She squinted,
eyes flickering with recognition. She mumbled, “Gregory? Is that really you?”
“Yeah,” he answered. “It’s really me.”
“I’m so glad. Please kill me before you kill yourself.
Please grant me this one last favor. I beg you. If we had time, I’d make it
worth your while.”
Shocked by her words, he demanded, “What are you talking
about? Tell me what happened to you?”
“They stripped me and brought me here. I tried to outrun
them but they’re really fast. And…” she released her legs to let them flop open
and expose her hairless slit as she lifted her chin to give a futile tug at the
braided rawhide rope encircling her neck, “I can’t get this off. The other end
is tied to a sapling over there.” She waved vaguely toward somewhere behind her
in the dense vegetation.
The hair on Gregory’s arms immediately stood at attention.
He snatched up the shotgun to stare Tanya directly in the eyes. “Who tied you
up? And why did they leave you here? Tell me right now!”
Tanya lifted a shaking hand as terror filled her eyes. She
pointed over his shoulder. “They did. Please kill me before they get to us.
Hurry!”
About the Author:
Always striving for pulse-pounding action, sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense, and hair-raising thrills, T. Briar’s mainstream thriller writing places courageous heroes and heroines in the fight of their lives against the elements, hostile surroundings, morally bankrupt villains, and any other obstacles T. can think of.
But be warned, once the wheels are set into motion with the first sentence, it’s a twisting, turning journey to the end to see who lives and who dies. And make no mistake, someone’s going to die. Some will even die badly. That’s just the way it is when fighting for survival under perilous conditions. The only question is: Will it be the heroes and heroines, or the villains?
T. Briar’s target audience is New Adults who boldly step up to meet life’s challenges with the confidence of youth urging them on.
Please checkout T. Briar’s page at http://thomasbriar.com to find out more about T. and his thriller writings.
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