Keith
Rommel Shows that Death Has No Mercy
in His Second Novel The
Lurking Man
What
happens after we die? Are we given choices based on how we lived our
lives? It’s an age-old question pondered by just about everyone.
Author
Keith Rommel dared to explore the answer by creating his newest novel
The
Lurking Man,
a story of dark suspense that unmercifully reveals the life of a
self-deluded, neglectful mother who caused irreparable damage to her
family and ultimately struggles with death as much as life. It’s
the second novel in his suspenseful and thrilling Thanatology series
that began with the eerie, spine-tingling The
Cursed Man.
“Imagine Death knowing your deepest, darkest secrets and all of your private pain,” said Rommel about The Lurking Man. “Now imagine it wants to use what it knows against you so that you bend to its will.”
In The Lurking Man, main character Cailean stands beneath a spotlight in a blinding snowstorm. She has no idea where she is or how she got there, but she senses something moving around her in the darkness outside the light.
When the ominous presence calling himself Sariel makes himself known, he declares that he is Death Incarnate and that Cailean has died. He has taken her to the Aperture, a place between the living and the dead, where he will force her to face the sins of her past in exchange for twenty-four hours of life to try and right her wrongs. But what she must do in return for this precious time is unthinkable.
Rommel’s series is titled due to Thanatology being a study that explores death and dying. Rommel has taken this science to a fictionalized, gothic-style horror level that may leave you breathless and unable to stop your mind from contemplating how you live your own life.
“Imagine Death knowing your deepest, darkest secrets and all of your private pain,” said Rommel about The Lurking Man. “Now imagine it wants to use what it knows against you so that you bend to its will.”
In The Lurking Man, main character Cailean stands beneath a spotlight in a blinding snowstorm. She has no idea where she is or how she got there, but she senses something moving around her in the darkness outside the light.
When the ominous presence calling himself Sariel makes himself known, he declares that he is Death Incarnate and that Cailean has died. He has taken her to the Aperture, a place between the living and the dead, where he will force her to face the sins of her past in exchange for twenty-four hours of life to try and right her wrongs. But what she must do in return for this precious time is unthinkable.
Rommel’s series is titled due to Thanatology being a study that explores death and dying. Rommel has taken this science to a fictionalized, gothic-style horror level that may leave you breathless and unable to stop your mind from contemplating how you live your own life.
The
books are grouped in the series due to the nature of the theme, but
each book may be read independently. “Those who read in order will
be able to catch glimpses from previous book(s), but it is not
dependent upon each individual story,” Rommel said.
The
Cursed Man
and The
Lurking Man
are released by Sunbury Press. Book three in the Thanatology series
is on schedule for a summer 2013 release. The
Cursed Man
is currently being considered as a feature film.
Bio: Keith
Rommel is a native of Long Island, New York and currently lives with
his family in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. Rommel is a retail manager
and has enjoyed collecting comic books since he was a child (a hobby
inspired by a teacher in grade school to help overcome a reading
comprehension disability). He enjoys watching the New York Giants
and writing how-to articles for other authors.
To learn more about Rommel and his books, please visit http://keithrommel.weebly.com.
To learn more about Rommel and his books, please visit http://keithrommel.weebly.com.
Pinterest Contest
Get involved in Keith Rommel’s
book tour by taking part in his Pinterest contest! If you don’t
have Pinterest go to www.pinterest.com
to sign-up!
For those of you already pinning,
make a board titled something like “Book Contest~The Grim
Reaper” or you can make your own title. It doesn’t have to be
morbid, just make it fun! Especially with Halloween month upon us,
there are all kinds of things out there that will make it fun.
You MUST at least pin the photos
with link to The Cursed Man and The Lurking Man, Keith
Rommel’s two books in his Thanatology series, and pin the link to
his blog tour dates.
You can find the books with links to
re-blog on the example board at:
You can find the blog tour schedule
to pin at http://keithrommel.weebly.com
You have until 11:59 p.m. EST the
final day of the tour to create your post. Be creative, the best
board wins an ARC paperback copy of The Cursed Man, an e-book
of The Lurking Man and some cool bookmarks! This is for USA
and CANADA only.
You must
leave a comment back here, or under the post at Keith’s blog, that
you did the contest with the link and with your email so we can get
in touch with you! And if you had a
great time and read the book be sure to click "like" on
book seller sites and let us know what you think.
Some ideas to get you started:
*Think outside the box!
*Think about all the psychological horror movies relating to cheating Death.
*Think about fun creatives like food or clothing for a book party (for a book launch or book club).
*Think about colors, art, music, visuals that relate to stories of the Grim Reaper.
*It doesn’t have to be morbid, make it fun especially with Halloween parties coming up!
*Think about all the psychological horror movies relating to cheating Death.
*Think about fun creatives like food or clothing for a book party (for a book launch or book club).
*Think about colors, art, music, visuals that relate to stories of the Grim Reaper.
*It doesn’t have to be morbid, make it fun especially with Halloween parties coming up!
Keith Rommel’s books are about how
Death comes in different bodily forms and shapes—sometimes in the
shadows…hiding in the darkness, hiding in our minds, making us
think back on our lives, yet sometimes in the daylight, haunting and
maddening our mental state.
2 comments:
This book sounds really interesting. Thanks for the terrific post.
Thank Gef!
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