Someday we are all going to die.
We may live to 150 as some scientists think we may well end up
living sooner rather than later, but I don’t think it hides away from the fact
we are going to die sooner rather than later and likely perhaps when we least
expect it.
After
writing my first novel ‘Birth’, it made sense simply after giving my main
character Andy life, I wanted to take him forward into the rest of his life right
up to the end and start with the simple saying “I
know where and when exactly I died, almost as well as I know exactly when and
where I was born.”
“Birth” was a simple explanation of real trauma as
a teenager which unless you learn to deal with it can haunt you for the rest of
your life. I’ve stated honestly on several occasions; that I didn’t have a good
time at my secondary school, and it took me years to learn to deal with what
happened there after I learnt there.
It made natural sense for me for “Death” my second
novel to look at what happens next in my fictional character Andy’s life as he
got together with his childhood Tara and how their life stumbled along over the
next 12 years or so right up until he died.
The beginning “I
know where and when exactly I died, almost as well as I know exactly when and
where I was born.” Takes the reader on a journey right from the beginning with
the character admitting he is dead, and leads the reader on a mystery story.
Who or what was responsible for his death?
Someday we are all going to die.
“Death” is a look back over the fence at life and a subtle
hint of what happens in that brief moment.
"Death" isn't simply a chronicle of a life lived.
It's a reflection on the past and at a life well lived, a look back at the
choices made and the paths taken and asks questions about sliding doors, what could
have happened? What should have happened?
“Death” is more than a story about Death, it is a story about
life, love and the enduring power of memory and how one moment of sadness can
draw people together.
"Death" will be available on February 14, 2025, from
all of the usual places.
