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Monday, June 28, 2021

Author Interview - The Quantum of the Past: Redux! by Louis Corsair #DarkFantasy



- What is your “day” job if you are not a full-time author?

I used to work security at LAX airport and also worked a few hours at a library. These days, I have tried my hand at other jobs. A writer always picks up things from the places they’ve been. 

- If you wrote a book about your life what would the title be?

I would pick a title that has nothing to do with the content, like A STRANGER’S TOWEL.

- What is the hardest thing about being an author?

That’s easy. Selling books is the hardest thing about being an author. Ha! The writing part is quite fantastic. But yeah, the business end of being an author is garbage. 

- What is the best thing about being an author?

There is a difference between being a writer and being an author. Not all writers get to publish their works. An author has decided to put it out there. So, I would say (for me) the best part of being an author is working with other creative individuals to see the book in print. There are artists who make the cover art. There are other authors who help you find your book’s audience. Etc.

- Have you ever been star struck by meeting one of your favorite authors? If so who was it? 

I have never met any of my favorite authors. It would be nice to have a conversation with Neil Gaiman or George R.R. Martin. And if she wasn’t dead, I would spend a whole day with Ursula Le Guin. 

- What book changed your life?

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe. It proved to me that comedy, when combined in genre fiction, could create a successful book. It also told me it was okay not to take myself too seriously (or my fiction).

- What were some of your favorite books growing up?

Wuthering Heights; The Stranger; The Red Pony; East of Eden.

- What books are currently in your to be read pile?

There are so many! Plus, I also read comic books, collected editions, etc. I’m currently in the middle of The Wizard of the Pigeons, which was a very influential novel for me. And I’m also going through a little known book called Odyssey to the North. But I also wanted to read the first Dresden Files book. Then, I want to re-read Harry Potter. And also, some more Sherlock Holmes. 

- Which do you prefer ebooks, print, or audio books?

I am a fan of all three. Smartphones have made audiobook use very, very easy; before you would have to have a CD or cassette player; or if you were in the car, you had to account for road noise. Ebooks are great, but I need my big iPad to really enjoy them (I can’t do it on the iphone screen). And print books are great just because. Though, I wish I had more room to buy more. Working in a library made it easy to get print books too. 

- If you could live inside the world of a book or series which world would it be and why?

I would live in the Quantum Thief series. The world in that story has more or less mastered digital immortality. You exist as date and can grow a body when needed. You could travel the farthest reaches of the universe without aging, in a ship the size of an atom. It is humanity 2.0. Magic and sorcery are fun, but they’re always limited and have all those rules. Boooo!

The Quantum of the Past: Redux!
An Elohim Trilogy Novel
Louis Corsair

Genre: Urban Fantasy / Dark Fantasy 
Date of Publication: December 2020
ISBN: B08J5BGHV4
ASIN: B00IQX0WXI
Number of pages: 633
Word Count: 166,000 words
Cover Artist: Ravven Kitsune

Tagline: A mentally unstable army war veteran, Miles Trevor, seeks to redeem himself by helping a Sprite return to her magical home world and fulfill her destiny. 

Book Description:

The Past that haunts Miles Trevor is relentless, with even its most fundamental fragment... 

Iraq war veteran, Miles Trevor, has survivor's guilt after living through an insurgent attack that killed the rest of his platoon, but left him unharmed. Now, he wants nothing more than to return to the military and be a part of the mission once again. Yet, his mind is crumbling; he sometimes hallucinates, seeing the soldiers who died that day. With madness looming in the shadows, the army will never grant him his wish. 

So, when the supernatural--in the form of a teen Sprite named Kendra--offers him a chance for redemption, he takes it. All the girl wants is to go home to a magical city called Lusphera to fulfill her holy destiny, and find out why her father wants to stop her. 

But with Miles losing his grip on sanity, he may not be the best man for this task. In fact, he may be her biggest threat...


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Excerpt

THE BATTLE OF THE RAVEN MOUNTAINS

As the questers and the nomads drew their weapons, the roars of the mountain lion clansmen stopped. And they could hear hushed movement everywhere, concealed by the darkness. This chilled Miles’ bones more than the night cold ever did.

And then the mountain lion clan dove out of the darkness and attacked and the wild men and questers fought them with apprehension, for they still thought them allies. And in the thick confusion, the puma-men in the host betrayed them; they leaped onto their former comrades and murdered anyone they attacked.

Another burst of mountain lion warriors attacked from the slopes above and from those below. They were in tight packs and tore apart anyone unfortunate enough to meet them alone, even the bear warriors. But the questers and the nomads caught on and began a hasty defense that mutated into a counter-attack.  

Kendra flew high above them and summoned a ball of light as bright as a small sun and as large as her body. This allowed Zan and Draxel to use their power. The two Shadow Walkers were like gophers popping in and out of shadows, slashing the traitors to pieces.

And although Raza was of their same race, he fought unlike them. This warrior leaped from place to place, his agility equal to the puma and mountain lion men, piercing some with the spear, some with the pearl-handled knife; his every move economical, his every strike precise. And sometimes, when a difficult party faced him, he sank into the shadows with them and emerged later, but alone. How like a dancer he was then, the ancient Symphony of Conflict guiding his steps. He was a glory to behold--proud Achilles would fear this man!

The light helped the others as well. Trinath, son of Holgoth, held the Staff of the Waterborne over his head and it glowed like a star, which caused Kendra’s light to fire glowing spears that neutralized many enemies.

And the Tsörs unleashed their weapons. Through the air flew a Hrät here and there and they always caught some cat lunging and they kept their Hrüms in hand for any who dared come within arm’s length of them and the sickening tunks and chunks of sharpened metal on flesh and bone made these weapons red, red with death.

And Polk used the claymore for its edge and weight, chopping and piercing. Next to him, Lord Pharos used the advantage he had in the air and Thunderbolt whistled with calculated and nobler assaults that were no less deadly.

And the wolf-men howled with passion and created their own packs and they met puma and mountain lion clansmen and their ferocious battles were gory displays of tooth and claw as friendships and alliances were forgotten and survival of the fittest reigned.

Miles, Lord Pharos, and Hyman created a triple wall around Kendra when she descended. The captain shouted off more orders and the elk and deer men formed a circle around them with bears intermixed and it alarmed them to see how few were left. Fortunately, the holy sword released wall after wall of electricity that augmented the crack and thunder of Hyman’s pistol shots.

Together they held back wave after wave of the traitors. And then, as suddenly as the battle had begun, there came a hush.

“They won’t attack now,” said Hyman, his pistol in one hand and the silver saber in the other. “We destroyed their only advantage, surprise. But methinks it best if we leave this place.”

“The trees!” said Tsör Florentina. “We can retreat to the Woods of Uzra Doren.”

“Problem is we gotta reach dem,” said Polk, his claymore red and his makeshift armor showing off fresh dents and claw marks.

They started back down cautiously, in a giant circle of strength. The furious sounds of their footsteps were the only talk between them and their eyes were ever-vigilant, using what remained of Kendra’s light. And many wondered where the teeth and claws would come from and if they would be fast enough to stop them.

The most maddening aspect of this retreat was that the mountain lion and puma men began to feast on the fallen and on those too injured to move with the retreating army; the desperate pleas of the victims would become high pitched and then stop all at once. And the traitors were not shy about the sounds they made as they ate or about launching stripped bones onto the trail--this new carnage made some of the elk and deer men nervous and a few trembled and gave out calls of alarm.

About the Author:

Louis Corsair is an eight-year veteran of the United States Army. Currently living in Los Angeles, California, he spends his time reading books, going on walks, writing, and enjoying the occasional visit to the beach—while trying to earn an honest buck. As a Los Angeles writer, he feels the weight of famous Los Angeles novelists, like Raymond Chandler, John Fante, Nina Revoyr, among others.

In 2021, he hopes to finish the Elohim Trilogy and its connected novels, including The Wizards Collide, and Apotheosis: Book Three of the Elohim Trilogy.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5804069.Louis_Corsair

http://louiscorsair.blogspot.com






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