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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Interview and Giveaway Catch a Wolf (The Saga of the Black Wolf #2) by A. Katie Rose

Description:

Raine, Ly’Tana and the others escape Brutal’s trap, but with dire consequences. Kel’Ratan has been grievously injured, and Rygel must take him to safety to save his life. Yet, they are not out of danger. A monstrous storm called the Wrath of Usa’a’mah has halted their flight from Khalid and they must seek shelter within a remote monastery or die under the storm’s power.

But High King Brutal has allied himself with the deadly assassins, the Shekinah Tongu. The secretive clan has sworn out a Blood Oath against Rygel in retaliation for his leaving their brothers in the forest to die. With their hellish hounds and Brutal’s dark wizard, Ja’Teel, they track Raine and Ly’Tana through the devastation left by the storm. Raine leads them into the west, toward Ly’Tana’s home of Kel’Halla, with Brutal’s menace confronting them at every turn.

As he finds himself falling in love with the exotic Ly’Tana, Raine is plagued by a mysterious voice in his head. Is he going crazy? In Raine, Ly’Tana discovers the one man she cannot live without. However, an evil entity has targeted Ly’Tana, bent on her destruction. How can Raine, Rygel, Kel’Ratan and her griffin bodyguard, Bar, keep her safe from its vast, unseen power?

Hunted by Brutal and his evil allies, Raine, Ly’Tana and their friends discover a new, and very strange, force dogging their trail – a pack of enormous, cunning wolves. Mysterious wolves who call to Raine in the night, and bring alive the secret he’s kept hidden, even from himself. Taunted by nightmarish visions, Raine is forced to confront his own dark demon – the beast within himself.

Who will catch Raine and Ly’Tana first? Brutal and his pets – or the wolves?

Thus begins the second novel of the Saga of the Black Wolf series.

INTERVIEW

How much of yourself is hidden in the characters in your book? 
Disappointingly, not very much. My love of horses I project into my books, perhaps more than my readers like (though I hope not), and make my characters horse lovers, too. I think I’d be a pretty bad-ass warrior if I wanted to be, but not like Ly’Tana. Nor do I ride as well as she.

How do you develop and differentiate your characters? 
I like creating personal foibles, like Ly’Tana’s humour, the exchanges between Raine and Rygel, Witraz’s lack of deference and either Alyn or Rannon smacking his head for his lack of respect. That adds to each character and makes them real to my readers.
How do you develop and differentiate your characters? 
I like creating personal foibles, like Ly’Tana’s humour, the exchanges between Raine and Rygel, Witraz’s lack of deference and either Alyn or Rannon smacking his head for his lack of respect. That adds to each character and makes them real to my readers.

Do you have specific techniques you use to develop the plot and stay on track? 
No. I have a series of events I want/need to happen for the story, add subplots, write the sequence of events and then edit in foreshadowing, character realizations, dialogue, etc. Yeah, I’m the dreaded seat of the pants writer.

How (or when) do you decide that you are finished writing a story? 
Um, this is going to sound really bad, but I’m truthful – when the story goes on too long. I think I have a point in which I want the book to end, and behold! It’s over 200,000 words. Crap. Find a place to cut, create an ending and voila! The book is done and the next book half started.

About the author:
A. Katie Rose is a Colorado native, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. She enjoys riding, teaching and learning from horses, likes camping, reading novels, watching movies and, of course, lives to write fantasy books. She currently works as a photographer in San Antonio, Texas, and is a slave to her six cats and four horses. “In a Wolf’s Eyes” is her first novel.

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4 comments:

Amie said...

Looks like a great book! Thanks for the giveaway!

Kai said...

I love the title of the book and the book description. Thanks for the giveaway.

Unknown said...

Looks fascinating.. thank you for sharing and Happy Holidays.

collenga said...

Sounds like a great book, I'm also a horse lover! Thanks for the giveaway!