The Young Blood Trilogy

[trey]

Hi everyone… In the spirit of blatant self-promotion, I wanted to let everyone know that my debut novel, Young Blood: Book One of the Young Blood Trilogy, is out. It's a horror novel, more specifically a vampire novel, but not a typical one. Set in the American South in the 1980s, it follows the story of Ray Young, a boy whose friends and sisters find a way to become artificial vampires. Too young and amoral to comprehend the depth of their crimes, they senselessly go around killing, treating it like a game. However, the consequences of their actions will slowly catch up with them as time goes on. (And while there may be children in it, this is definitely not a children's story.)

The book is available in various places and in various formats (print, ebook, and audiobook), but the most centralized place to find out more about it and where to get it is on my website: www.youngbloodtrilogy.com/ In addition to purchasing info, you'll find the book trailer, samples of the audiobook, and a behind the scenes blog with news about upcoming releases and my ongoing struggle to navigate the very special hell that is the self-publishing industry.

And just because, I'll go ahead and post the book trailer below.

[Tweek]

Amazon order placed! Should be here at the end of the week. I will give it a look.

[trey]

Aw, thank you, Tweek!

[Tweek]

Book arrived yesterday. I'm about 200 pages in.

[trey]

That's great to hear. Hope you like the rest of it. Feel free to rate and review on Amazon! (Well, unless you think it's crap.)

[Tweek]

Pretty good so far. How long did that take to write? I'm assuming there are (or will be) two more?

[trey]

Yes, two more. As for how long it took, that depends on how you look at it. Possible answers are 3 1/2 years (first draft), 13 1/2 years (first publication), or 39 years (earliest versions of the writing). I go into a lot of detail about it here: www.youngbloodtrilogy.com/post/and-that-will-be-the-story-of-you-and-me

[Tweek]

I bought the paperback. I prefer physical media. If we ever meet up again at BWE I might ask you to sign it.

[trey]

Aww, thanks.

[Tweek]

Finished the book yesterday. Yeah I put it down for a bit and then came back to it. Pretty good. Is the next one available or do I have to wait?

[trey]

Funny you should ask… I came here today specifically to post this. If things go as planned, Book 2, Blood Loss, will be out next month.

[Tweek]

Well I'm hooked now and must read the rest

[trey]

Book Two, Blood Loss, is out now! Not all of the retailers are live yet, but this page will be updated as more purchase options become available: www.youngbloodtrilogy.com/wheretobuy

It's a very different book from the first one; all three volumes have different feels to them but are part of the same story. There are lots of varying POVs, some of them very dark, some of them more light-hearted. It's really kind of all over the place, but intentionally so. It's also shorter than the first book, so if that one seemed daunting, hopefully this one is easier to digest. And just for completion's sake, here's the updated book trailer:

[Tweek]

Order placed with Amazon today
Arriving Saturday...

[Tweek]

Started reading Saturday. I'm more than halfway through. Interesting direction to take. Revisiting some of the kills from the first book from the victim perspective. Like a series of short stories. Groovy.

Also cool that I'm conversing with the author. As I'm reading it. One rarely gets to do that.

[trey]

New trailer just went up!

[Tweek]

When will the third book be available?

[trey]

Sometime in mid-June. Launch date is a little uncertain due to the quirks of publishers/distributors. I'll post here again once it's out for certain.

[trey]

It's here! In the final installment of The Young Blood Trilogy, Forever Young, Ray struggles to free his town from the vampires he unwittingly unleashed. But there's a problem: He's in love with one of them. Things get even darker than before, and not everyone will make it out alive.

As before, not all of the retailers are live yet, but this page will be updated as more become available:
www.youngbloodtrilogy.com/wheretobuy

And here's the updated trailer:

[Tweek]

Ordered! Should be here next week

[Tweek]

Finished.

That was NOT the ending I was expecting. Not even close. Not a bad ending, just unexpected. I think I preferred the first book out of the three. I enjoyed the series. Well done sir!

[trey]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you liked it, and I'm glad I was able to surprise you in the end.