Hey guys!!!!
So one of the 4 novels I'm working on is entitled "The Darkest Days" and needless to say, it's not something I'd read to a child as a bedtime story. When I first came up with the idea for it, I thought it sounded like the illegitimate literary lovechild of "The Hunger Games" and "I Am Legend". But nonetheless, I'm pleased with its progress.
With the release of my almost done full length novel "The Medea Paradox" due around September, I wanted to give you all a little sneak peek at something else I've been working on to tide you over until then. And in other news, I'm also working on a historical/vampire/romance one (better than Twilight, I pinky promise) and a time travel/romance one. You're bound to see some sneaky previews of them eventually but alas, nothing in it's entirety 'til next year.... maybe.
Before I keep blithering on, here's the sneaky insight to "The Darkest Days":
Daemophrenia is a relatively new condition that can affect anybody. It was first discovered in America in 2076, the golden age of genetic science. At first scientists thought it was just a severe mental condition. But many religious people believed it to be a large case of people afflicted with demonic possession. Whichever way you looked at it, it was becoming more iconic than the Black Death.
To give daemophrenia its dues, it was a very contagious disease. After one year, 21 million Americans had been diagnosed with daemophrenia; 35 million cases had been found in other countries around the world. Two hundred new victims were located every day. It was spreading fast and scientists and governments were on the edge of breaking down.
It was then discovered that daemophrenia was contagious and couldn’t be genetically inherited. Tests could be done to determine how mentally stable you were and the results determined if you stayed in society or were sent to a camp. Those that were afflicted with the disease were sent to quarantine camps like this one. Left inside to die at the hands of the guards. It was seen by many as inhumane, but it worked. The number of new victims dropped from two hundred a day to about thirty. Civilisation was no longer gripped by fear. Eventually, people weren’t as bothered about the camps as they once were. A relative or a friend being sent away was just something not to be bothered by anymore.
However what awaited them in the camps was a horror unimaginable to those that were unaware. If the general public had been made aware of what occurred inside those gates and beyond the fences, perhaps there would be more reluctance to allow their loved ones to be confined.
