Posts Tagged Desolation

Origins

Posted by llt in Books on March 23, 2023

I’ve been asked a few times where the ideas for my books come from, and honestly, it’s been a different process for each of them.  Desolation is a book I’ve had kicking around in my head for over 20 years, ever since I read The Demon in the Freezer.  That said, it originally was a story about fighting […]

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Confession time

Posted by llt in Books on March 4, 2023

I need to admit something to those of you who have read Desolation: I wrote an epilogue that I removed from the book before I published it.  Why? Because it pretty drastically changes the ending, and I’m not sure I like it. Anyway, it goes without saying that spoilers will now follow, as I’ve included the epilogue below. If you’ve […]

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Wait, that’s real?

Posted by llt in Books, Q and A, Science on February 11, 2023

One of the things I’ve been asked a few times about Desolation is if the ‘tricks’ Will used to solve the problems in the book are real. My answer is always ‘Yes!’ One of the things I like most is when I’m reading a novel and learning actual facts at the same time. It’s the only reason I read […]

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Desolation – Behind the Scenes

Posted by llt in Books on December 19, 2022

One of the things I’ve gotten a lot of comments on in my novels is the descriptiveness of my writing. While I’d love to take all the credit for this, the truth is I use a little trick: Wherever possible, I use real locations, and simply describe what it actually looks like.  In cases where […]

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