Lake Of Sins: Hangman's Army
by L.S.
O’Dea
GENRE: YA,
Dystopian Fantasy
BLURB:
A rebellion is
brewing in the world of the Lake of Sins while Hugh Truent sits in prison days
away from his execution.
After taking his findings
about the genetic similarities between the classes to the Supreme Almighty and
the Council, Hugh had been arrested for treason and all his evidence had
vanished as if made from smoke.
To protect his
family, he cut off all contact with the outside world while he sat in prison
for over four years waiting for his execution. He has no idea that some of his
reports were leaked to the other classes and that civil war looms on the
horizon.
Trinity and her
friends have no hope of winning the war unless they can unite the classes. In
order to do that, they need someone everyone will follow. They need the one
person all the classes trust and believe in. They need Hugh.
That means they have
to break him out of a maximum security prison and convince him to lead their
army, but that won’t be easy because Hugh wants revenge and he’s not going to
let anything get in his way especially mouthy, attractive, know-it-all Trinity.
Excerpt:
Hugh
Trinity didn’t reply, but her back
was straighter than before. He was
getting on her nerves. Good because she
sure got on his. She was nothing but
trouble, an attractive know-it-all who refused to listen to anyone. His hand met the end of the rope. It was still a long way to the ground.
Jackson waited alongside the
building with Tim. They were both flat
against the wall, trying not to be seen.
“Drop. You’ll be fine.” Her voice was soft, no longer acidic and
mocking.
He couldn’t deal with her being kind
to him. They’d done so well
bickering. The trip had been fast and he
hadn’t thought much about the danger.
“I’m an Almighty. My kind doesn’t
always land on their feet.”
“Let go,” she said, a hint of anger
in her voice.
“I will.” His hands tightened on the rope. A fall like this could break something.
“Now,” she snapped. “Or I’ll kick you in the face and say a
prayer that you land on your head.”
Her foot waved above his head. He wouldn’t put it past her to do what she
threatened. She’d probably enjoy
it. He closed his eyes, took a deep
breath, pushed back with his feet and let go.
He was free. It was
glorious. No chains. No cell.
Just the air and the sky and…the ground.
He hit hard, his legs taking the brunt of the fall. He rolled onto his back as Jackson’s hand
grabbed his and pulled him to his feet.
He touched his face, the impact of his landing still rattled through his
teeth. Trinity dropped gracefully next
to him. He hated House Servants, every
last one of them.
What inspired you to write Lake of Sins: Hangman’s Army?
Hangman’s Army is the third book in the series, so it had to be written. Well, I guess I could’ve left the world after Secrets In Blood, but there was still so much story left to tell.
Can you tell us a little bit about the next books in the Lake of Sins series or what you have planned for the future?
Currently, I have five dogs and four cats. They are all strays except Jack, who I
adopted from the shelter. I live in a
very rural area and a lot of people dump their animals out here. It’s so sad and people can be such jerks. I found one of my dogs, Tricks, on a busy
highway. She was trying to get into
cars. She’d just weaned a litter of
puppies. She spent so many months
looking for them, trying to go back home.
I put up signs, called the pounds and local vets, and had her checked
for a microchip, but no one ever called to claim her. She’d been dumped. It has to be terrible for them to lose their
babies. I saw the sadness, confusion and
loss in her eyes for a long time. She’s
settled in now, but sometimes, she seems sad and I wonder if she’s remembering
her family that was taken from her.
People can be real jerks.
Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit with us today.
Interview
with L.S. O’Dea
What inspired you to write Lake of Sins: Hangman’s Army?
Hangman’s Army is the third book in the series, so it had to be written. Well, I guess I could’ve left the world after Secrets In Blood, but there was still so much story left to tell.
In
Hangman, I decided to pick up several
years after Secrets ended. Where to start a story is always a difficult
decision. A lot happened in the time between
Secrets and Hangman, but the meat of the story takes place after Hugh is freed
from jail.
The
series itself has been jostling around in my head for years. I think it’s a compilation of everything that
I love and hate about our world. It has
friendships – most of them unlikely between creatures that are vastly different
from each other—love, envy, vengeance, hatred, subjugation and cruelty. If you’ve ever thought about animal rights
then you’ll see those threads throughout this series, but it’s not something
that everyone sees. It’s not pushy with
the theme.
Can you tell us a little bit about the next books in the Lake of Sins series or what you have planned for the future?
The
next book is titled Betrayed. We spend a lot more time in Jethro’s head and
that’s a lot of fun. He’s the other part
of the love triangle that begins in Hangman’s
Army. He’s also young, strong,
struggling with the beliefs he’s been taught and what he sees as right, along
with his quest for vengeance for his father and the burden of taking care of
his mother and sister. On top of all of
that, he’s changing into…something else.
We also get to meet some more genetic experiments of Professor
Conguise’s and that’s pretty cool.
The fifth book in the series (title pending), will be the war. It won’t be like you think (nothing in this series is).
Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in Lake of Sins: Hangman’s Army?
The fifth book in the series (title pending), will be the war. It won’t be like you think (nothing in this series is).
Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in Lake of Sins: Hangman’s Army?
I
have a lot of characters in my books (there’s a handy reference section in the
back of each book), so I’ll stick with the main characters.
Trinity
is a young girl, twenty one, in this book.
She’s beautiful but she doesn’t see it.
She’s also very talented in forest survival and fighting (she spent five
years training with a Tracker and Handler so she should be – they’re top
predators). She’s a complex character
because she’s very unsure of herself in some aspects of her life and completely
confident in others. She can also be a
bit self-centered but she has a big heart and will do anything for a
friend. In this book, she becomes
attracted to a male but she is still holding on to her dreams of “her prince”
from her teen years.
Hugh
is a tortured character in this book. In
Secrets, he’s on top of the
world—everything is going well for him and then it all crashes down. In Hangman,
he wants revenge, nothing else. He
doesn’t plan on living past his revenge and he’s okay with that, but Trinity
helps him change his mind although he fights it with everything he has. In this book he has to accept that the man he
was still exists and wasn’t all bad.
Jethro’s
life is starting to fall apart. He’s
being forced to step up to care for his family and that means doing things that
he doesn’t want to do. He’s also
struggling with the beliefs and teachings of his society. And, he’s changing which makes everything
much more confusing for him.
You know I think we all have a favorite author. Who is your favorite author and why?
You know I think we all have a favorite author. Who is your favorite author and why?
I
really don’t have a favorite author. I
used to read one author until I got sick of them but now, I really don’t read a
lot. I’m so busy with my day job, taking
care of my animals, exercising, taking care of my house and yard, writing,
editing and marketing that I seldom have time to read.
However,
if I had to pick one book to have with me on a desert island, I’d have to pick
the complete works of Shakespeare. I
love his work. The language can be
troublesome but it’s so worth it. I took
a class and read the plays that were assigned three times. The first gave me a general idea of the plot,
characters, themes, etc. The second
read-through gave me a deeper understanding (I’d look things up and make sure
that I understood each sentence). The
third was purely for enjoyment and the plays are fabulous.
If you could time-travel would you travel to the future or the past? Where would you like to go and why would you like to visit this particular time period?
If you could time-travel would you travel to the future or the past? Where would you like to go and why would you like to visit this particular time period?
I’m
a simple person. If I could go back in
time, I’d go to when I was a little girl and my father was still alive. I miss him.
We used to stay up late and watch TV together – Dr. Who in particular.
If
I couldn’t go back to that time, then I think I’d like to go back when my
parents were young. I only see them as
my parents, not as the people they were – the young girl and boy with dreams
and ambitions, joys, accomplishments, heartaches and sadness. I’d like to know them as people, not just
parents.
Do you have any little fuzzy friends? Like a dog or a cat? Or any pets?
Do you have any little fuzzy friends? Like a dog or a cat? Or any pets?
Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit with us today.
AUTHOR BIO:
L.
S. O’Dea grew up the youngest of seven in a family that uses teasing and tricks
as an indication of love (or at least that’s what she tells herself). Being five years younger than her closest
sibling often made her the unwilling entertainment for her brothers and
sisters.
Before
she started kindergarten her brothers taught her how to spell her first and
middle name—Linda Sue. She was so proud
she ran into the kitchen to tell her mother.
She stood tall and recited the letters of her name: L-E-M-O-N
H-E-A-D.
She’s
pretty sure she has her siblings to thank for the demons that lurk in her mind,
whispering dark and demented stories.
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