Project Pandora
by Aden Polydoros
Genre: Thriller, Young Adult
Expected Publication: August 1, 2017
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Blurb:
Tyler Bennett trusts no one. Just another foster kid bounced
from home to home, he’s learned that lesson the hard way. Cue world’s tiniest
violin. But when strange things start happening—waking up with bloody knuckles
and no memory of the night before or the burner phone he can’t let out of his
sight— Tyler starts to wonder if he can even trust himself.
Even stranger, the girl he’s falling for has a burner phone
just like his. Finding out what’s really happening only leads to more
questions…questions that could get them both killed. It’s not like someone’s
kidnapping teens lost in the system and brainwashing them to be assassins or
anything, right? And what happens to rogue assets who defy control?
In a race against the clock, they’ll have to uncover the
truth behind Project Pandora and take it down—before they’re reactivated. Good
thing the program spent millions training them to kick ass...
Interview
with Aden Polydoros
What inspired you to write Project Pandora?
Mainly, Project MKULTRA, the
brainwashing experiments performed by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, and the eugenics
movement.
Can
you tell us a little bit about the next books in the Assassin Fall series or
what you have planned for the future?
I’d love to! The next book in the Assassin Fall series is
called Project Prometheus, although that may change in the future. It will involve
some of the same characters from Project Pandora. Except this time the teens
are the ones in control—and they are determined to put an end to the
organization behind the Project, once and for all.
There will also be a novella for Project Pandora that will
cover Hades’s backstory, before he was given that name.
I have also been working on an unrelated gothic horror
story and a high fantasy, both YA novels.
Can
you tell us a little bit about the characters in Project Pandora?
Project Pandora is told from four different POVs, two
males and two females.
Tyler Bennett’s the main protagonist in the novel,
although not the main protagonist in the series. He is a troubled hero with a
strong sense of integrity, which makes it all the more difficult when he discovers
he’s been killing people.
Then there’s Shannon Evans. She’s another brainwashed
assassin who finds herself inexplicably drawn to Tyler even when she’s not
being controlled by “Zeus.” She plays a prominent role in the sequel and will
upstage Tyler as the main protagonist.
The other female POV is Elizabeth Hawthorne, who is the
daughter of a state senator. Her life of luxury quickly spirals out of control
when the fourth character, Hades, crashes a fundraising gala her father is
hosting.
Unlike Shannon and Tyler, Hades is aware during his hits
and derives satisfaction from them. When I first wrote him, I planned to make
him a secondary villain. Instead, he ended up more like an anti-hero. He’s a
terrible person, but he has some redeeming qualities.
You know I think we all have a favorite author. Who is your
favorite author and why?
My favorite author is Stephen King. I’ve always loved
horror. I grew up reading Goose Bumps, and when I hit 7th grade, I
began to read his novels. I’ve read almost every book by him, except for the
Dark Tower series. I haven’t had much time to read lately, so I plan to start
the series once I have more free time. My favorite Stephen King book is Duma Key.
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?
Depends if I could take a souvenir
back with me. If I could bring something home, I would want to travel to the
future and take back the cure for cancer or something similar. If there’s a no
souvenirs policy, I would like to travel to Victorian London, because I’m a
sucker for Victorian aesthetics.
Do you have any little fuzzy friends? Like a dog or a cat?
Or any pets?
I have four dogs and five cats. I promise I’m not an
animal hoarder! Honestly, I’m not asking for much in life. Paradise to me is
being surrounded by my fur babies, even if it means waking up to find my cat
trying to smother me by sitting on my face.
Thanks
for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit with us today.
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