The Ghost Seekers
Devon Taylor
(The Soul Keepers #2)
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: August 27th 2019
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
“A fantastic high-stakes adventure on a ghost ship sailing forever into eternity, where every soul is (literally) worth fighting for—what’s not to love?” —Rin Chupeco, author of The Bone Witch and The Girl from the Well, on The Soul Keepers
There are worse things than death.
The Harbinger is lost, sunk to the bottom of an otherworldly sea. Every soul that ever died and was protected within its hold has been lost along with it. But at least that precious cargo is out of reach of the demon Urcena and her army of soul-devouring monsters.
For now.
The soul keepers are broken, scattered, and barely clinging to existence without their ship or any way to collect or protect the souls of the newly dead. If they are to have any hope of stopping Urcena’s horrifying plans to destroy the fragile balance between living and dead, they will first have to survive long enough to locate the ghost of one of their own, who sacrificed himself to save the rest of the crew.
Devon Taylor’s cinematic and pulse-pounding duology comes to a thunderous conclusion in The Ghost Seekers.
Interview with Devon Taylor
As a
writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
This is a great question! Does coffee count
as a spirit animal? I’d say in my case it would be my cat, Marvey, whose
favorite activity is just loafing around the house, nibbling on peoples’
fingers until they give him food.
How
many hours a day do you put into your writing?
Some days I get in more time than others, but
I usually aim for at least two hours every morning during the week. I have to
get up super early (which is super hard) and get the time in before my daughter
needs to be up for school and my wife needs to be up for work.
Do
you read your book reviews? If yes, do they affect what you write in the
future?
I learned very early on to just avoid the
book reviews, especially when it comes to Goodreads. The really nice trade
reviews that I’ve gotten, my editor has passed along directly. But after
skimming through a few of the reviews elsewhere on the internet, I decided to
just stay away from them. Even when you try not to let that kind of stuff
affect you, it still manages to find a way into your subconscious, and not in a
good way.
Do
you leave hidden messages in your books that only a few people will find?
I definitely leave little easter eggs for
people who are close to me. For example, I hid the date of mine and my wife’s
anniversary in The Soul Keepers.
Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in The Soul
Keepers/The Ghost Seekers?
Sure! The series follows Rhett
Snyder from the moment of his death to his recruitment as part of the crew of
the Harbinger, an enormous, city-size seafaring ship that collects the
souls of the dead and protects them from vicious soul-eating monsters. Rhett’s
new team as part of the crew consists of an eclectic group of deceased teens
who come from different regions and time periods. There’s also a demon named
Urcena who’s after something a lot more powerful than just the souls of the
dead, and she’s pretty much willing to do anything to get it.
Can you tell us a little bit about your next books or what you have
planned for the future?
Right now I’m working on a book
that’s a little bit more grounded in reality but still has a lot of
supernatural and sci-fi elements. Hopefully I’ll have more details about that
soon.
Do you allow yourself a certain number of hours to write or do you
write as long as the words come?
If I have an entire day that I can
devote to writing (which rarely happens but it does happen) then I just keep
writing until some sort of fatigue sets in, whether it’s hunger or joint pain
or imagination dehydration or the battery in my laptop dies.
Do you have a certain number of words or pages you write per day?
Not usually. If I give myself too
rigid of a goal, then my anti-establishment brain usually rejects the idea of
doing any work at all.
What inspires you to write?
Well, I’m inspired by everything --
little quirks or strange thoughts in my day-to-day life that lead to the what
if questions that ultimately lead to a story. But the motivation to
actually sit down and write the words definitely comes from my wife and
daughters. They’re my biggest fans and the reason why I had the inclination to
sit down and finish writing a book in the first place.
Would you rather
Read fiction or
non-fiction?
Fiction!
Read series or
stand-alone?
I love a good
series but hate waiting for the next book, so stand-alone!
Read Science fiction
or horror?
Science
Fiction!
Read Stephen King or
Dean Koontz
Stephen King,
100%
Read the book or
watch the movie?
Read the
book!
Read an ebook or
paperback?
Paperback!
Be trapped alone for
one month in a library with no computer or a room with a computer and Wi-Fi
only?
Library with
no computer! You just described my version of Disneyland.
Do a cross-country
book store tour or blog tour online?
I love not
having to get out of my pajamas to do the blog tour, but it would be fun to do
a cross-country tour at least once.
Author Bio:
Devon Taylor was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters. His day job consists of sneaking around the house with ninja-like stealth to avoid waking up his kids. When not writing, reading, or tediously typing out text messages with all the correct spelling and punctuation, he spends his time with his family. THE SOUL KEEPERS is his debut novel.
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