Demon Queen is suitable for readers age 12 and up
Something strange is happening in
Turquoise, New Mexico, and fourteen-year-old Kevin Brown doesn’t want any part of it. But after his first day of high school goes awry, and he flees to a neighborhood park where a fallen elm tree reveals a surprise inside of it, Kevin will have no choice but to get involved in the weirdness in his town, and possibly learn something about himself in the process.
When people ask me which of my own novels is my favorite, I usually answer this one, not because it’s the best, but because it’s the most personal.
In The Demon Queen and The Locksmith, I took the idea of the intricately plotted suspense as crafted in One Fall, and added a layer of the supernatural on top, creating a unique genre blend I would play around with for the next ten years.
Demon Queen was a semi-finalist for the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, and, following a couple good reviews in what was then known as the “blogosphere,” sold 30,000 copies as an indie ebook, allowing me to consider, for the first time, that I might be able to make money with my long-time hobby of writing fiction.
“Ordinary teens become extraordinary in this thrilling tale of good versus evil…Skillfully written, this novel will captivate teens, including reluctant readers.” –Publishers Weekly
