Query help - Gothic - REVISED
Posted: December 11th, 2009, 11:40 pm
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Here's my query. I'm looking for any suggestions you can provide.
Thanks
JQ
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Hell has come to Gothic.
On a job to secure his freedom, a self-condemning bounty hunter tracks a member of his former gang to Gothic, a Rocky Mountain coal-mining town. The bounty hunter traded his death sentence for a job with the railroad company to bring in—dead or alive—the members of his former gang. He has two weeks left to find the last man or face execution instead of a pardon.
The bounty hunter’s chase is hindered when he realizes Gothic has succumbed to an assault by fallen angels, masquerading as vampires.
The fallen angels, now demons, wreak destruction and fear while concealing their true identity. If they can cause doubt about their true existence as demons, then the world may doubt God exists, that Satan exists—leaving good and evil without merit.
The bounty hunter, who is a former pastor and convicted killer, must face his past—the murder of his family, his rebuke of God, his crimes and his first meeting with the leading demon—as he tries to rediscover his self worth.
In order to survive Gothic, the anti-hero must put his trust in a fallen angel, who shot him, and a college professor, who is a vampire folklore expert—while avoiding a vigilante mob of Hungarian miners bloodying the town as slayers.
Time is running out as the town’s people keep disappearing and his stay of execution is about to expire. The bounty hunter must decide whether to pursue the gang member or face the demons of his past, both physical and emotional.
The Color of Gothic is a 93,000-word dark fantasy with a hint of a western. The full manuscript is available on request.
Here's my query. I'm looking for any suggestions you can provide.
Thanks
JQ
- -
Hell has come to Gothic.
On a job to secure his freedom, a self-condemning bounty hunter tracks a member of his former gang to Gothic, a Rocky Mountain coal-mining town. The bounty hunter traded his death sentence for a job with the railroad company to bring in—dead or alive—the members of his former gang. He has two weeks left to find the last man or face execution instead of a pardon.
The bounty hunter’s chase is hindered when he realizes Gothic has succumbed to an assault by fallen angels, masquerading as vampires.
The fallen angels, now demons, wreak destruction and fear while concealing their true identity. If they can cause doubt about their true existence as demons, then the world may doubt God exists, that Satan exists—leaving good and evil without merit.
The bounty hunter, who is a former pastor and convicted killer, must face his past—the murder of his family, his rebuke of God, his crimes and his first meeting with the leading demon—as he tries to rediscover his self worth.
In order to survive Gothic, the anti-hero must put his trust in a fallen angel, who shot him, and a college professor, who is a vampire folklore expert—while avoiding a vigilante mob of Hungarian miners bloodying the town as slayers.
Time is running out as the town’s people keep disappearing and his stay of execution is about to expire. The bounty hunter must decide whether to pursue the gang member or face the demons of his past, both physical and emotional.
The Color of Gothic is a 93,000-word dark fantasy with a hint of a western. The full manuscript is available on request.