Hello, beautiful readers! Today, I would like to share with you an incredible author, Suzanne Burke. She is here to introduce her newest novel, The Alternative. Suzanne, take it away...
Welcome to day 1 of my Choose "THE ALTERNATIVE" Blog Tour. With my grateful thanks to my
marvelous host. Thank you for joining me here.
Book Blurb
There are those that cling
unreservedly to the lifeboat that believing in Karma hands them so willingly.
They work, they live,
and they function in a world that allows them the option of
unreservedly trusting that Karma has no deadline.
Until they are handed the spark
that ignites them into becoming the instrument of Karma itself.
There are others who have had
all they once held to be truths, everything they once stood for and took pride
in, torn apart and ripped from them by the hand of a cruel fate.
Then, of course, there are
those who believed in nothing and no one, to begin with ...
These are their stories.
The stories of people both good
and bad, who made the choice to exact "The Alternative."
***
Join me for a brief journey
into the mind of a Narcissistic Sociopath.
You will meet him
in the pages of "The Alternative" under Chapter 1. Picasso.
Here is a Character Interview
with a terrifying human being.
Sandy Alderman takes her
seat across from her guest. Briefly reassured by the presence of an armed guard,
she begins.
'May I ask why you
consented to this interview?"
"Well, Sandy ... I feel
that the Press may have overlooked things in their coverage of my trial. That
deserves to be corrected."
"The press
have depicted you as a monster. Do you see yourself as such?"
"Monster? I find that term
vaguely amusing. Monsters are the sole creations of human fear. I hold to the
truth that I am an artist. An artist is entitled to share
his art, is he not?"
"You label the
torture and mutilation of sixteen young girls, as art?"
"Torture? These females
would have lived out their pathetic, boringly brown existences, and they would
have faded from view and memory as they aged. I caught them young and
unsullied, before time had a chance to destroy that perfect blank canvass. As
for mutilation ... Surely even you can see that my talented hands have
ensured that they will always remain memorable. As all great works of art
should be."
"Their lives
have been destroyed by your actions. Do you understand that ... on any
level?"
"I am a highly
intelligent man. I have the capacity to understand more of this world than
people like you will ever comprehend. Therein lay the conundrum. For I
am being judged by human beings who will never reach their full potential. I
am an artist. My work lives on."
"You feel no
remorse?"
"Remorse would indicate
that I have done something I should be ashamed of. That is not the case."
"The jury has
retired to consider their verdict. How do you think you'll be judged?"
"Ah ... there it is. The
question of the hour. I doubt I will be judged fairly and without prejudice.
Jurors are not renowned for being keenly intelligent or highly educated. They
are a cross section of people with unfulfilled dreams and low aspirations. I do
not expect them to appreciate genius."
The interviewer
stood and without looking again at her guest she said, "Cut. I'm done
here."
Her producer hurried across to
her. "Sandy, honey ... are you okay?"
The veteran reporter looked up
at her colleague. "Have you ever longed to just rip someone's throat out,
Mike?"
"There's a long line ahead
of you, honey."
"I have to wonder if he'll
survive the prison system. You know?"
"I don't hold out much
hope on that score, honey. I get the feeling he'll be isolated. I mean ... how
else could you keep your other inmates alive?"
"I need a drink."
"I'm buying."
***
Well now, that was a cheerful
post to begin my tour, wasn't it? Thank you for taking the journey with
me. The stories you will find within the pages of "The Alternative"
deal with life from so many viewpoints.
I look forward to hearing your
thoughts.
Again my sincere thanks to my
host, and to the great crew at 4 Wills Publishing for organizing my blog tour.
Author Bio:
Suzanne Burke resides with her
daughter and grandson in a small country town located hundreds of miles to the
west of her previous home in Sydney, Australia.
Suzanne had long wanted to write, life interrupted and she didn’t begin her journey into the world of writing until she was in her early fifties.
Suzanne has written her memoirs under the author name of Stacey Danson, both her non-fiction books have ranked in the top 100 paid in Kindle on Amazon. “Empty Chairs” and “Faint Echoes of Laughter” continue to earn wonderful reviews.
Suzanne writes her powerful Thrillers “Acts Beyond Redemption” and “Acts of Betrayal” and her Paranormal anthology “Mind-Shaft” as S. Burke.
Suzanne had long wanted to write, life interrupted and she didn’t begin her journey into the world of writing until she was in her early fifties.
Suzanne has written her memoirs under the author name of Stacey Danson, both her non-fiction books have ranked in the top 100 paid in Kindle on Amazon. “Empty Chairs” and “Faint Echoes of Laughter” continue to earn wonderful reviews.
Suzanne writes her powerful Thrillers “Acts Beyond Redemption” and “Acts of Betrayal” and her Paranormal anthology “Mind-Shaft” as S. Burke.