Currently living in Cincinnati, OH with his wife and
daughter, Bryan W. Dull goes leaps and bounds to get away from the norm and be
his own person; with himself and his writing. Since middle school he has always
known what he was good at; entertaining and telling stories. He has been
consistently writing and coming up with plots for the last twenty years, but
just recently decided to share one with the world. His first novel, “Solstice”
is a vampire book inspired by his daughter and noir literature. Born in Anderson , IN , Bryan has also lived in Ohio ,
Florida , North Carolina
and South Carolina
Being a lover of all things art and pop culture “nerdism”; his interests lie in
film, television, comics, games, anime, and books. For a short while, Bryan
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In Gavin
Moxley's world, there is no thin line between right and wrong. In a personal crusade
to help sever a line of disease carried by a clan of vampires; Gavin has no
choice to be ruthless. The Vampires are purposely infecting the human population…waiting
for humans to actively pass it on to each other. Gavin takes no chances and
executes them one by one. Not strong or powerful, finding humans before they turn
into full vampires is ideal and Gavin’s best bet.
Yes, this is Gavin’s life…
…And nothing ever changes it until a young half breed vampire with special
abilities, Solstice, attaches and makes herself a fixture in his life when she
asks for his help and protection and when a reluctant Gavin agrees he joins a
dangerous game of cat and mouse. There is no safe place and the pair are
constantly watching their backs. Torn between his hate and his love for
Solstice Gavin is thrown into a moral dilemma that only he can figure out but
two things are clear…
His faith
and Humanity are being tested and the past is not always forgotten.
Excerpt:
“You are going to be part of a
very special science project,” he hissed. The woman continued to fondle for her
little bat. “I don’t want you to think it was anything personal, but I need
your child,” he continued. She quietly yelped at the thought of what this
monster wanted with an unborn child. She wanted to say something. She wanted to
plead with him and ask him to leave her alone, but she couldn’t…his teeth were
already in her neck. She felt the quick but seductive bite but still managed to
pull out her bat and with all of her might she struck the bat upon his head and
broke it in half. This got his attention, enough to get him away from her neck.
She knew what
kind a creature this man was. After all the stories and all the tainted
beliefs, she finally realized that her parents were wrong and there was such a
thing as monsters. All of the monsters she thought that were under her bed and
hiding in her closet when she was younger was just a dream in comparison to
what she is witnessing now. However, she couldn’t think about that, she had
seen enough movies and read enough books to know what this mysterious, sickly
man in black was…A vampire.
She turned around
in her seat with blood trickling down her body and started to stab the monster
in the chest with the broken bat. Trying to reach any heart she could find in
the evil being. He was laughing at her, telling her that it tickled and how she
was wasting her time. He was pushing her harder, and when she couldn’t stab
harder she grabbed her side in pain. The vampire in black composed himself and
asked, “When exactly did I lose your trust?” He was mocking her and laughing at
his own wit. She writhed in pain. He opened the car door on the other side of
her and floated slowly out of it. She reached for him, hoping that there was a
glimmer of good in him and that he would help her. His eyes turned kind for a
minute.
“I am sorry,” he
said to her, “I can’t help you now.” Then in a comedic gesture he continued,
“But I can help you help yourself!” He reached into her bag, grabbed her cell
phone, and placed it inside her hand. “He guided her pointer finger to the “9”
on her phone and then to the “1” and pressed it twice. His cold finger was over
hers like a person would help a blind person. “There,” he exclaimed,” you
should get some help soon, but it may take a while for them to find you.” Our
lady in distress thought to herself, “Why?”
The creature in black looked down his long nose at her and said, “That’s easy,
you can’t talk to tell them where you are.” He was right; the punctures in her
neck were so bad that she could not form any words.
“Relax,” he
continued, “you’ll survive this.” He was right, in a way.
My Review:
This is a lot different then most of the vampire books I
have read and loved in the past. With that said I did enjoy the darker side of
the vampires in this book.
Gavin is set on taking out every vampire in the world since
they are purposely infecting the humans. But everything changes for Gavin when
he meets Solstice. Solstice is a vampire with special abilities and those
abilities make her hunted by other vampires.
This book started off a little slow for me but when it
picked up I couldn’t put it down. I enjoyed the plot its different then most of
the vampire books out there that revolve around the romance. With Solstice the
author brings us back to the vampires that we use to love to hate who thrived
on being evil and enjoy the thrill of the hunt. 4/5 Bloody Fangs
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Guest Post:
Write a guest post
in the form of a letter from one of the characters in your book
Hi,
I am not sure how
to go about this since this is my first real letter. I have no one to write it
to; I just thought I might want to try writing. I am, well, technically younger
than I look. When people look at me, they assume I am about eight years old,
but I was born yesterday. Not like the ‘I wasn’t born yesterday’ expression
that I heard, but for real…I was born yesterday. I don’t who or what I am but I
am starting to get an idea. You see, I
just know things. It’s not that I am super smart but I just have this thing
where I can read other people and tell you things about them that they normally
wouldn’t say.
The ladies I live
with are nice and help me, but I think they were told to by someone. Normal
people don’t do things like this. I know. I wish I had my mommy. She died.
It’s kind of weird.
The ladies here are nice enough to me, but they do things I don’t understand
for money with other boys and I am not sure I understand. I am staying in a
house but the house is not very clean and smells a lot of the time. I watched the television and see these shows
where people live in nice houses. I want
a nice house like that one day. The people on the television don’t seem to
work. I saw people getting in their cars
today to go to jobs and think that the stuff on the television is one big lie
sometimes. People are not generally that happy of goofy. I think it’s a croc
the more I think about it. Yet, the people I see strive for it on a daily basis
even though it may never be like television.
I kind of like that.
I think I am going
to sneak away from this place; it doesn’t feel right to me. I think there is
something being planned and it scares me. I need to find someone to help me but
I don’t know many people. I hope I can write again, it is very calming.
Sincerely,
Solstice
(I don’t really
have an official name, I just like this because when I stepped out for the
first time it was daylight and I saw on the TV that “Solstice” has to do with
that, I think)
Thank you to Bryan for letting me review your book and Thank you to Jaidis for letting me participate in this blog tour. Don't forget to enter the awesome giveaway.
~Sabrina
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