Tell us about your main characters- what makes them tick?
There has always been a theme of memory and identity in my
novels, with Henry in my first novel having amnesia, and Melanie in my second
novel with her own questions about who she is. With EIGHT MINUTES, THIRTY-TWO
SECONDS, both L and M have gaping holes in the memory that they are struggling
to fill. The reader knows far more than the characters do about the situation
they’re in and the reader knows very little. As the book progresses, and M, in
particular, learns all the answers they’ve been searching for, the reader
understands that M might know, but he has absolutely nothing to do with that
knowledge, trapped in a situation where knowing everything is useless while L,
still trying to learn, finally realizes that she’s trying to answer the wrong
questions.
Their arcs, as they learn, understand, and finally accept
what may (or may not) be reality, drives the story, and just as they have
questions, the reader can never quite be sure how reliable these narrators are.
With Henry, he’d lost his memory (and his mother) in a car
accident. Or, at least, that’s what his father tells him when he wakes up from
the coma. As the story progresses, Henry starts to wonder if his father is
telling him the truth. His search to discover who he is, including if his name
is really ‘Henry,’ becomes the central mystery of the book (in addition to the
hunt for a serial killer who he not only fears might be his father, he fears it
might be himself).
Eight
Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds
by
Peter Adam Salomon
Genre: YA SciFi Thriller
Genre: YA SciFi Thriller
Over
eight billion people died when the world ended.
Two
survived.
L
and M don’t know why they’re alive. They don’t remember what
happened. Addicted to a drug that kills them for eight minutes and
thirty-two seconds, they risk the end of humanity in order to learn
the truth.
Peter
Adam Salomon is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers
and Illustrators, the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction
& Fantasy Writers of America, the Science Fiction Poetry
Association, the International Thriller Writers, and The Authors
Guild.
His
debut novel, HENRY FRANKS, was published by Flux in 2012. His second
novel, ALL THOSE BROKEN ANGELS, published by Flux in 2014, was
nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young
Adult fiction. Both novels have been named a 'Book All Young
Georgians Should Read' by The Georgia Center for The Book.
His
short fiction has appeared in the Demonic Visions series among other
anthologies, and he was the featured author for Gothic Blue Book III:
The Graveyard Edition. He was also selected as one of the Gentlemen
of Horror for 2014.
His
poem 'Electricity and Language and Me' appeared on BBC Radio 6
performed by The Radiophonic Workshop. Eldritch Press published his
first collection of poetry, PseudoPsalms: Prophets (nominated for the
Elgin Award), and his second and third poetry collections,
PseudoPsalms: Saints v. Sinners and PseudoPsalms: Sodom (nominated
for the Elgin Award), were published by Bizarro Pulp Press. In
addition, he was the Editor for the first books of poetry released by
the Horror Writers Association: Horror Poetry Showcase Volumes I and
II.
He
founded both National Dark Poetry Day (Oct. 7) and the annual
international Horror Poetry Showcase for the Horror Writers
Association.
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