Blood Price (a slow, thoughtful urban fantasy novella)

[Feo Takahari]

In high school health class, they made us watch a video where some preachy guy told us to act like the heroes of our own movies. After all, John Wayne wouldn't take heroin before taking an enemy hill, would he? That got me thinking about what it would mean to act like the hero of your own movie--what you'd have to do, and what you'd wind up missing.

So I wrote a book about a girl who acts like the hero of her own comic book, and her friend who acts like the hero of her own magical girl anime, and a monster who thinks they'll be easy prey. It's about what it really means to choose to be a hero, and what happens when you fail to make the choice.

The publisher's blurb makes it sound like a gritty action story, and that's not really the full picture. So I decided to post the beginning online and see who was interested. If you like it, the book's for sale on the publisher's website.

 

[Feo Takahari]

I discovered it's also on Smashwords. It would have been nice if the publisher had told me that . . .