At long last (to be more accurate: around 7 years part-time, and nearly 4 months full-time), my epic novel PRIMEVAL was finally finished and released on Amazon in September 2025!
Spanning several centuries and nearly 800 pages, PRIMEVAL comprises a preface, a four-part prologue, three main parts, and an epilogue.
Side Note:
When I wrote the final piece for my dark fiction collection Rolling The Bones, a novella entitled The Crossing, I decided to stop being so strict with my writing style and just run with it. So I did—and it turned out to be very fun to write, and also became one of my favorite (and perhaps one of the best) pieces in the collection!
But after publishing Rolling The Bones, I kept thinking about The Crossing, that there must be more to the story…so The Crossing became the foundation for PRIMEVAL, becoming Part I as the story expanded to the massive novel it is today.
Synopsis:
“Something evil has been haunting the town of Hope for decades, leaving mysterious disappearances and bloody killings in its wake. Some believe there’s some kind of creature or monster lurking somewhere deep in Black Woods or Blackwater Swamp out on the outskirts of town; some believe that Black Woods itself is haunted; and still others believe that those are all just rumors, folklore, old wives’ tales—after all, nobody’s ever seen…whatever it is (and lived to tell about it, anyway). But when a young boy comes face to face with the beast and miraculously survives, then the hunt is on…but what the hunters discover is much bigger, and much deeper, and much more ancient than anyone in Hope had ever imagined…spanning several centuries and nearly 800 pages, PRIMEVAL is an adventure you won’t soon forget!”
How I Describe It:
Recently, in a discussion about PRIMEVAL on Facebook, when someone compared my work to Stephen King, I described this new novel thusly:
“PRIMEVAL is a little different than Rolling The Bones, I’ve moved away from such graphic horror as in some of the stories in Bones, like Roughing It or CHAMBERS. Though there is the overarching mystery of the beast/monster/creature lurking somewhere in Black Woods/Blackwater Swamp, plus a definite historical fiction element, PRIMEVAL focuses more on the characters (particularly the kids growing up in the small town of Hope) and their everyday lives and adventures. I liken it to a blend of King’s IT and/or The Body (film Stand By Me) and NF’s Stranger Things, with a little bit of Aliens or The Abyss thrown in.”
UPDATE: PRIMEVAL has now garnered it’s first rating on Amazon: FIVE STARS!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Maybe that’s why PRIMEVAL has hit the top of the bestseller list, and is flying off the shelves, as recently seen at a bookstore somewhere in Las Vegas:
Okay, okay, just having a little fun…but seriously folks, PRIMEVAL is now available in trade paperback on Amazon, so order your copy today!
Reminder: For anyone who may be interested, I’ve published more of my fiction, for free reading, under the category My Fiction:
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