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New Novel: Dominion by Wayne Sharrocks
Started Jun 22
Debut Novel: Redemption by Wayne Sharrocks
Started Jun 22
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- My hometown:
- Originally from Camden, London but now reside in the picturesque village of Blo Norton, situated on the Norfolk/Suffolk border.
- My books:
- REDEMPTION by Wayne sharrocks
ISBN-10: 1843862549
ISBN-13: 978-1843862543
DOMINION by Wayne Sharrocks
ISBN-10: 1843863855
ISBN-13: 978-1843863854
Extract from my debut novel ’Redemption’ (by Wayne Sharrocks)
Chapter 1
I awoke trembling and sweating, the sheets soaking wet beneath me as my mind recalled the visions from the nightmare that had violently ripped me from my sleep. The recollections were sadly all too vivid as I had been fighting them all night, a battle I was destined to lose.
Damn, twenty years on and still the memory of those events would not fade. I felt the maelstrom of reproach and morbid regrets as every night seemed to rekindle old memories that I wished to leave behind and to deny the existance of. Sometimes I found myself closing my eyes and hiding away in the dark. I knew that there was a lot to be ashamed of in my life, but I just did not understand why these dark spectres from my past, kept invading my mind of late, now almost on a nightly basis. I always felt exhausted upon waking due to the upsetting dreams and unwelcome presences disrupting my slumber and I was now sick of continually waking up in cold sweats. I had always hoped that my mind would bury the experience if my will was strong enough, but alas it was not to be, as the scar tissue had peeled away, leaving me raw.
My temple was beginning to throb so I rolled over in bed, opened my eyes and looked across into the semi darkness at the illuminated face of the now buzzing alarm clock, which sat perched precariously upon the bedside table. It was pleading with me to arise. I looked at it for a few seconds, whilst attempting to focus my eyes and clear my head, before turning off its infernal din. I reluctantly slipped out from beneath the covers and headed towards the bathroom. Pulling on the cord to the light, I then recoiled at the vision that confronted me from the bathroom mirror. The fact that I'd had a restless night was etched into every pore and crevice of my milk white skin whilst my eyes were bloodshot and drowned in themselves.
I looked like Bela Lugosi, which was not necessarily so bad in itself, except for the fact that he'd been dead since 1956. I ran the taps, filling the wash basin, and splashed water onto my face in a vain effort to revive myself. My mouth was dry, filled with a sour taste, my teeth stained red...
Author: Wayne Sharrocks
'Redemption' is the debut novel but there are two more books already in the pipeline for future release.
A dark, gritty psychological thriller.
DOMINION by Wayne Sharrocks
ISBN: 9781843863854
Synopsis:
Indelibly scarred by childhood trauma and neglect, Karl Connor attempted to flee the dark shadows of his young life, the horrors that he had experienced, and the inner demons that continued to haunt him.
As the past and present collide the brutal reality is that the long slide into violence has already begun, but who could have imagined that his desire for perceived vengeance would have such terrifying results.
Young women are being murdered in London suburbs and there is seemingly nothing to connect them to one another, let alone the killer whose charming manner hides a warped and sick mind.
Detective Inspector Ross is determined to hunt the killer down, jeopardising his career in the process, as he becomes increasingly alienated and obsessed with finding the murderer. It is a difficult time for him and his depleted team as they find themselves caught up in Karl's deadly game of ruthless vendetta and vengeful murders. Soon their lives begin to run on a parallel, which leaves one of his team in mortal danger...
Excerpt
Due to the gridlocked traffic Detective Inspector Ross had arrived late at the crime scene. As he pulled up to the kerbside of the tree lined avenue he looked up through the windscreen and watched as a cadaver, on a wheeled stretcher covered in a thin white body bag with black straps, was loaded unceremoniously into the back of the coroner's black van.
The whizzing sound of a police helicopter intensified in the distance, rapidly growing loader, shaking him from his stupor.
Previously deep in thought, he now caught sight of his reflection in the rear view mirror and could see that his face had turned as white as the swollen moon above. He took a moment to compose himself before he swung the driver's door open. He raised his hand in a vague wave to acknowledge the two body movers from the coroner's office as they turned with a darting urgency from the rear of the van. Still encased in their white coveralls, they mirrored his gesture before walking quickly towards the front of their vehicle.
Detective Inspector Ross remained watching as they pulled away from the kerb and set off into traffic. He then glanced over at the house, which was cordoned off by fluorescent crime scene tape that fluttered in the breeze like ribbons from a maypole. An assorted throng of media types and rubbernecks, some of whom were now attempting to take photographs on their mobile phones, had already assembled at the scene and looked on like a pack of baying jackals only just being kept at bay by the increasingly thin blue line.
He blew out a noisy sigh as he continued to look out of the car window at the unfurling scene.
He was less than thrilled to get a call like this on what so far had been his first day off in little over a month, especially as he sensed that his days at the helm of the investigation were numbered and such a public fall from grace would all but finish his previously fast-track career. At that thought his jaw tightened and he felt a slight tickle of electric current go down the back of his neck, bringing the hairs there to attention. A knot of anxious tension gripped his stomach, a subconscious fear of failure.
He willed himself to relax but as his body was stiff and his muscles ached from lack of sleep his mind had no intention of obeying him. He took a deep breath and swept his hand through his steel grey hair so that most of it fell back into place, whilst the wind took the other rogue strands so that they resembled dancing marionettes.
Ross removed his black wool sport coat and threw it onto the passenger seat before undoing his cuffs and rolling up his sleeves, a display that was intended to state to onlookers that he was getting ready for business.
After fighting his way through the escalating crowd, which combined the concerned, the curious and the downright ghoulish, he flashed his warrant card before ducking under the police tape to enter the crime scene.
As he reluctantly breathed in the chill of the evening, he stared over at he house. It looked unkempt, the garden untended, neglected even. As he walked towards it, the press continued to bombard him with queries, some pleadingly, others rudely, but he ignored them all. He had already braced himself for the media storm, which now invariably followed every new victim. As he stepped inside the house he could still hear the voices being carried away by the wind, muttering and complaining...
www.amazon.com/Redemption-Wayne-Sharrocks/dp/1843862549
www.amazon.co.uk/Dominion-Wayne-Sharrocks/dp/1843863855
From the Author
For fans of psychological thrillers. Think Val McDermid/Bret Easton Ellis with a sprinkling of Pagan/Gothic sensibility...
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Interview & Book-Review in The Endless Dark Club ’Zine
Interview & Book-Review in The Endless Dark Club ’Zine Endless Dark Club 'Zine (Issue 17). Please check out my interview & the book-review(s) in this fantastic Gothic/Rock/Alternative 'zine. Copies are 3 Euros. Interested parties please contact Magda via her MySpace link or place order to: Endless Dark Club, A/C Magda Estrela, Rua Antero Nobre, No.16,3o dto. 8700-240 Olhao, Portugal www.myspace.com/shadowqueendoll
Posted on August 14th, 2008 at 3:27pm —
Book-Signing Event
After a successful signing event in April I have been invited to return... I have a book-signing on Saturday 1st November 2008 (Time:TBC) at the Whitby Bookshop, as part of the Whitby Goth Weekend.. Whitby bookshop: 88 Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire. YO22 4BH Tel: 01947 606202 Email: mail@whitbybookshop.co.uk For anyone who is unable to make it - copies of both ’Dominion’ & ’Redemption’ are currently on sale at Waterstones, Blackwell’s , Jarrolds, Diss Publishing & of course t… Continue
Posted on June 20th, 2008 at 4:43pm —
Interview in Spider's Web 'Zine
* PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS FANTASTIC 'ZINE & HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY MY INTERVIEW PIECE. Wayne SPIDER'S WEB ISSUE 9 INTERVIEWS Black Roses, Poetry and Death (USA) Club Antichrist (London, UK) Crysalys (Italy) Wayne Sharrocks (Goth Writer, UK) Temujin (Australia) Second Skin (Italy) Frightdoll (USA) In Loving Memory (Italy) Ismini (Greece) Lace Me Up (Dublin, Ireland) LIFE AS A GOTH DJ Zynthexia (Finland) Amaranth (UK) Carlo (of Miriam, Rome, Italy) Electric Barbarella (UK) Chris (of V-Malice, T… Continue
Posted on June 20th, 2008 at 4:30pm —
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