Guest Post + Giveaway: Robert Browne and The Paradise Prophecy

Today I have author Robert Browne joining me on the blog to talk a little bit about daydreaming and his new paranormal thriller The Paradise Prophecy. Take it away Robert!

THE IDLE SEASHORE OF THE MIND

There's a box in my garage that contains several mementos from my childhood. A literary magazine I wrote for in high school. Snippets of songs I wrote when I thought I was destined to be a rock star. Copies of two Playboy magazines that contain a serialized novel by Donald Westlake (yes, I actually read the articles). And an elementary school report card with a note from a teacher, "Robby is an intelligent young man, but spends far too much time daydreaming."

I really did spend a lot of time daydreaming. Still do. The only difference now is that I write those daydreams down and fashion them into full-fledged stories, the kind of stories that I loved to read as a child, a young adult, a man.

I think it's sad that a teacher would make such a notation. Yes, I understand that she had a job to do and wanted her students to pay attention—and that's as it should be. But to treat daydreaming as if it's something wrong or inappropriate is a shame. Because, let's face it, where would we be without men and women who daydream too much? Who get lost in their private thoughts and hopes and aspirations, or in worlds they've imagined and my someday share?

Fortunately, I had parents who understood this and ignored the note, and allowed my imagination to nurture and grow.

I've had daydreams about a man who has lost his daughter to a kidnapper and races desperately to save her, about a young doctor whose latest patient is a dead ringer for his murdered wife, about an FBI agent whose nightmares and visions of a little girl in danger become all too real, about a disgraced reporter whose only chance at salvation lies in a house of death in Juarez, Mexico.

And now there's the biggest daydream of all: The Paradise Prophecy. A big, bold thriller about angels and demons and two seriously screwed-up mortals—a government agent and a tortured survivor of the other side—who race around the globe trying to stop the destruction of mankind.

I can't tell you how much it means to me to be able to write these daydreams down and share them. To take readers on the roller coaster ride inside my head and hope that they have as much fun as I do.

And when our days get too crazy, it's a good idea to remember the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind."

I can't think of better advice.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by Mr. Browne! For more information on Robert and The Paradise Prophecy, you can find him here:

Website
Watch the Trailer
Listen to an Excerpt

GIVEAWAY

Thanks to Robert and the lovely people at AuthorsOnTheWeb I have one copy of The Paradise Prophecy to give away on the blog today! To enter, please just leave a comment with a valid email address so I can contact you if you win. This giveaway is open to US residents only and will run through midnight EST Friday, August 5th after which time a winner will be chosen and announced on the blog. Good luck everyone!

THE PARADISE PROPHECY

A spectacular thriller inspired by John Milton's Paradise Lost in which the final chapter of the War in Heaven is about to play out on Earth, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.

The Myth

When God cast the archangel Satan into Hell, ending the War in Heaven, peace prevailed on Earth. Until the fallen angels took revenge in the Garden of Eden. Ever since, mankind has been in a struggle between good and evil, paradise and apocalypse: the fall of Rome, The Crusades, World Wars, nuclear proliferation, the Middle East Crisis... The War in Heaven never really ended-it just changed venues. For millennia, God's angels have been fighting Satan's demons on Earth, all in hopes of bringing about Satan's greatest ambition, the Apocalypse.

The Reality

Satan has never been closer to his goal than right now.

Agent Bernadette Callahan is a talented investigator at a shadowy government organization known only as Section, on the trail of a serial killer with nearly supernatural abilities. Sebastian "Batty" LaLaurie is a religious historian who knows far too much about the other side- and that hard-earned knowledge is exactly what Callahan needs. This unlikely duo pair up for a race across the globe, decoding clues left in ancient texts from the Bible to Paradise Lost and beyond. In the process they stumble upon a vast conspiracy-one beyond the scope of mankind's darkest imagination.