As the draft of Atheist’s Prayer gets nearer to completion, a major rewrite and re-release of Coastal Empire came to be in order because the dialog simply wasn’t up to standard.
In fact, it was pretty terrible. But it’s been fixed.
The plot was always a good one and the characters remained the same, but virtually every line of dialog in the novel was rewritten, and much of the narrative retold as well.
Naturally, a new edition called for new cover art, which my talented wife provided.
On the other hand, the plot of Premonition was already fairly solid, so the necessary revisions were considerably less significant (after cutting the first third of the first chapter.)
Nevertheless, once we entered rewrite mode, we didn’t want to stop with the first Mercer novel and ignore the sequel. The second novel also needed to match what I hope to continue with Atheist’s Prayer in terms of total quality.
The worst thing about Premonition was the title. The second worst thing about the novel was the cover. Both of those issues have been resolved (along with a few minor revisions) and we are pleased to announce the release of Hunter’s Omen.
Won’t these look good on your bookshelf? Signed copies available upon request for $20 each.
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