Jon S. Lewis
Their goal is simple: Total domination.
With six arms and jaws that can snap a man in two, the warmongering race of aliens known as the Thule has conquered every planet they’ve attacked.
And now their invasion of Earth has begun.
Humanity’s only hope springs from a mysterious Thule legend about a Betrayer, who they believe will rise up and destroy their people. The American government tried to manufacture their own Betrayer by injecting children with Thule blood but time after time the experiment failed... until Colt McAlister.
A decade later, Colt is a 16-year-old cadet at the CHAOS Military Academy where he’s training to defend mankind. But he’s afraid that the alien blood may be turning him into a Thule—and he’s beginning to suspect that fulfilling his role as the Betrayer may cost him everything.
Experience a cosmic battle filled with high-tech gear, gateways to other planets, and ultimate stakes. Not everyone will survive. But heroes will rise up and step into their destiny in this earth-shaking conclusion to the C.H.A.O.S trilogy.
Why Music is Critical to My Writing Process
Music is a critical part of my writing process for two very important reasons:
- The right playlist draws out emotions that help me set the tone for a scene
- Songs trigger memories that are so real it’s as though I’ve traveled back in time
You’re in a car with your friends flying down the highway. It’s been a long day and you just want to go home and veg out, but suddenly your favorite song plays through the speakers. Your eyes light up, you reach over and crank up the volume and it only takes a few notes before all of you are singing at the top of your lungs.
See what I mean? Music can change your mood in a split second. But conflict is the fuel of good storytelling, which means creating a playlist of the songs that put a smile on my face isn’t going to take me very far. There are times I need to take my emotions to a dark and frightening place. Or a place of sadness and despair. Anger. Frustration. Elation. Relief. And I use songs as the prompts to take me there.
