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Not every book concept strikes like lightning. They usually come about after a long time day dreaming, refining, and thought, often spurred by some outside science, event, discovery, or news. But 30Seven is one of those book concepts that popped into my head, fully formed and elevator pitch ready:
What if aliens abducted a group of people…and one of them is a psychopathic serial killer immune to their mind control?
I was instantly hooked and knew exactly what I’d be writing when Artifact was complete. I was psyched to write this book and let loose the dogs of serial killer war. But life doesn’t always respect my plans.
There I was, writing a story about a serial killer, riddled with death, when…my mother died. I was, and still am, devastated. Needless to say, after that, the subject of death felt very different and much more personal. The second half of the book was written while I mourned, while my wife and I planned, paid for, and hosted my mother’s burial and celebration of life, and while I made a video encapsulating her life for said event. That was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life. I don’t know if any of that pain made it into the book–I suspect it did–but writing 30Seven helped keep my thoughts rooted, and my mind healthy. The book itself might be demented, but it got me through a tough time, and I am grateful to it for that.
Now, let’s put that sad tale behind us and jump headlong into madness!
Imagine you’re lying on a lakeside beach. It’s summer in Maine, warm with a breeze that carries the scent of blueberries. You’re looking up at the stars wondering why one of them has begun moving. Growing brighter. Heading toward you! As you get to your feet to run, a light blazes all around you, freezing your limbs and locking your eyes open. You’re conscious, but paralyzed. As you float up into the air, everything goes black.
You awaken, still paralyzed, on your back, staring at a strange ceiling. You try to speak. You can’t. There’s an intense itch on your nose you can’t scratch. You try to scream, but aside from the steady rise and fall of your lungs and the pounding of your heart, you are immobilized. Just as you resign yourself to this fate like a gazelle in the jaws of a lion, a person sits up beside you. It’s a fellow camper. They stretch and then look down at you with a glimmer of mischief in their eyes. “This is going to be fun,” they say, unfolding a pocketknife, and straddling your body before leaning in close and asking, “Would you rather look like a Picasso or a Klimt?”
This is NOT a scene from the book, and it contains no spoilers, but it IS an example of what it feels like to be a character in 30Seven. This is sci-fi horror unlike anything I’ve seen before, while being completely familiar. It’s like a cross between Fire in the Sky and the Hannibal TV series. And now that I have either really excited or totally turned you off to the book, let’s have a look at story.
THE STORY:
After a year of torment following his wife Isabella’s brutal murder at the hands of an artistic serial killer, Marcus Lockwood retreats with his son Elias to Moose Hollow—a secluded campground in backwoods Maine—in search of healing. There, a close-knit band of lifelong campers immerses them in a warm, nostalgic experience filled with fishing, canoeing, and crackling barbecues, offering a taste of normalcy.
When whispers of eerie UFO sightings ignite an annual night vigil on the beach, Marcus and Elias eagerly join the hunt for the inexplicable. They get much more than they bargained for when the sky erupts in otherworldly light. A mysterious craft descends, and in one surreal moment, twenty-eight people are abducted.
Isabella’s killer is one of them.
When The Others became Jeremy Robinson’s first New York Times bestselling novel, he believed he’d crafted his ultimate UFO story. He was wrong. Now, the #1 Audible bestselling author returns to the genre he loves, delivering a horrific twist to sci-fi storytelling with 30Seven, which will make aliens think twice before their next abduction.
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