by Karina Fabian
Like so many authors of zombie fiction, it’s not the only
genre I write. Much as I love writing about Neeta Lyffe removing zombie heads
and not bothering to take names because they’re Reanimated Post-Consumer
Bipeds, plenty of other stories plague my mind.
I’m proud – thrilled – relieved - to announce that one such
story has now come to its conclusion, with my latest book, Mind Over All.
Mind Over All finishes the Mind Over Trilogy, which follows
the adventures of Deryl Stephens, a psychic whose powers drove him insane, and
Joshua Lawson, a psychiatric intern and Deryl’s best friend. In Book One, Mind
Over Mind, Deryl finds his way back to sanity with the help of Joshua – and
guess what? The voices in his head are real, not only the thoughts of the
people around him but also of two aliens who are leaders on opposite sides of a
war and want to use Deryl to help them secure victory.
In Book Two, Mind Over Psyche, Deryl escapes the asylum and
teleports to one of the planets. There, they meet Tasmae one of the aliens, who
is now going crazy herself thanks to Deryl’s influence. (Lots of crazy in the
books, but I think her crazy was the most fun to write.) Deryl helps her find
her way back to her own mind again. They fall in love, and he breaks free of
the influence of the other alien, Alugiac.
Now, in Book Three, Mind Over All, Deryl and Tasmae are
married and expecting their first child, but instead of a happy ending, the two
planets themselves are in danger. Tasmae may be able to prevent the other world
from crashing into theirs, but only at the expense of her life, the life of
their baby – and about half the population of their world. Deryl must find a
way to save both worlds before he loses the people he loves best.
This was a story I first started thinking up in college,
nearly 30 years ago. Fifteen years later, I took that college novel, destroyed
it, reconstructed it from the foundation into the trilogy, and wrote the first
novel. Now, at long last, I have written the final words – plus a novella to
finish Joshua’s storyline and get him hitched to his longtime fiancĂ©. There may
be other stories later, but for now, everyone got their happy ending, and I can
set it aside.
If you’re interested in reading some of my non-humor works,
please check out the series at http://fabianspacecom.
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