I want to introduce my debut novel including what it means to me and what I think it will mean to readers. It took me about seven months from concept to final edits to complete the project. The name I chose is the combination of the last names of the protagonists, Julian Flexon and Chason Vale. Julian is young, in college, and reckless. Chase is older, established in his field, and reckless. The story starts out with a phone call from Felicia Sandorf, who works for Chase as his agent. Essentially, she uses her body and image to collect tips for him in order to profitably play the market. They are both addicted to money. The smell of it. The thrill of it. Everything about it. (Sound familiar, Americans?) Anyway, Zeno State is where both Julian and Chase went to college. It's not necessarily Penn State, though that's what most readers will believe. Julian's lifestyle and the pedophile scandal that consumes Chase's life closely resemble PSU. But, that's not what I'm going after in Flexon Vale. That lifestyle, that scandal, could occur at any major University in America where life is a constant cocktail hour and we worship the football programs as Gods. Sierra Vale, Chase's wife, is mortified by the scandal at Zeno State. That Chase still wants to drink the Kool-Aid frays their relationship, pushing him closer to Felicia Sandorf, and ultimately making him vulnerable. The novel slows down after the first two chapters but picks up with El Presidente, which is when Chase meets Felicia at a fundraiser in New York. The drama at the Javits Center sets the stage for the final act, which for obvious reasons I will not discuss here. In my opinion, the last 25% of the ~55,000 word novel is the fastest moving, most intriguing part; the conclusion is meant to shock and awe the reader.

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Hopefully I can improve on this work with my Sophomore effort, which will be a six part series and likely be complete around June or July 2013.