AnyaKimlin
Confuddled
Due to family issues and starting a college course I am unlikely to self-publish Black Nest until next summer now. I figured I may as well get a submission package ready and try some of the agents that liked Mayhem.
That means writing a synopsis for it...
I have five point of view characters (Ian and his sons) but it's Ian's story so I've only mentioned the boys in passing. Should I say more about them? SPaG feedback is welcome but knowing synopses the whole thing will probably change.
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Black's Nest is an 80,000-word urban fantasy.
It’s The Fragility a time when the demon army that assists the evil fairy queen, Elva, is at its weakest. The head demon hunter has until midsummer’s night to weaken the demon army and prevent the child sacrifice that will reaffirm the centuries-old deadly pact between the demon lord and the fairy queen. For twelve generations the Black family has fought the demons and provided the head demon hunter.
Unfortunately, sixty-eight-year-old Ian Erasmus Black is unaware he is supposed to be the sleepy market town of Umber Bridge’s answer to Buffy Summers. He believes that demons, fairies, gods and any other supernatural beings are things that belong in children’s storybooks. He’s enjoying his retirement from the police force by caring for his great-grandchildren and pottering around town. The once crack shot was more than happy to give up his adrenaline filled life for one filled with fine friends, refined chocolate, and the finest whisky.
His bubble is broken when his abusive granddaughter-in-law is murdered and his great-grandson is kidnapped. Ian’s grandson, according to the police and social media, is the chief suspect. If he’s to prove his grandson’s innocence and save his great-grandson, Ian must join the HHF (the human realm organisation that is assisting the rebellion against Queen Elva) and accept that the fairy stories are real: Elves really do make shoes.
In 1965 societal conventions and his mother, forced Ian to marry Moira Glass, the heavily pregnant girl next door. He's never even wanted to sleep with a woman let alone tried it on with Moira. Nobody believes him when he says the baby isn't his. During their nine-year marriage, Ian continues his passionate affair with Wilfred Fischer and Moira sleeps with any man she thinks can help her climb the social ladder. Moira meets a wealthier man who asks her to marry him, and she leaves Ian with their five sons (only two of which Ian has fathered). He was glad to see her go and moved his “friend” Wilf in a year later. Together they raised their boys.
With every stride he takes towards becoming the head demon hunter, Ian discovers betrayal among his family. His sons, John, Matt, Pete, and Dan have all worked for the HHF since they were teenagers. The ultimate hurt comes when he finds out the seventy-three-year-old Wilf is a dewinged fairy prince and rebel son of Queen Elva. For Ian, a dedicated family man, their dishonesty is harder to take than the existence of fairies and demons.
The demon lord is ordering swoops during the time of The Fragility and several members of Ian’s family are taken to The Hole, a place many have entered but nobody has ever left. To save their boys Ian and Wilf have to be united and work together.
Midsummer Night arrives and the sacrifice is produced at the designated alter. This time the child is Ian’s great-grandson. With Ian at the helm, the HHF release the prisoners from The Hole and defeat the demon army in the human realm.
However, the witches cannot break through the fairy shield to save Ian’s great-grandson. Wilf steps forward and crosses the barrier. He offers himself in exchange for the baby’s safety. Queen Elva agrees and takes Wilf back to the fairy realm.
Whilst everyone else is celebrating the win over the demons who are reduced to a harmless group, Ian is processing the loss of Wilf.
He goes to see his ex-wife Moira Glass. Throughout the book, thoughts of her have bothered him, and he puts the pieces together. She was the one who had kidnapped the baby and murdered his granddaughter-in-law. The woman he hasn't given any consideration to in over twenty years is full of venom and revenge. She’s delighted at the pain she has brought to the only man she claims to have ever really loved.
Black’s Cage, the sequel, is halfway through its first draft. It tells the story of how Ian gets Wilf back from the fairy realm.
That means writing a synopsis for it...
I have five point of view characters (Ian and his sons) but it's Ian's story so I've only mentioned the boys in passing. Should I say more about them? SPaG feedback is welcome but knowing synopses the whole thing will probably change.
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Black's Nest is an 80,000-word urban fantasy.
It’s The Fragility a time when the demon army that assists the evil fairy queen, Elva, is at its weakest. The head demon hunter has until midsummer’s night to weaken the demon army and prevent the child sacrifice that will reaffirm the centuries-old deadly pact between the demon lord and the fairy queen. For twelve generations the Black family has fought the demons and provided the head demon hunter.
Unfortunately, sixty-eight-year-old Ian Erasmus Black is unaware he is supposed to be the sleepy market town of Umber Bridge’s answer to Buffy Summers. He believes that demons, fairies, gods and any other supernatural beings are things that belong in children’s storybooks. He’s enjoying his retirement from the police force by caring for his great-grandchildren and pottering around town. The once crack shot was more than happy to give up his adrenaline filled life for one filled with fine friends, refined chocolate, and the finest whisky.
His bubble is broken when his abusive granddaughter-in-law is murdered and his great-grandson is kidnapped. Ian’s grandson, according to the police and social media, is the chief suspect. If he’s to prove his grandson’s innocence and save his great-grandson, Ian must join the HHF (the human realm organisation that is assisting the rebellion against Queen Elva) and accept that the fairy stories are real: Elves really do make shoes.
In 1965 societal conventions and his mother, forced Ian to marry Moira Glass, the heavily pregnant girl next door. He's never even wanted to sleep with a woman let alone tried it on with Moira. Nobody believes him when he says the baby isn't his. During their nine-year marriage, Ian continues his passionate affair with Wilfred Fischer and Moira sleeps with any man she thinks can help her climb the social ladder. Moira meets a wealthier man who asks her to marry him, and she leaves Ian with their five sons (only two of which Ian has fathered). He was glad to see her go and moved his “friend” Wilf in a year later. Together they raised their boys.
With every stride he takes towards becoming the head demon hunter, Ian discovers betrayal among his family. His sons, John, Matt, Pete, and Dan have all worked for the HHF since they were teenagers. The ultimate hurt comes when he finds out the seventy-three-year-old Wilf is a dewinged fairy prince and rebel son of Queen Elva. For Ian, a dedicated family man, their dishonesty is harder to take than the existence of fairies and demons.
The demon lord is ordering swoops during the time of The Fragility and several members of Ian’s family are taken to The Hole, a place many have entered but nobody has ever left. To save their boys Ian and Wilf have to be united and work together.
Midsummer Night arrives and the sacrifice is produced at the designated alter. This time the child is Ian’s great-grandson. With Ian at the helm, the HHF release the prisoners from The Hole and defeat the demon army in the human realm.
However, the witches cannot break through the fairy shield to save Ian’s great-grandson. Wilf steps forward and crosses the barrier. He offers himself in exchange for the baby’s safety. Queen Elva agrees and takes Wilf back to the fairy realm.
Whilst everyone else is celebrating the win over the demons who are reduced to a harmless group, Ian is processing the loss of Wilf.
He goes to see his ex-wife Moira Glass. Throughout the book, thoughts of her have bothered him, and he puts the pieces together. She was the one who had kidnapped the baby and murdered his granddaughter-in-law. The woman he hasn't given any consideration to in over twenty years is full of venom and revenge. She’s delighted at the pain she has brought to the only man she claims to have ever really loved.
Black’s Cage, the sequel, is halfway through its first draft. It tells the story of how Ian gets Wilf back from the fairy realm.
Ian has this massive family that all play this crucial role.
