QSFer John B. Rosenman has a new queer sci-fantasy thriller out (poly): Every Breath I Take.
Michael Windsor tries to rescue his young son Andy from the Government, which holds him prisoner in California because they want to study his special powers. Though Michael fails, Andy turns the soldiers to stone so his father can escape. He accepts a ride from a drug runner who is soon ambushed by killers, and Mac, the sleep apnea machine who died and became part of Michael, now wants his freedom outside his body.
While Andy is mercilessly tested by Federal scientists, Michael experiences a series of dangerous events: a gang shooting, a Presidential assassination attempt which he tries to prevent, and meeting two sexy, female pirates, who offer to take him on a sailboat all the way to Norfolk.
There, he hopes to be reunited with Laura, whom he loves. Laura, in the meantime, copes with a Government agent who seeks to discover the source of her powers, which she shares with Michael and Andy. At the same time, Andy, dressed as a girl, escapes from the California facility where he is being held, and hops a bus, hoping to find his father in Virginia.
Ultimately, all three of them head toward the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri where a showdown with the Government looms.
Warning: At one point a pervert tries to grope a young boy on a bus. He fails.
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Excerpt
es, the man seemed authentic and down-to-earth, Michael thought. He could do so much with so little, communicate a whole inward drama with a smile or a twitch of an eyelid. But wasn’t that what a good politician did? He made you believe in him.
Exactly right, Mac agreed. The President is a good politician. It’s how he got to the top of the mountain. He’s a performer.
Maybe, but Michael was sensing an opportunity. For months, he had run from the Government, from the Feds who wanted to rape him for his gifts. What better remedy was there for him than to go to the supreme leader of that Government, the biggest fish of all, and plead for help? And to do it now before that man sat down to eat?
Michael started forward, only to feel a strong hand grip his shoulder. Turning around, he saw Nat shake his head.
“Don’t do it,” Nat said.
Michael yanked away, hearing Mac repeat Nat’s words.
Don’t do it!
But he had to try when he had the chance, the best chance he might ever have. He had to do it now before the man sat down and began to stuff his face.
Michael took a step toward the President, then another. As he did, he caught something odd out of the corner of his eye, something that didn’t fit. He stopped.
One of the customers had stepped toward the President and raised his hand. Even if the grenade-shaped item he held wasn’t a weapon, it had no business being there because the Feds or Secret Service always removed suspicious objects or potentially dangerous items from people’s pockets in situations that involved the President. Possibly, Michael was mistaken and it was nothing. The Feds just didn’t screw up.
But something in the man’s smile said otherwise.
Maybe there’s two assassins, Mac said. Not just one!
Michael spun and lunged toward the man, seeing his arm go back and come forward to throw the object directly at the President. At the last moment, Michael managed to strike the man’s wrist, deflecting the object and sending it spinning.
An instant later, it exploded, blasting people into the air and filling the terrace with smoke. Michael came down, striking the floor with his head. The last thing he remembered before he passed out was the shrill sound of screams, punctuated by gunshots.
Author Bio
John was an English professor at Norfolk State University where he designed and taught a course in how to write Science fiction and Fantasy. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Horror Writers Association and has published over 200 stories in places such as Weird Tales, Whitley Strieber’s Aliens, Fangoria, Galaxy, Endless Apocalypse, The Age of Wonders, and the Hot Blood erotic horror series. John has published two dozen books, including SF action-adventure novels such as Beyond Those Distant Stars, Speaker of the Shakk, A Senseless Act of Beauty, Alien Dreams, and the Inspector of the Cross series (Crossroad Press). He also published a four-book box set, The Amazing Worlds of John B. Rosenman (MuseItUp Publishing). In addition, he has published two mainstream novels, The Best Laugh Last (McPherson & Company) and the Young Adult The Merry-Go-Round Man (Crossroad Press). Recently, he published a trilogy of his Dreamfarer series with Mystique Press: Dreamfarer, Go East, Young Man, and Dreamchaser. A personal note: John has sleep apnea, and his health condition inspired A Breath of Fresh Air, published by Mystique Press.
Two of John’s major themes are the endless, mind-stretching wonders of the universe and the limitless possibilities of transformation—sexual, cosmic, and otherwise.
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