THE LIGHT: HOUSTON TEXAS Blog Tour
Title: THE LIGHT: HOUSTON TEXAS
Author: Joe M. Solomon
Pub. Date: June 11, 2019
Publisher: NES Publishing
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 538
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo
March Madness has begun and college basketball playoffs are heating up, not that Robert Walker—a graduate student from Texas—particularly cares. He has decided to skip classes for the day, sleep in, and get some rest. Unfortunately, a brief spat on the phone with his fiancée makes that impossible. Hoping to take his mind off of it, he scans through TV channels in search of entertainment and instead finds one news report after another that warns of violence erupting in the streets.
People are randomly and savagely attacking one another all along the East Coast from Maine to Florida. Some speculate it may be related to strange lights that have appeared in the sky above the outbreaks. Before any solid conclusions can be drawn, however, the brutality spreads, sweeping across the country until it hits Houston, then proceeds on to the West Coast. Robert, a handful of classmates, and a few others manage to survive the first wave and find themselves in the midst of civilization’s blackest hour, surrounded by pandemonium, bloodshed, and masses of people who have been stripped of their humanity. Hours later, as those strange lights continue to dominate the sky, the vicious horde undergoes a new transformation.
There is no escaping the horror. Unable to reach his fiancée by phone, Robert sets out to find her, joined by a small ensemble of fellow survivors. The thirty-five miles they must cover are fraught with danger, and their terror grows with each step they take as they witness the genesis of a new Earth. Can they find a way to stop it? Will they even survive it?
About Joe:
Joe Solomon earned both master’s and doctoral degrees from Rice University and is a writer, a director, an independent filmmaker, and a composer. His first novel—a supernatural thriller entitled The Darkness: Giger, Texas—reached #2 on Amazon’s Best Seller list and is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook. His next novel—The Light: Houston, Texas—will release June 11, 2019. He has also completed a collection of short stories that arose from the macabre and will release next year.
An award-winning screenwriter, Joe has completed seventeen screenplays and nine stage plays. He has also been very active in the independent film industry, directing four short films, one feature film (post production), and six music videos. His screenplays have won Best Screenplay at the Mediterranean Film Festival (Cannes, France), been Official Selections at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, been a Finalist in the American Movie Awards, won the Final Draft Screenwriters Award, won the Screenwriting Showcase Award, reached the Second Round in The Sundance Feature Film Program, and been a Finalist in the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition. His music videos have won Best Music Video at the Honolulu Film Awards, the Silver Remi Award for Creative Excellence at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, won the Maple Leaf Award at the Canada International Film Festival, been an Official Selection of the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema—Milan, been an Official Selection of the Switzerland International Film Festival, won Best Director—Music Video in the Honolulu Film Awards, and been a Finalist in the American Movie Awards. They have also been Official Selections of many additional international film festivals.
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INTERVIEW
- What is on your nightstand?
Stephen King’s Cell and HG Wells’ Complete Short Stories. I’ve read Cell and listened to the audiobook multiple times and continue to enjoy it. I also like HG Wells’ writing style and vocabulary. Some of the ideas he put forth in his stories were very innovative for his time.
- What author would you totally fan?
Stephen King. I’ve enjoyed his stories for years and also greatly admire his writing style. I’ve read and listened to his book On Writing many times and always recommend it to fellow authors.
- What makes you cringe?
Gratuitous gore. I love horror movies, both big budget and low budget. And I know gore goes along with that. But sometimes movies rely more on gore than storytelling. And some director’s strive hard to push that shock value line farther back than any previous director has. That’s usually when the gore makes me cringe.
- Do you obsessively plot out each point or just go with the flow?
A little bit of both. I will have certain scenes and events in mind before I sit down to write. Sometimes it works out, and other times the story takes me in another direction instead that I like even more, so I go with it.
- Is there a word you love to use?
Transmogrify. I first heard it in a Woody Allen movie and have loved it ever since.
Giveaway Details:
4 lucky winners will receive a $20 Amazon Gift Card, International.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
6/4/2019- BookHounds– Interview
6/5/2019- Book Sniffers Anonymous– Excerpt
6/6/2019- Simply Daniel Radcliffe– Review
6/7/2019- Tyto Forest– Excerpt
Week Two:
6/10/2019- fictitious.fox– Review
6/11/2019- Lifestyle of Me– Review
6/12/2019- The Tired Buyer– Interview
6/13/2019- Burgandy Ice– Excerpt
6/14/2019- Two Chicks on Books– Interview
Week Three:
6/17/2019- Pacific Northwest Bookworm– Review
6/18/2019- A Dream Within A Dream– Excerpt
6/19/2019- Owl Always Be Reading– Guest Post
6/20/2019- Adventures Thru Wonderland– Review
6/21/2019- Bookbriefs– Review
Week Four:
6/24/2019- Smada’s Book Smack– Spotlight
6/25/2019- Don’t Judge, Read– Interview
6/26/2019- KayBee’s Bookshelf, A Literary Blog– Spotlight
6/27/2019- A Gingerly Review– Review
6/28/2019- PopTheButterfly Reads– Review
Week Five:
7/1/2019- Reads & Reviews– Review
7/2/2019- Jaime’s World– Excerpt
I enjoyed the interview.
Thanks, Becky!
Hi Becky,
Thank you. And I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas. Also, you may listen to an excerpt on Audible.
The book sounds great and I appreciate getting to hear about it. Thank you for sharing!
Hi James,
I hope you’ll enjoy it if you give it chance.
This book sounds scary.
Hi Katy,
It has a few scary moments. I hope you give it a chance. Listen to the first four or five minutes at Audible.
I like the cover. Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Marcy,
I hope you give it a read. Also listen to the an excerpt of it at Audible.
Thanks for the contest.
Hi Carol,
I hope you give it a read. Also, you may listen to an excerpt of the book on Audible.
I love that the author is a Stephen King fan. If I could pick the brain of one author King would be it!
Hi Freda,
The first fiction book I read for entertainment was Mr. King’s The Stand. I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. You may also listen to an excerpt at Audible.
Sounds like a great read.
Hi RIta,
I hope you give it a chance. You may also hear an excerpt of the book at Audible.
This book sounds like a great read. Awesome cover!
Hi Debbie,
I hope you give it a read. Also, you hear an excerpt on Audible.
I can’t wait to read this and learn how they/he survives it. And I’m quite intrigued about the lights in the sky.
Hi Cathy,
Thanks! And in the meantime, you can listen to an excerpt on Audible.
Sounds great. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Ellen,
I hope you give it a chance. Also, you may hear an excerpt on Audible.
Hi Ellen,
I hope you give The Light a chance. Also, you can hear an excerpt on Audible.
Sounds like a great book, thank you for sharing
Hi Veronica,
I hope you give The Light a chance. You may hear an excerpt of it on Audible.
I like the cover and the book sounds interesting as well.
Hello Rhonda,
I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. In the meantime you may listen to an excerpt on Audible.
The book sounds amazing, but a little scary. I really like the cover.
Hi Anita,
I hope you give The Light a chance. Meanwhile you may listen to an excerpt on Audible.
Love the cover. Thanks for the giveaway.
Hi Elizabeth,
I hope you give the book a chance. You may listen to an excerpt on Audible.
Eye catching cover, thanks for the chance!
Hello Julie,
You’re welcome. I hope you give the book a chance. Also, you can listen to an excerpt on Audible.
The Light sounds like an exciting read. Thank you
Hello Linda,
I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. Also, you may listen to an excerpt on Audible.
Sounds like an awesome read!
Hi Victoria,
I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. In the meantime, you may listen to an excerpt on Audible.
sounds like a fun one
Hi Daniel,
It is a rollercoaster ride. I hope you give it a chance. Also, you may listen to an excerpt over on Audible.
The book sounds interesting. Thanks.
Hello Deb,
I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. Also, you listen to an excerpt on Audible.
Sounds great, thank you for sharing the interview
Hi Marisela,
I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. Also, you may listen to an excerpt over on Audible.
Thanks for telling me about this book.
What a fascinating book! I have added it to my tbr list. Great interview. Thanks for sharing.
Really sounds like an interesting and scary read!
Hi Tabita,
I hope you give it a chance. You may also hear an excerpt on Audible. Thanks.
Thanks for the giveaway; I like the excerpt. 🙂
I would love to read this one this summer and love the cover too.
sounds like a good read.
Hi Shelly,
I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. You may also hear an excerpt on Audible. Thanks.
My husband & I really want to read this book!
Hi Amy,
I hope you give The Light: Houston, Texas a chance. Also, you may hear an excerpt on Audible at the following address: http://bit.ly/TheLight_Audible
I’ve never read a book set in Houston. Thanks for the giveaway!
Fantastic cover
The fact that Joe is a huge fan of Stephen King makes this even more interesting to me, because the plot reminds me a bit of The Stand, which was really thought-provoking.
it really sounds and looks like a great book. How much research on average per book do you think it takes?
Hi Sam,
I had to research various aspects of NASA, learn about SOFIA (The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), nuclear submarines, military compounds and the topography of Houston and its surrounding area. It took a few weeks. Also, you may hear an excerpt of the book on Audible.
the book sounds good.
Joe really caught my attention with this book can’t wait to get my hands on it and read
I love the cover art! This sounds like a scary read!!
The book sounds great! 🙂
Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would really like the book!
I am looking forward to reading this book and even more interested as Houston, Texas is where I was born!
Love the cover! What inspired you to write this book?
I always ask the question, “What if. . .?” From there I go where my imagination takes me.