Sistah’s Place weekly spotlight for new authors is Sean Michael Paquet. Sean talks about his book called A Game of Gods made its debut in June 2020. He shares what made him write this story, a little background about himself, and what is next for him. Grab your favorite snack and beverage to sit back and get to know a little about Sean Michael Paquet in our Q&A session.
Tell our audience about the author Sean Paquet.
Sean Paquet is an author, investigative journalist, and freelance writer who lives and works as an American Expatriate in the Philippines. He retired from active duty military service in 2013 after 24 years. He then was a private defense contractor in the Middle East until 2018. Sean is from a small town called Carp Lake in the Northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. He grew up loving to read, write poetry, and had enough promise as an artist to consider it full-time until he decided to join the military. Sean has always had an interest in the weird, unusual, and strange things that exist on the fringes of our reality. His interest in heathenism, metaphysics, meditation and out of body experiences led him to publish his first novel titled A Game of Gods in June 2020. His second novel, titled The Jarl’s Shadow is a Work in Progress and explores metaphysical concepts along with personality disorders while maintaining a science fiction/fantasy related backstory of unimaginable alien forces, lost civilizations, and conspiracy theories.
What was it that inspired you to decide to write a book?
I started going through a Spiritual Awakening in my life, and I felt compelled to write.
What was the inspiration behind the book title?
The title “A Game of Gods” was inspired by many things. Throughout the story, the reader realizes that a game of cosmic forces is being played, and the Fate of whole worlds are the stakes.
What is your story about without giving too much away?
Look up at the stars, my friends. Have you ever wondered what if?
What if there is life out there?
What if all of those conspiracy theories were real?
What if a place existed where everything you wanted to believe was real?
Come my friends and enter such a world.
Book excerpt
Meet a young warrior gifted with an inner sight who can speak to spirits and animals.
Walk beside the Sabretooth, who is oath-bound to protect him.
Rescue an orphaned Polar Bear cub with undying loyalty.
Save a soldier from an Earth on the brink of mass destruction.
Befriend a giant from a distant past no one remembers.
Commune with a Raven who spies upon the ways of men.
Interact with beings who wield cosmic technology by thought.
Become the agent of a mysterious artificial lifeform who experiments with whole worlds.
Enter a Utopia destined to succeed or fail based on the choices which drive the hands of Fate.
Come with me, Travelers, and become part of a game. One played by entities of unimaginable power.
Is there a message you like readers to walk away with after reading A Game of Gods?
The book is full of messages and symbols that the reader may have to go through read again to understand. The core message is second chances, and that everyone deserves one.
What makes your book stand out from all the rest in your genre?
Well, I guess the unique thing about the book is that I wrote it based on experiences from my life. I wrote it as science fiction because no one would ever believe it was the truth.
What’s next for you as an author and will there be more books?
Well, right now, I am heavy on the promotion and marketing part of being an author, but yes, I am working on a second book that is a sequel to A game of Gods. It will be titled “The Jarl’s Shadow.
Who are some of your favorite authors and tell us why?
R.A Salvatore. I feel he has done more to realize the Forgotten Realms stage than any other writer I know.
Secondly would be Luis L’amour, the legendary western author. I always appreciated his sense of realism and immersion. He also taught me how to write a good fight scene.
Lastly would be Stephen King. I learned from him that it’s cool to be weird and write weird books. He is probably my inspiration for beginning to write because he was just an odd guy from Maine who started writing horror stories. Look at him now.
Did you learn a little about new author Sean Paquet? You can learn more about him on social media and be sure to visit his website to keep us with his latest interviews and most important his next release. His book is available where books are sold.
Where to Purchase?
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-game-of-gods-sean-michael-paquet/1137286519?ean=2940163046393
Booklocker
Rakuten kobo
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-game-of-gods
Apple Store
http://books.apple.com/us/book/id1525321754
Where to follow on Social Media?
https://www.instagram.com/sean.michael.paquet/
https://linkedin.com/in/sean-paquet-00a34566/
Twitter https://twitter.com/sean_paquet