CHASING THE DARKNESS
By Cassie Sanchez
Have you ever questioned your purpose or lost your identity somewhere along the way? Well, I did. As a stay-at-home mom, my job and purpose was raising those kids. But something happened when my youngest son, Chase, started driving. I felt I was no longer needed and that I hadn’t done anything important in my life. Now, logic told me otherwise, but my heart whispered something completely different.
I started looking for jobs or projects that would interest me, light a fire inside, and evolve into something that was all mine. Chase, who was participating in NaNoWriMo, challenged me to write a book since I loved reading so much. I had read around seventy-five books that year, and thought, why not? I attended a creative writing class where the instructor would give a prompt and you had five minutes to write, and then read it aloud. That first day I wanted to vomit everywhere, I was so nervous. But after that class, an ember burned. I loved it!
But I had a lot to learn about the craft. So, I dove into the deep end without floaties and read books, attended webinars, took online classes, and joined Jerry Jenkins Writers Guild, where I learned so much.
I was working on a story (that is currently shelved and a complete mess) when one day my boys were making a lot of noise as they played a game called Overwatch. This videogame has a character named, Reaper, who is an assassin that wears a skull mask. I was intrigued by him and started writing a scene with him betrayed by his team and held prisoner in a dungeon. This became chapter four in Chasing the Darkness. From there, the story emerged as I continued to learn about plot points, character arcs, creating tension; the list goes on and on.
Three years of characters arguing in my head, Chasing the
Darkness got picked up by Morgan James Publishing and, as they say, “the
rest is history.”
Pain is inescapable. Suffering is a choice.
Azrael, the Angel of Death, knows pain. The deaths of his mother and sister, as well as his harsh experiences in the Watch Guard at age twelve, have brutally shaped him into the most feared assassin in all of Pandaren. Azrael’s role as a Hunter requires him to search for those with magic, called Spectrals, which he is happy to do. Hunting allows him to pursue his true goal—exacting revenge on the Fire Spectral who altered the course of his life.
Azrael’s obsession with revenge and power leads him to undergo an experimental procedure that gives him magic, but when this procedure has unexpected and dangerous side effects, he becomes a liability to the Hunters and the Watch Guard. Rescued by the people he has sworn to eliminate, Azrael finds himself questioning everything he once believed as years of secrets and lies are exposed. His very nature is challenged as he battles unfamiliar emotions and navigates relationships that contradict the heart of a killer.
Can the Angel of Death have a conscience? Can Azrael?
Chasing the Darkness is an escape to a land of magic, sword fights, and love, with memorable characters who must face the darkness within and journey down a path of destruction or redemption.
You can order your copy at Amazon.
Growing up, Cassie Sanchez always wanted superpowers and to be a warrior princess fighting alongside unlikely heroes. Suffice it to say, she lost herself in books, from fantasy to sci-fi to a suspenseful romance. Currently, Cassie lives in the southwest with her husband, Louie, while pestering her two adult men-children. She can usually be found drinking too much coffee while working in her office with her dogs warming her feet. When she isn’t writing about magic and sword fights, she enjoys golf, spending time with friends, or partaking in a satisfying nap.
Her latest book is Chasing the Darkness.
You can visit her website at https://www.cassiesanchez.com/ or connect with her on Twitter, Facebook and Goodreads.
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