Thanks, AMK. I hope it gets published... that's the goal, anyway.
As for what it's about... that's a tough one. The best way to describe it is to use part of the letter...
Set in a future America where guns are illegal, a shrewd and oppressive king reigns supreme, and a giant Plexiglas “bubble” protects the country from deadly acid rain and pollution, the story follows the exploits of a young man named Charlie, an alcoholic with no past, no direction in life, and by all accounts, no future. After a pair of chance meetings with a mysterious and dangerous bounty hunter known only as “the Tattooed Man,” Charlie finds himself in New York City, where the onset of painful and curious flashbacks are only the beginning of his problems.
Following a failed attempt to assassinate the king, the pair find themselves on the run, hoping to escape a walking, talking horror called Bane, who serves as the general of the king’s military. Bane has his own agenda, however, and Charlie, with his newly-discovered ability to resurrect the dead, is only in the way. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, and in the course of their travels, Charlie and the Tattooed Man find themselves swept up in a revolution, fighting for the freedom of the American people. In the end, a confrontation between Charlie and Bane is imminent, and the friendship between Charlie and the Tattooed Man will be put to the test when it is discovered that only a union of Charlie’s power and the hunter’s skill with a blade will be enough to stop Bane’s terrible plans.
Hope that's not too long... it ain't easy to compress 450 pages into two paragraphs.
still havin' nightmares about that...
