Jolt
Book
One
K.D.
McLean
Genre: Dystopia, Paranormal
Publisher: Monarch Moments
Date of Publication: November 25
2013
ISBN: 978-0-9917995-1-0
Number of pages:183
Word Count: 68,572
Cover Artist: Derek Chiodo
Book
Description:
What if it cost you NOTHING to put gas in your car? What if you paid nothing to heat your home or cool it in summer? What if your electric bill was only for new light bulbs? How would that change your life? A real pipe dream, right?
Joel Heath, PhD has dedicated his career to making this pipe dream a reality. He’s obsessed with unlocking the secret of cold fusion energy. He’s come so close, but the final piece of the puzzle eludes him.
Which is a good thing, for Joel actually. You see, Phil Devlin’s energy conglomerate earns billions in profits with things just the way they are. He’s been keeping tabs on Joel. Phil was ruthless in attaining his stature of wealth and influence, and he’d protect his position with ferocity. He can crush Professor Joel Heath with a text message.
Neither man knows the planet is 90 days away from global slaughter, triggered by an oil war. One man does know. He has been cursed with prescient visions. These visions have shattered his life, plummeting him from an established career to begging on the street.
Joel’s simple gesture of compassion to this homeless derelict is rewarded with a dazzling insight. He has the key! This jolt of clarity begins with a touch, a touch that can send the world spinning out of control.
Because Phil Devlin sends that text message.
Jolt Excerpt
He kept his head down. Like blinders on a horse his stringy
hair kept the faces of the people ignoring him from his peripheral vision. He
had been out on the street begging all day and now deep into the night. With
each step his feet ached from the cold. He placed them as softly as he could,
every pace agony.
He was muttering to himself, arguing with the unseen
tormentors of schizophrenics everywhere.
“No, no, no! I won’t! You can’t make me!” repeated over and
over again.
The rank stench of too many clothes and too few baths
surrounded him, an unseen barrier between him and the shoppers and diners
rushing home.
He paused for a moment. “Okay! Okay!” he muttered as he
approached the entrance to Odessa’s. He brushed the hair from the side of his
face and peered in the window. Brown teeth peeked out from behind his salt and
pepper beard when he grimaced. He sidled backwards until his back rested on a
telephone pole. He wasn’t even forty years old and was worn out.
He jingled the coffee cup at passersby. “Gotta quarter?
Gotta dollar? It’s cold out here. Gotta quarter? Gotta dollar? It’s cold out
here.” He remained as unseen as always.
He waited.
About
the Author:
Katie lives in Canada near Lake
Ontario with her partner Desmond. They are living the life that they’ve always
dreamed about--writing, editing and collaborating on books. Both are alumni of
Queen’s University in Kingston and are frequent visitors to the Tyendinaga
reservation, where the novel JOLT is set. She has published a series of adult
romance books as well as a romantic comedy, recently released – Funny Business.
For relaxation (what is that?)
she and Desmond enjoy walking their neurotic pug, trying different recipes
together (Des cooks, Katie helps) and watching HBO movies, followed by
immersion in their hot tub. There’s almost nothing better than star gazing in
the frigid air while being toasty warm…Well maybe skiing at Mont St. Anne is a
close second.
In taking on an epic of the scale
of JOLT, Katie has been inspired by the words of Goethe.
“Be bold and mighty forces will
come to your aid.”
