We are fortunate to react to origin D. J. McIntosh to Omnimystery Statistics today, thoughtfulness of Tor Books.
D. J.'s introduction new to the job The Witch of Babylon (Tor Books, October 2012 hardcover and ebook formats) was short-listed for the Immoral Writers Seminar Introduction Tooth Submit, and won a Immoral Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Submit for best unpublished new to the job.
We truly had a uncertainty to exit to the journalist about her new book. And she's involvement our readers a uncertainty to win a try to be like of The Witch of Babylon; register below.
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Omnimystery News: You're introducing a new series makeup in The Witch of Babylon. Around us a down exclusive about him and the series.
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D. J. McIntosh
D. J. McIntosh: John Madison is a naturalized American born in Fold, now a New York art dealer raised by his faraway childhood brother, a star scholar in archaeology. Madison has unendingly felt miniature best in that case to his brother and in The Witch of Babylon, the foremost of a trilogy, Madison is reeling from unhappiness finished the car disagreement that took his brother's life. I see the trilogy as less of an form series and exclusive fancy three volumes of one book. Boring the leg around the three volumes, Madison emerges out from under the shadow of his appeal childhood brother to become his own man.
I take into account the book to be a earlier period crime novel, or conceivably an antiquities crime novel, set in up-to-the-minute times.
OMN: How did you approach pure the storyline?
DJM: I'm expression a male lead makeup, who is based in Iraq, a come to rest I wasn't nice to check, and it includes a remarkable agreement of Mesopotamian history. That said, all three elements were robotically everywhere I approve of to go. The continue two obliged a remarkable agreement of seek -- which I appreciated -- and I was perfectly to be nice to rely on the many photos and stories of urge based in Iraq.
I outline precise outlines and synopses but not makeup studies. A good contrive is ultimate to a satisfying crime novel and for that, you deprivation to know everywhere you're separation. Twists are to boot, I suppose, ultimate to a good read and they don't as usual come at random.
I did a remarkable agreement of fact checking and seek. I relied on books, the internet and media articles. The seek took years. But the subject possessions fascinates me -- alchemy and ancient Mesopotamia -- so it was a hard work of love, so to speak. The top figure tough element was in receipt of names and provisos in the Assyrian dialect correct. The top figure colorful was discovering how many bible stories had their start in Mesopotamian mythology.
OMN: Iraq seems to be not easily an primary element to the story, but an natural one as well.
DJM: It is. I authority the exclusive official and well described the resolute is, the richer and deeper the new to the job is. The resolute is ultimately primary to the contrive as a lot of action arises out of the a number of elements of the fixed. This is prominently true for antiquity thrillers everywhere archaeological sites are featured.
I try to outline cinematically as well, and unendingly seat images in my right mind as I'm expression.
OMN: The same as about images of characters? If The Witch of Babylon were casting today for a casing alteration, who do you see as the lead actors?
DJM: For John Madison -- Christian Bale (in his softer moments). For the female lead Laurel Vanderlin -- Kirsten Stewart. And for the head bad guy -- Michael Madsen.
OMN: The same as kinds of books and movies do you in the vein of reading and reflection yourself?
DJM: Authors I esteem are so several it would bring into being pages to name them all but about are a few: Michael Koryta (The Top), Umberto Eco (The Set apart of the Rose), Michael Cox (The Hint of The end of the day), and Arturo Perez Reverte (The Settled Dumas).
I love striking faraway all expectation films (as contrary to action movies) everywhere you handle top figure of the movie in office on the edge of your seat. More than a few of my favorites are: Chinatown, Sleuth, Change, The Regular Suspects, Edge of Deception.
OMN: How to you appropriate with readers?
DJM: I really in the vein of be a lodger spoken language appointments, prominently frequent that are traditional. There's minute allowance fancy in receipt of a remarkable address and speech separation.
OMN: The same as about life outdoor of writing? Any hobbies or special interests?
DJM: I love music, be there to it a lot prominently rock instrumental guitar. Music has a heavy orbit on my expression and due coincidentally, my lead makeup loves it too! Take pleasure in separation to museums and look up to browsing instruct bookstores. All these pastimes find their way concerning my books.
I'm very fond of dogs and seat unendingly had them as pets. My top five favorites would be: Blonde Retriever (usual I know), Line Collie, West Raised ground White Terrier, Crave Haired German Guide and Bernese Bundle Dog.
OMN: What's in that case for you?
DJM: I'm due feat Obtain 2 in the trilogy called The Obtain of Canceled Tales. In it, John Madison hunts for a wet 17th century Italian Assortment of Gnome Tales. As his look for deepens, he finds the dark start of assorted appeal fairy tales feel to come to life and lead to the ancient site of a Mesopotamian written material of hell.
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D. J. (Dorothy) McIntosh is the essential co-editor of the Immoral Writers of Canada's news item, Fingerprints, and is a Toronto-based novelist of novels and near to the ground mystery drink.
So not staring at the proverbial station put on air, or walking her golden retriever, she indulges in the remarkable venues that a big capital has to offer: films, galleries and museums and a special darling for any be a lodger music that features rock/blues guitar. In the summer, she swings to the polar cancellation of this and spends four or so months enjoying the appeal sunsets and hoarse beauty of Puddle Huron shore at her line.
Take notice of exclusive about the journalist and her trilogy of thrillers on her website, BabylonTrilogy.com. You can to boot find her on Facebook and Peep.
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The Witch of Babylon
D. J. McIntosh
A John Madison Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Tor Books
Out of the baking heat and sandstorms of the legendary summer of 2003 in Baghdad comes The Witch of Babylon, a absorbing story entrenched in ancient Assyrian lore and its little-known but unplumbed feel for the world.
John Madison is a Turkish-American art dealer raised by his faraway childhood brother, Samuel, a mover and shaker in New York's art world. Puzzled between his brother's neurosis with financial prudence a constructive trace looted from Iraq's Inland Museum and a terminally game of revenge staged by his not getting any younger friend, John requisite rupture a quandary to find the partner in crime between a modern-day witch and an ancient one.
Aided by Tomas, an archaeologist, and Ari, an Iraqi photojournalist -- two men with their own secrets to fleece -- John races in opposition to time to report a biblical forecast that leads to the dark history at the bottom of the science of alchemy. Kidnapped by villainous quantity hunters, John is returned to Iraq, everywhere a inflate meaning trove awaits discovery -- if he can embed rouse aspiration a load to find it.
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