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To say that Nightcat is a series is a bit of a misnomer, for now anyway. The first book
"The Darkness of Shadows" is officially completed and I am currently in the process of
looking a publisher. The first draft of "Where the Devil Dwells" is also complete and will move into the
editing stage in the next little bit. While the first book hasn't been published just yet, I do have
another book I am currently writing so someday this will indeed turn out to be a series.
Nightcat's world is very much like our own with one minor difference; she lives in a
world where superheroes did not exist. Up until now that is. The story takes place
in a fictional city called Grace City in Ontario, Canada and is very much based on the
real world London, Ontario.
Dana Harker; AKA Nightcat, works as a computer consultant for NyTech Industries. During
her spare time (which seems to be getting less and less these days) as Nightcat, she helps
out the police of Grace City. She is often seen by the side of her police contact, Det.
David Rayner.
Even though Nightcat has proven herself an asset to the city, there are still many people
who fear her, much to the dismay and frustration of Nightcat.
The important other note that won't be mentioned in any of the books but just taken for
granted, is the fact that the characters never age. It is very similar to today's comic
book character and cartoons. Time may pass, the heroes have numerous adventures but no
one ever ages. This is an important
note I wished to share so that when more books get published and time passes in Nightcat's
world, the readers aren't wondering why the characters haven't aged. Some
of the younger characters may age a bit to show them growing up, but whether a young
character is 15 or 16 isn't much difference. The reasoning behind this lack of growing
older is for the simple fact that I didn't want the main characters to get too old to
play the part in the books. The characters ages were specifically chosen for a purpose
and I wished for them to stay that way.
That being said, Endgame breaks all of those rules but by choice. It depicts where the
characters will be in several years time because in the series we won't be able to
discover that for ourselves. And that is why Endgame is a part of the series but has a
different feel to it.
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