“The
Covenant” by Paul Yoder
Book
Description (YA fiction)
Dr.
Carver, who is the head of the English department at Stanford University, would
not be the most likely of men to embark on a mission to save a group of
kidnapped kids from devil-worshiping zealots in an underground facility, but
after trailing a suspected colleague, and witnessing a kidnapping first hand,
his pursuit quickly lands him in an underground bomb shelter, renovated as a
secret monastery for a cult that calls themselves "The Bracken Covenant."
Dr. Carver and the group of kidnapped kids struggle to survive the horrors of the elaborate underground cultist den. Outnumbered and vulnerable, with the kids being easy targets for not just the demonic zealots, but the wretched, feral animal experiments that the zealots keep underground, Dr. Carver has to lead the kids through trial after trial of both man and beast to escape before the covenant can cave in the underground passages, trapping them inside a den of evil—doomed to share the same fate as the hundreds of tortured spirits that reside there.
Dr. Carver and the group of kidnapped kids struggle to survive the horrors of the elaborate underground cultist den. Outnumbered and vulnerable, with the kids being easy targets for not just the demonic zealots, but the wretched, feral animal experiments that the zealots keep underground, Dr. Carver has to lead the kids through trial after trial of both man and beast to escape before the covenant can cave in the underground passages, trapping them inside a den of evil—doomed to share the same fate as the hundreds of tortured spirits that reside there.
Genre:
occult/suspense fiction
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Where
the idea for the story came from
The
idea for the story came from a dream I had, as with most of my books. I
actually wrote a short story from this dream (the foundation story for what
would later become “Tome of Victims”) for a grad school application. The
program only accepted 10 students per year, and I didn’t get in, so I had this
pretty good short story on my hands. I worked it into a novella length story
and saw potential in perhaps making it the beginnings of a series. After
publishing “Tome of Victims” earlier this year, I made a goal to publish the
first novel-length book in the series before the year was through. I wrote it
in half that time (a little less than three months to be exact). I really got
taken up with the story I guess.
About
the author, Paul Yoder
As
a teenager, I knew what I wanted to be: a writer. I was dissuaded a bit by
adults who told me that writing wouldn’t get me anywhere in life though, and it
took me quite a few years to really start writing seriously. I’m finally
getting some books out into the world, and though it’s been tough, financially,
emotionally, testing my dedication and ego, I’m slowly building up a penned
library of books, from “City of Town” to “Tome of Victims” to “The Covenant,”
and I already have another book done (unpublished currently) in a new series
that I’ll be writing.
I
hope to reach a lot of people out there with my writing. Growing up, reading
shaped who I am today. It helped me to become a better person: more
understanding, patient, and thoughtful. What precious gifts books can bestow us
with. If I can provide that to others, my goal will have been achieved.
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Thanks so much for the mention Sherry! I'm glad I stumbled upon your blog, great list of books you’ve penned.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if there’s any questions about the book or series anyone has, feel free to ask.