Blood Club is a modern day myth, or hero’s journey, that pits the protagonist, Brian Barrett, against an ancient and unlikely evil that has nested in a small New Hampshire town. Barrett, a reluctant warrior, realizes that he must wage a battle with this malevolent force to prevent it from consuming his family.

Mythology is an ancient form that developed from the storytelling traditions of indigenous people around the world. A mythological structure seemed a natural fit in developing story structure for my book given my love of supernatural elements and knowledge of Native American spirituality.

Good and evil are natural forces that perpetually struggle for dominance of the human race. People that are purely evil or purely good are rare – but they do exist. Brian Barrett, the main character in my book, faces the forces of darkness that dwell within himself and in the village of Barlow, NH. The opening paragraph of my book metaphorically sets the tone for the battle that ensues: “The long New Hampshire winter had been reduced to dirty piles of snow that hid in the shadows where the spring sun could not yet reach. Sugarhouse alchemy was beginning to convert the rising lifeblood of maple trees into amber gold as daylight waged its ancient battle with the darkness.”