Atlantis follows a Master Sailor who is on a mission to find a weapon suspected to be hidden in the underwater city of Atlantis, and he only has twenty-eight days to find it and stop it from being unleashed on the world. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

The city of Atlantis itself has always been what captured my attention. I like thinking about society, its strengths and weaknesses, and how I would tinker with it. Once I had the world, the fun began by playing around with how I could introduce it to the reader. Clive, and countdown, were born out of that.

What were the morals you were trying to capture while creating your characters?

More often than not our hearts will lead us to the ‘right’ decisions, but if we start to ignore it too often we will become numb to what it is trying to say to us.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

For me, it is the concept of good vs evil. I like to tell stories that blend the worlds of people who struggle to figure out where they sit on that line. Not all of the ‘right’ decisions we make are good. More often than not, we find ourselves living in the grey, and we’re all just playing tennis with a particular idea waiting to see where it lands.

Will there be a follow-up novel to this story? If so, what aspects of the story will the next book cover?

This was written as a stand-alone novel. I have other Trilogies and Anthologies I’m working on, and the idea of a one-and-done story was appealing. That said, I never rule out the possibility of building on the world that I respect so much so we will see. Sorry, if that is not the answer people are hoping for.

Author Links: GoodReads | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Amazon