Erato:
Book Two in the Sophia Katsaros
Series
Hello everyone, I thought I would post an update on the series.
I just finished book 2 and am now in the editing process. Yay! Once I've read through
it and made some changes I’ll send that off to my editors. I’m hoping the book
will be out in March or April.
Book 2 picks up at exactly where book 1 ends. Obviously, as
there is a book 2, Sophia manages to survive the encounter with the wolf in her
apartment. I don’t want to ruin it for you, so I won’t tell you how.
When I began this book, I thought I knew how it was going to
end. And while that ending stayed true, I had characters still living that I
expected to be dead. Which just goes to show that I don’t have any real control
over my characters. I just take dictation.
So, what’s this book about? Well, as with the last book,
there are several threads that are woven together as the story progresses.
With this book there is a wolf story-line. The wolves are being
hunted. No one knows who is doing it, or why and the wolves bodies are left burnt and smoldering. This is not how the wolves tend to their dead and they find it incredibly
offensive.
Then there is Sophia’s story line. Her story is the tent
pole that all the other ribbons twine around. So, as I said the wolves are being hunted and based
on the events of the last book, Sophia is their main suspect. The EfarmostÃs,
the enforcers for the pack, are sent to eliminate what is perceived as a threat
to them. That would be Sophia. But America is not Europe and giant wolves in Cincinnati
Ohio create quite a news sensation.
Unfortunately, there are some innocent people that are
killed. In an effort to protect those she loves Sophia makes a deal with the Alpha of the pack to help him find the killer. The problem with that is the
EfarmostÃs are a law unto themselves, and once they are dispatched they are not
so easily recalled. So, what remains to
be seen is if Sophia can find the real killer before the Enforcers find her.
And lastly, there is the story of the Dryad. If you stop and
think her story is the reason for all of the others. In her quest to find love
she had a child, Accalia. That child became queen and was betrayed. That
betrayal was the cause for the curse that created the Lykaonas pack. In this
book we learn more about the dryad. Her loves, and losses and about her decision
to interact with humans. Her relationship with her grandchild Illyanna is
developed. And we learn what role, if any, she is to play in Sophia’s life.
This series hinges on the notion that the Greeks gods are
only myths. But that within those myths lay truth. And those truths include
dryads, naiads, oceanids and wolves that take human form. In this book, I take
the myth of the Satyr god Pan and explain that. The image above is of Pan playing his pipes for the dryads to dance to.
I had a lot of fun writing this book. It took me on a journey
of twists and turns. There are some new characters as well as the return of
some old favorites. The rise of ancient evil and explanation of dryad magic
round out the book.
I look forward to sharing this with you, and hope that you
enjoy it as much I did.
~Sharon
Lykaia: Book 1 of the Sophia Katsaros series can be found in all formats
