Today, I'm stoked to be hosting a spotlight for the SCARECROW HAS A GUN by Michael Paul Kozlowsky Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. This one looks mighty tense, so check it out and make sure to enter the giveaway for your chance to read it for free.
About The Book:
Author: Michael Paul Kozlowsky
Pub. Date: August 2, 2022
Publisher: Imbrifex Books
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 266
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
Never trust other people's memories, and watch out for your own
Sean Whittlesea was there when his wife was murdered. He saw the light leave
her eyes. He held her dead body in his arms. He knows he wept, but he
cannot recollect a single other detail. Tormented by the tragedy, Sean relives
the horror over and over again. As he struggles to recall what really happened,
his imagination serves up an endless chain of scenarios. The truth, however,
remains hidden in the vault of his memory, and the key is nowhere to be
found.
Nearly two decades later, Sean, now
remarried and a father of two, wins a bizarre contest hosted by his eccentric
boss. The prize is the Memory Palace, a state-of-the-art black box that
purportedly allows its possessor to relive every moment he has ever
experienced, playing out all the memories on a screen.
While the small machine at first
appears to be the answer to the mystery surrounding the death of his wife, it
instead upends Sean’s life. He pushes his family further and further away as
the Memory Palace forces him to confront harsh realities and difficult
questions that he lacks the strength to face or answer. Spiraling downward,
Sean encounters increasingly harrowing challenges that force him to realize
that his memory is not the only thing at stake. To recover the truth about his
past, Sean must fight for his very life.
Reviews:
"Suffused
with an atmosphere that suggests J.G. Ballard and Paolo Coelho chained together
in a basement while a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, Scarecrow Has a
Gun is at once disquieting and illuminating, eerie and sincere.”—Martin
Seay, award-winning author of The Mirror Thief
“Michael
Paul Kozlowsky’s brutally eccentric Scarecrow Has a Gun is a
masterclass in Cartesian storytelling—simultaneously evoking Christopher
Nolan’s clockwork precision and JG Ballard’s ultra-modern sense of irony.”—
Jeff Chon, author of Hashtag Good Guy With a Gun
“Scarecrow
Has a Gun is a propulsive read that spirals deep into the intersections of
memory, technology, and the shifting boundaries between the real and the
unreal."— Nicholas Rombes, author of The Absolution of Roberto
Acestes Laing and The Ramones’ Ramones
"A
whodunit wrapped inside sci-fi story and blended with a compelling and
clear-eyed examination of how memory works."— Brett Riley, author
of Comanche, Lord of Order, and Freaks
"With writing that's both sharp and dense, Michael Paul Kozlowsky's Scarecrow
Has A Gun is a labyrinthine mystery that feels as if David Cronenberg
and Don DeLillo had collaborated on a Philip K. Dick adaptation. It's a
gut-punch meditation on the way our brains process mediation, memory, trauma,
and grief."—Tex Gresham, author of Sunflower, Heck, Texas, and This
Is Strange June
"This
engrossing and inventive novel entertains on multiple levels. It’s a
mind-bending mystery, in which the pursuit of the truth about his wife’s murder
threatens the main character’s trust in his powers of perception and his very
sense of self. It’s a horror-show-worthy take on corporate ambition, overreach,
and villainy."—Beth Castrodale, author of I Mean You No Harm,
Marion Hatley and In This Ground
“What an
original and captivating sci-fi read! I totally loved the real life references
and often found myself so intrigued I had to then go search for confirmation
and further information. Things really ramped up towards the end and I was
glued to the text. I enjoyed the dark undercurrent and found the ending deeply
satisfying as well as super clever.”—Caroline Lewis, Librarian at St.
Jospeh’s College Mildura
About Michael Paul Kozlowsky:
Michael Paul Kozlowsky is a former high school English &
film teacher, and, writing as M.P. Kozlowsky, the author of four children’s
books — Frost, Juniper Berry, Rose Coffin, and The Dyerville Tales. He
lives in New York with his wife, two daughters, and a rescue beagle named
Huxley. When he’s not reading or playing chess, he continues to write
everything from poetry and screenplays to short stories, articles,
philosophical essays, and books for readers of all ages. SCARECROW
HAS A GUN is his
first novel for adults.
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of SCARECROW HAS A GUN, US Only.
Ends August 9th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
Week One:
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7/25/2022 |
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7/26/2022 |
Spotlight |
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7/27/2022 |
Review/IG Post |
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7/28/2022 |
IG Review |
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7/29/2022 |
Review/IG Post |
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8/1/2022 |
Review |
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8/2/2022 |
Review |
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8/3/2022 |
Excerpt/IG Post |
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8/4/2022 |
IG Review |
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8/5/2022 |
Review/IG Post |
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