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Yep, This About Sums It Up!

Missing Link Found! To My Series That is.

As promised, this is the cover and synopsis for my recent novel, Reign of the Shroud. This is the second to last book in the Shrouded Secrets Chronicles, and it's filled with intrigue, suspense, betrayal, and desperation. My goal has always been to write not just a book, but a true classic, and with Reign of the Shroud, I feel one step closer to that goal.

Humankind has never been more divided, and the Shroud has seized this opportunity to conquer their subjects in a never-ending reign. The perfectly immortal and clandestine Shroud is no longer content with simply controlling the minds of the masses from behind the shadows. Now these immortals seek to fulfill the purpose for which they have come— to bend and dominate all human establishments to their ultimate will.

Lord Malum, the Shroud’s amalgamist and keeper of dark truths, will reveal his hidden journal to his youthful, immortal Shadow Warriors. Deals will be granted and promises made with certain humans who pledge their allegiance to the Shroud. Meanwhile, Malum’s aberrant second-in-command, Dominic, who was once abandoned on a desert island for his ruthless, bloodthirsty appetite, will return to wage a personal vendetta against those who imprisoned him. Yet, his objective remains intact, to become the most elusive and powerful serial killer in the world by obsessively hunting mortals for sport.

As the immortal war rages onward, everything will become a device for the Shroud to hone their abilities in their quest to plunge earth into a new dark age. Once believed to be a phantom and mere manifestation of the mind, the first immortal will seduce the only teenage girl on earth who can stop him. However, in order to capture her heart, her boyfriend and entire family must vanish in order for him to accomplish his true endgame.

During the reign of the Shroud, internal treachery will become all-consuming as Malum, Dominic, and the first immortal attempt to grasp at the ultimate power to control the future of all humans and immortals alike. Rules are broken and lines crossed, while the secret to immortal abilities and eternal life will be exposed to a few unsuspecting human teens. Friendships will be severed for selfish gain, true loves will turn ill-fated, and those who would dare stand against the Shroud will be tempted with betrayal. The strong will become weak, and the weak will simply fade away. Yet, a few who are capable will decide to surrender everything and return to fight against the Shroud in the immortal war, knowing it is a battle that cannot possibly be won. The Shroud’s reign is in motion, but before it ends, many will question how such beauty and perfection could have corrupted the earth with its ugly influence since the beginning of time. And as the final days draw near, those who remain will discover what happens when all hope is detached from humanity.

New Book Coming Soon!

For the longest time, I couldn't figure out what was wrong with my Shrouded Secrets Chronicles book series. But now I discovered the missing ingredient, and I'm going to be delivering the cover, Title, and synopsis to a Goodreads near you any day now. I'm really excited about this one, I hope my audience is as well, because I think I've hit the coming book outta the park this time. This goes along with my aphorism that your best writing should always be your next writing, so I hope this is some of my best, and I hope you enjoy the unveil.

The world premiere trailer for The Shadow Harvest

Cookie: A Little Miss-Behaving

Weekly Communication, #2

Cookie was abandoned as a kitten along with her mom, two totally orange brothers and, like her, two calico sisters. Her mom and siblings were left without food or water during the middle of the summer in a hot apartment building.  However, mother cat and her five three-week-old kittens were saved by the apartment building's owner  when he came by to see if his former tenants had taken everything with them when they left. To his surprise, they had not!

Though this was a cruel thing that was done to the six cats, many kindhearted people helped Cookie's mom and all of her brothers and sisters get adopted to good homes with people who had plenty of love to spare.  Several weeks later, Cookie came to live with me, my wife, two gerbils named Dash and Flurry, and another cat named Mittens. My name is Joel T. McGrath, and I'm a sucker for a purr-fect face and a hard-luck story.

Dash, Flurry, and Uncle Scamper

From the moment I adopted her, I knew Cookie was different somehow. She always looked me straight in the eyes. It was almost as if she wanted to communi-cat with me on some higher level.

The first sign of trouble didn't come with an itch, like I would have thought, but with a burst of wild behavior instead. Cookie tore through the house with reckless abandon. She acted as if she were running away from something. Though she was a kitten, this it seemed was more than just kittenish quirks, this was fear!

Cookie has never been outside, and she has nothing to fear inside the house, as Mittens, pictured below, is ten-years-old and cares more about sleeping than anything Cookie ever does.

Mittens in His Natural Habitat

Most of Cookie's wild behavior was explained away by the articles on the internet. She is a tortoiseshell cat, which have been known to have "Tortitude," and therefore prone to mischief. But she really acted like a tortoise*hell cat through and through.

Still, there was more to her outlandish behavior than the internet could explain away. Whenever I worked on my manuscript, Cookie would, without warning, jump onto the keyboard, thus causing typos, misspellings, and even the dreaded page deletion. 

Then, one day she finally did it. Cookie completely erased my entire book in a single jump.

"Cookie! I can't believe you did that!" I said while frantically trying to retrieve my work.

I tried to grab her, but she casually walked behind the computer screen as if I were overreacting. That's when I noticed one word with a blinking cursor trailing its end. The word was "flee."

Was Cookie warning, worse yet, threatening me? When Cookie began scratching her neck, I parted her fur and found the real problem--fleas. After all that, it seemed she was just a bad speller. Cookie didn't mean flee, she meant "flea."

At first glance, they seemed like ordinary fleas. But upon a second look, these were not like any fleas that I'd ever seen before. These strange fleas were incredibly organized. Remarkably, there were tiny remnants of a flying machine on Cookie's back. I was unable to track the fleas because they all scuttled away from the light and into Cookie's lush dark fur. Like an army, they grouped together and took the broken pieces of their flying machine with them just as Cookie jumped away from my grasp and ran downstairs.

The Face of a Cat Who Knows She Has Intergalactic Fleas

Cookie and Her Cat-astrophic Case of Intergalactic Fleas

Communication of the Week, #1

I love my cat Cookie, but I think she's trying to kill me. It is my belief that intergalactic fleas have invaded both her and my other cat, Mittens. Stay tuned as I attempt to communicate with these intergalactic fleas in the days to come.