Lotus: Enter the Labyrinth - Satan's Fatal Puzzle

A story of reincarnation, as a soul enters a battle of wits with Satan."I must admit, I enjoy living but if this is death, it's not so bad.""No. This is not death," Satan told me. "You will remember that too, soon." I could see him more clearly now. He wore a long, red coat, made of a thick material, like crushed velvet. His hair, black as night, had been pulled back around his large skull, as if pulled back by a pony tail. I didn't trust him and yet his words seemed to hold untold depths of truth."You must choose one of the tablets, if you want life," he told me."Will I know which tablet I have taken; the bad one or good one?""No. And I will not tell you. That's the deal.*** Get 3 BOOKS FREE > lazloferran.com/3fb ***"This may be [Ferran's] most enjoyable work to date that only blossoms further on the second and third read."If you like David Lynch's Lost Highway, Edgar Allan Poe or perhaps the Mahabharata, you will love this paranormal, mystery thriller which spans time from the future to the high Medieval.Categories: Fiction, Nobility, menage, psychic, amnesia, demon, werewolf, spirit, erotic, paranormal, occult, science fiction private investigator. Interview with Lazlo Ferran:Where are you from and where do you live now?I live and work in London. Please tell us a little about your writing - for example genre, title, etc.That is a difficult question to answer because I don't feel limited by genres, have never recognised them and my readers have come to expect that I will cross any genre boundary without recognising it. I have published fourteen books; three collections of short stories, two science fiction stories, two occult thrillers, one spooks thriller, one historical epic, one contemporary literary novel in two volumes, one war thriller and now Lotus. The best way to put this is that I look for a story that stimulates me and tests my philosophical limits. If it doesn't stretch me, I will not be able to engage and excite the reader. Where do you find inspiration?Inspiration most often comes from dissatisfaction with the world, either general or specific but this will be mixed in with my ideals to make a good story because I don't want to operate on just one level. Occasionally, my need to understand the world around us alone will generate a story idea. I hope Lotus gives readers a jolt when they read it and that they will say, "Yes, I know this place. I have been there!" Do you have a favourite character? If so why?No. All my characters are my favourites and they all do things I can't predict or stop! If my books are my children, their characters are my grandchildren! Do you have a character you dislike? If so why?Yes. But he is in a book yet to be published and he is the hero! Research can be important in world-building, how much do you need to do for your books? Do you enjoy this aspect of creating a novel and what are your favourite resources?I am lucky enough to know a lot about WWII and the early Medieval. I have always been fascinated by WWII so I have extensive knowledge of it. I know quite a bit about the Medieval because. I became interested in the Cathars and early medieval religion so I read widely on the subject, mostly academic works. When I came to write a sequel to Ordo Lupus and the Temple Gate, the 13th Century seemed a natural setting for me to attempt. However, I ambitiously decided to depict the Battle of Bouvines. This meant an extra few months of research.Find out more at: lazloferran.com

About the Author

Lazlo Ferran: Exploring the Landscapes of Truth.Educated near Oxford, during English author Lazlo Ferran's extraordinary life, he has been an aeronautical engineering student, dispatch rider, graphic designer, full-time busker, guitarist and singer, recording two albums. Having grown up in rural Buckinghamshire Lazlo says:"The beautiful Chiltern Hills offered the ideal playground for a child's mind, in contrast to the ultra-strict education system of Bucks."Brought up as a Buddhist, he has travelled widely, surviving a student uprising in Athens and living for a while in Cairo, just after Sadat's assassination. Later, he spent some time in Central Asia and was only a few blocks away from gunfire during an attempt to storm the government buildings of Bishkek in 2006. He has a keen interest in theologies and philosophies of the Far East, Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe.After a long and successful career within the science industry, Lazlo Ferran left to concentrate on writing, to continue exploring the landscapes of truth.

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