The Devil's Demeanor (45 page)

When I first published
The Devil’s Demeanor
in 2012, I had completely rearranged events
from the original manuscript. I opened on a scene where Don found out his
five-year-old nephew may or may not have murdered a grown man. I then used
events from Don’s childhood as flashbacks.

Why I decided to publish it that way is
beyond me. I guess I figured no one would care about Don’s childhood, which I
based on my own. The main reason I wrote the book was because I was feeling
nostalgic and wanted to put some of my favorite memories to paper.

A year after publication, I decided to dust
off the original manuscript and polish it up a bit. I added a bunch of new
stuff, as well as a few plot twists that weren’t in the first published
version. If you read that version last year, this one will read a lot
differently.

As to why I’m publishing this in two parts:
Well, when I got halfway through the manuscript I felt like I’d read an entire
book already. Any more would have felt like overkill. In my opinion,
The Devil’s Demeanor Part 1 & 2
each work as standalone novels, though both
are only half of the larger story of Donovan Scott’s attempt to rid his family
of a deadly curse and save the rest of humanity at the same time. I hope you
enjoy.