The settings of my first two novels were rather restricted in terms of geography. Onesimus takes place during the Roman Empire, primarily Colossae and Ephesus (in Asian Minot), and then Rome itself. To and Fro Upon the Earth took place entirely in southern California on the west coast of the United States.
By contrast, my forthcoming novel, Mortals As They Walk, takes place in numerous locations. As a soft-SF thriller with the backstory of genetic engineering and three people caught up in a bold new experiment, there are many characters and events happening in many places all over the world. Here are a few:
- New York City, New York
- The Bowery Hotel www.theboweryhotel.com
- The Langham hotel
- Vienna, Austria
- Universität Wein.
- Café Centrale https://www.cafecentral.wien/en/
- Kunsthistorisches Museum http://www.khm.at
- Palais-Coburg Hotel palais-coburg.com
- St. Stephan’s Church
- Germany
- Heidelberg
- Baden-Baden train station
- München (Munich) train station
- Berlin. Train station, police station.
- England
- London. The Goring Hotel. https://www.thegoring.com/our-suites/belgravia-suite/ . The Bowery Meat Company bowerymeatcompany.com
- Cain. Graveyard.
- Scotland
- Edinburgh. The Whiski Bar whiskibar.co.uk
- Unnamed island
- Istanbul, Turkey
- The Grand Bazaar kapalicarsi.com.tr
- France
- Paris. Unnamed hotel
- Paris. Unnamed pub in the
Quartierre Latin - Paris, Gare de Nord station
- Colmar. Train station. Unnamed lab facility.
- Florence, Italy
- Unnamed safe house
- Unnamed church
- Langely, Virginia
- St. Petersburg, Russia. Medezin Research Inc. labs, unnamed locations.
- Ireland
- Dublin
- Garbh Eilean
In the near future, when biotechnology is stretching the limits of ethics and legality, a man, a woman, and a young child are caught up in a heavily funded project based on the work of a brilliant geneticist. But bio-research firms, Big Pharm, governments, and black marketeers see a way to become wealthy and powerful. Kidnappings, payoffs, political intrigue, and murder follow the test subjects, who must decide what to do with the data and the lives that have been destroyed—and find a way to save the child.
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