I am honored to present our first Coffee & Convo guest Jeff Bennington who just recently kicked off his Reunion book tour. Thank you Jeff so much for stopping by.
I noticed great reviews are already coming in. Tell us, what is Reunion about?
David Ray killed eight students and then turned the gun on himself. He thought the shooting and suicide would fix his world. It didn't. The massacre threw Tanner Khan and the other survivors into chaos.
Twenty years later, Tanner and his fellow classmates reluctantly agree to hold a reunion to lay the past to rest. Although they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, they come back to their hometown and reunite in the defunct school building. Old flames are rekindled, fears are ignited, and their lives are about to explode in a whirlwind of memories, haunted by the spirit of David Ray.
Once inside the old school, they discover that a dark entity has joined them. It has come to collect a debt, long overdue, and someone has to pay. Will Tanner and his classmates overcome their fears and put the pieces of their lives back together, or will they be consumed by their worst nightmare?
*REUNION is a supernatural thriller that digs deep into the world of school shootings, bullying, and the long term effects post-traumatic stress disorder. This multi-genre thriller has, at times, elements of the supernatural, horror, romance, and certainly suspense, without disregard for the trauma that many survivors deal with the rest of their lives.
Twenty years later, Tanner and his fellow classmates reluctantly agree to hold a reunion to lay the past to rest. Although they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, they come back to their hometown and reunite in the defunct school building. Old flames are rekindled, fears are ignited, and their lives are about to explode in a whirlwind of memories, haunted by the spirit of David Ray.
Once inside the old school, they discover that a dark entity has joined them. It has come to collect a debt, long overdue, and someone has to pay. Will Tanner and his classmates overcome their fears and put the pieces of their lives back together, or will they be consumed by their worst nightmare?
*REUNION is a supernatural thriller that digs deep into the world of school shootings, bullying, and the long term effects post-traumatic stress disorder. This multi-genre thriller has, at times, elements of the supernatural, horror, romance, and certainly suspense, without disregard for the trauma that many survivors deal with the rest of their lives.
Why Write Reunion?
Have you ever wondered what becomes of the students who have been traumatized by a school shooting? Or have you puzzled over what might cause a child to intentionally murder his or her peers? Have you questioned what the long‐term effects might be on the victims? How would their lives change? Who would make the most of their journey after the shooting? Who would lose their faith? Who might find it?
Over the years, I’ve wondered if the survivors would be able to return to the place where they watched their friends and classmates suffer, and die, at the hand of a crazed teen? How would they perceive those memories twenty years later?
These are the questions that have swirled through my mind every time I’d learn of yet another school shooting. I cringe when I hear that another young person has gone off the deep end and killed his classmates, leaving this world a darker and colder place with every bullet fired. The fact that it happens forces us to question what is wrong with our society—that this is even possible. The arguments are endless. But I didn’t write this story to discuss politics.
This book does not make any declarations concerning the root cause; it only addresses my questions regarding the victims, their lives (post‐shooting), and my imagined mental state of an adolescent shooter. Remember, REUNION is fiction, and I hope that it is judged as such.
This multi‐genre fiction has, at times, supernatural elements, because after all, the supernatural is spiritual, and doesn’t a school shooting boil down to a spiritual issue? I have also taken the liberty, or creative license, to include elements of horror, because I could not otherwise tell the truth—school shootings are horrific. If you want to read a story that goes beyond the superficial, then you might appreciate the value of all the elements that make this book what it is: supernatural, horror, romance, suspense, and dark fiction.
Where can we find Reunion?
You can find Reunion at goodreads, Smashwords, and Kindle.
Speaking of Kindle, tell us about your awesome giveaway.
I am giving away 2 Kindles: 1 to a lucky blog follower, and 1 to a lucky blog tour host. I will post a video on May 15th (last day of tour) and have my children pick a winner from each group (followers/hosts). There are only two (2) simple rules:
- Buy a copy of REUNION (digital or print) between April 1st and May 13th and email a copy of your receipt to... reunion.kindlegiveaway@yahoo.com by May 13th.
- Paste one or more of your comment(s) from the blog tour into the email with receipt to... reunion.kindlegiveaway@yahoo.com by May 13th.
There's also another giveaway. Tell us about it.
I will also host a 2 book Goodreads giveaway during the course of my blog tour (April 1 through May13th). Goodreads will contact winners. I will mail a signed copy to each of the winners.
Thank you so much Jeff. We wish you the very best with the rest of your blog tour and we look forward to reading Reunion.
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