I have an insane amount of emails from fans asking a very similar question.
Are you going to write a sequel to Deadlight?
I released Deadlight in 2007 and I was honestly surprise that it created such a huge following. Fans of the book wanted to see what happened to Sarah after she stepped on that bus.
They craved more of her life.
They needed to know what happened to her.
She was a part of them in the same way that she had been a part of me for so long.
Deadlight was never meant to continue on to anything else. This was a one book deal. I had put everything I had into creating her and then she was free to do as she wished. As the years rolled by I was asked constantly about the possibilities of another Deadlight. I answered in the same way that I always did.
“I’m not planning on doing one, but if I do it will be something awesome because I love that book and I would never ruin it with a crappy addition.”
Have you ever watched the sequel to a movie and just wondered why they bothered? Especially when the original is one of your favourites.
So that was how it was … for five years.
Then something strange happened. Sarah started talking to me again. She was whispering something in the back of my head, but I wasn’t able to decipher what it was. I knew she was back, yet the story remained hidden from view. As weeks and months rolled by the pieces started to slowly come together. I found myself noting down ideas and plot points as the reality of what was happening came within my grasp for the first time.
I was plotting a second part to Deadlight.
That process is nearly complete, and once it is, I will begin Deadlight 2.
For now I will be using Deadlight 2 as the working title, but that doesn’t mean it will be the title when it is released. For now though, it makes sense. It feels right.
Sarah is coming back to me.
She is coming back to you.
She is coming back to everyone … and I now know what she was trying to tell me …
She can still see them!
