Spawned in the cornfields of rural Illinois in 1984, he grew
up with a wholesome face and an uncouth mind. A love of physical challenges and
lush landscapes inspired him to join a volunteer wildfire squad in 2003, and it
was here that he was put on the search and rescue team for the Columbia Space
Shuttle, which had broken up over Texas on re-entry that February. During his
month working on the Columbia mission, Nick was perplexed by the daily
absurdities that came of working for a secretive, hierarchical government
organization under adverse conditions in the middle of nowhere. This brought
about paranoia, which in turn brought about his first novel, Shooting Angels, now available from All
Things That Matter Press.
Shooting Angels is
the heavily fictionalized story of a team of wildland firefighters who go to
east Texas to investigate a fallen Space Shuttle. As the crew endures physical
and emotional hardship, however, they soon realize that the crash was no
accident: it was the result of a cosmic conspiracy, involving NASA, Mr. and
Mrs. God, and a foul-mouthed, disembodied head which has taken up its residence
in the cellar of an elderly rancher. Shooting
Angels races from the jungles of Texas to the dark corners of undiscovered
space to the smoggy streets of Central Heaven, where people, no longer cowed by
the threat of mortality, are free to give in to their most detestable urges.
Part science fiction, part adventure, part humor, and part philosophy, Shooting Angels is an action-driven
exploration of the relationship between science, religion, and the human
imagination.
Currently, Nick lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where
he is a writing instructor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. When not
writing or selling his time to the halls of academia for a pitiable wage, he is
going for long-distance runs, traveling internationally, catching up on the
news, or looking for dates. (He prefers the strong, silent, immensely wealthy
type.) His next novel, The Calamari
Kleptocracy, is forthcoming from All Things That Matter Press.
For more information about Nick’s fiction, please visit his
website: http://nicksansone.yolasite.com/
To purchase a print copy of Shooting Angels, go here: Amazon
And for a Kindle edition, go here: Kindle
Creativity at it's best! Good work with Shooting Angels Mr. Sansone.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know angels were in season. Amazing what one can learn from ATTMP authors.
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