Talking About Antagonists...

I was talking about antagonists last Friday, but I didn't mention the antagonists in my own books. In KILLER OF KILLERS, there's more than just one. There's a lot. Every killer who Trent Smith kills can be called an antagonist. But there are two main antagonists in the story. Each of them are billionaires. One is Abraham Soriah, and the other is Karl Manoukian. They are the top guys in the secret society of men who have discovered the means by which one will never age.

It's a drug discovered, or funded, I should say, by Karl Manoukian. But in doing so, he ran out of money and brought in Abraham Soriah, the world's richest man to continue the funding of the drug's development that was so close to completion. The only problem with Abraham Soriah is that he is already old, like near 90, and he doesn't want the drug to just halt the aging process. He wants to make the drug capable of reversing the aging process. Does he succeed? Well, you have to read the book. And it's not so easy as that. There are side effects, which they need to overcome, as well.

So where did I get these names? Abraham Soriah? Well, if anyone ever saw that musical movie from the 60s called Paint Your Wagon, there was a song someone sang that had the words: "They call the wind Moriah..." Yeah, for some reason, that came to mind, and I came up with Soriah. Abraham just seemed like a good fit as a first name, so that was that.

As for Karl Manoukian? Well, when I was a kid, my childhood doctor's name was Dr. Manoukian, and I never forgot that guy. So I put together the name Karl Manoukian. Plus, I know names that end with ...ian.... are Armenian names and many Armenians were in Turkey. And this guy is from there. I know about the Turkish/Armenian genocide, but that has no role in the book.

However, there is a genocide from history that does have a role in the book. Especially in the sequel, KILLER EYES. More about that later.