As much as I love The Vase, and as much as I think it will have a wider appeal than most other stories for various reasons, I still have a sentimental attachment to Killer of Killers. It was my first novel. It was my debut novel, (which isn't always your first novel,) and it is the story and character that I just happen to love the most.
Killer of Killers is the book I wrote when I wanted to write a book that I would want to read. I had no interest in reading any other books. I had already read most or all of Robert E. Howard's books. And I had no interest in reading anyone else's books. I tried to. I went to bookstores and tried to pick up books, but I put them all down before getting to the end of page 1. Most made me disgusted.
So I decided to sit down and write a book that I would want to read. Doesn't mean anyone else wants to read it, but it's the book I would want to. And it's a good thing, too. Because, by now I must have read it a hundred times! And every time, I'm telling you, I love it just as much as the first time. It's the book for me. I love a great character, a cool character, in the mold of a James Bond, a Captain Kirk, a Conan, and more recently, a Frank Martin (The Transporter) or a Jason Bourne.
So I created Trent Smith, and you might say he's a combination of all of the above and none of the above. He's just as original and totally different. He's like them, and not like them. Bond worked for England, Kirk worked for The Federation, Conan worked often as a mercenary, Frank Martin worked for whomever hired him as a transporter, and Jason Bourne worked for the United States. Trent Smith is the ultimate hero. He works for no one, and that's the way he likes it.
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