I just read an article about sociopaths, and thought about how many villains in books or movies are sociopaths. You know, villains who know what they are doing is wrong, but just don't care. Stories are littered with them. But none of my books are. Sure, I've got antagonists in every book I wrote. Villains, to be sure, but none are sociopaths. No serial killers, no psychotic weirdos, and no one who could claim insanity as a defense.
I have more than one antagonist in each book. And the most interesting might be Abraham Soriah in Killer of Killers. He's the billionaire recluse who funds the research for the drug, Eternity. He's an old guy, about 88 years old. But is he really a bad guy? You have to read the book to find out. Killer of Killers has other antagonists, too. There's Karl Manoukian and Josh Jones, who may or may not be considered antagonists to the hero, Trent Smith. The reader will have to decide for him/herself.
Tomorrow, I'll talk about Killer Eyes. It's not published yet, but it really is the conclusion to the Killer of Killers story. Until then.
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