Indie Author Spotlight – Lauren Algeo and the “Hikers” Trilogy

I’m a twenty-eight year old graphic designer from London, England. I currently write part-time on my commute to work and at weekends but would love to write full-time one day. I’m obsessed with books and films, particularly anything horror-related. My favourite author is Stephen King and I love watching TV shows like The Walking Dead and American Horror Story.

I published the first part of the Hikers trilogy, Hikers – Part One: Power in January 2013, followed by the second part, Part Two: Passion, in December 2013. The third book, Part Three: Politics, will be available late 2014. I’ll be releasing a prequel/accompanying book to the trilogy, Brewer’s Journal, next month.

I also have a standalone novel, The Perfect Date, which is a slightly different genre – a romance thriller – and I’m working on a short horror story collection.

It starts slowly. Merely a faint scratch in a deep part of your mind. A whispered word, little more than a sigh. But it gets louder, until the voice inside is all you can hear; manipulating, seducing, consuming. Then it’s time.

Three years ago Scott Brewer had everything: a beautiful wife, a successful career as a Detective Inspector, a nice house. Then two pivotal events changed his life forever. First, he lost his wife Karen to a brain tumour, then he lost his mind to a hiker – a member of a family of supernatural assassins he now spends his days hunting and trying unsuccessfully to kill.

A mass shooting at Waterloo station brings Brewer back to London, and to the hiker who nearly killed him. He manages to save a young girl from suicide at the will of his mind-controlling enemy and reluctantly allows her to join him on his mission. Georgie Duncan is a moody teenager with a turbulent past, sharp tongue and her fair share of tragedy. They form an unlikely friendship and must learn to work together to find a method of killing the seemingly invincible hikers.

Their journey takes them across the country, and perilously close to danger, as they move ever nearer to their final battle – defeating the most powerful hiker of all, the Grand.