I’ve reached the stage in my life where few things manage to upset me. There are exceptions to that rule though. It still gets to me when I expect a book to be available at a certain date and time, only for it to be delayed for whatever reason.
I was really looking forward to Theo Fenraven’s
The Haunted Maze. In fact, I had been counting the days until its release on
Halloween. Have a look at the cover and blurb and you’ll understand why.
Blurb:
Still in his twenties, Percy Callendar is one of the richest men in the world. In an attempt to find the future love of his life—and because he likes to have fun—he builds the ultimate haunted house and assembles a select group of men to go through it.
Sage Donovan, owner of a fledgling IT company, is the seventh applicant to receive an invitation. He figures completing the maze—something no one has done yet—will guarantee fame and maybe fortune, and he immediately accepts despite having a little problem with anxiety.
Witches, spiders, ghosts and ghouls are the least Sage has to deal with, because before the night is over, he will face his deepest fear, changing his life and Percy’s forever.
As it is, Amazon has decided today is the day to
fuck up. I’ve been stalking their website since I got up about thirteen hours
ago and have been getting more frustrated with each passing hour.
Of course, if this is frustrating for me, imagine
what it must be like for the author. He must be tearing his hair out by this
stage. You perfectly time your ‘haunted’ story to be released on Halloween only
for Amazon to ruin all your carefully laid plans.
I’ll continue my vigil of Amazon and will be
one-clicking The Haunted Maze as soon as it appears. After all, a good story is a good story whatever day it's released on. And, unless Amazon makes an even bigger balls up of this, my review of The Haunted Maze should be up on Sunday. Still, somebody ought to tell Amazon exactly how badly they messed this one up.
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