It is a journey which I hope keeps you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the very end! The Blackout of Markus Moore is first and foremost a fictional thriller which places one obstacle after another in a man’s journey to find the truth about his wife’s murder, no matter what the cost. For me, it offered the opportunity to bring positivity via other American minorities who show up to support him: an Indian medical assistant, a Chinese doctor, and a Hispanic female bartender. Rather, it is simply the art that this author could express during the time in which that tragedy loomed large in America. Neither the character of Markus, the assault upon him, nor racism expressed as white prejudice toward a rich, successful black man, are intended as a symbolic representation of Floyd or a social or political treatise on racism. After researching the ability to cause a man to pass out like Markus did, only then did I discover the similarities between the scene in the bar and the choke hold placed upon George Floyd. A great premise for a murder thriller!īut, the timing of the writing of the book was on the heels of the protests of the George Floyd murder. The original title, just ‘Blackout’, was a play on words: a black man cast out of his comfort zone by a sudden occurrence of amnesia, and confronted with a hostile and chaotic world which he does not understand. I originally conceived of The Blackout of Markus Moore as a short story, but soon realized there was much more to it than that. Readers of psychological, medical, and domestic thrillers will enjoy this gripping ride that will keep them on seat’s edge until the shocking end! Propulsive and introspective, prepare for heart-pounding twists and turns in this thrilling page-turner. To find the killer of his wife and the secret to his vanished identity, he risks everything - his vocation, his freedom…and his life. Keeping his memory loss private, he launches into a frantic search for the truth. Markus Moore now knows his name but nothing about why he is part of a dangerous and murderous game. Her husband speaks into the microphone as his name scrolls across the bottom of the screen. Landing in a hospital waiting room, he glimpses a news report of a woman found murdered in her home. Peril strikes and he is on the run for his life, with no time to figure it out.Ī high-speed car chase ensues, guns firing and police sirens wailing. Searching his aching head for answers, he realizes he has no idea who he is. Dazed and confused, he replaces his fallen glasses which clarifies nothing. ![]() Is he a victim, a suspect, or a target? Pursued by cops and his forgotten past, a doctor must solve his wife’s murder to save his own life.Ī man awakens on a bar room floor.
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