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Jason Matthew Hubbard

The Taming of Adam

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Meet Adam Taylor. He is a black mage: a magic-wielder who draws power from the essence of shadows. He is also a loner who prefers only his own company and dreams of power simply to make a living with it. He shuns and pushes away others, making him an extremely rude and antisocial miscreant. On the inside, though, he is a sensitive soul who doesn't quite know the meaning of love and friendship. Gene London, meanwhile, is a famous attorney who has a knack for defending difficult cases. He is also a government lobbyist who speaks to lawmakers on behalf of corporations (a normally legal profession as long as he doesn't give lawmakers luxurious gifts ... which he regularly does). Lately, he's been seeing a mysterious person whom he calls "the lady in the mirror." This lady claims she is trapped in another dimension, and she says that if London finds a way to free her, she will be his forevermore. Little did Adam know, on the day he did something foolish and horrific, that he was setting himself on a course to a meeting with the dastardly Gene London ... and setting in motion a series of events that will change him for better or worse

Book Bubbles from The Taming of Adam

Magic and mayhem

This book was inspired by the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School. It was a terrible tragic event for the whole nation which unfortunately inspired copycats. I wanted to convey in this book how terrible and worthless such an act is. Plus, by having a similar event happen in the background, it raises tension; it makes the reader anticipate the main character, Adam Taylor, carrying out a similar event. Indeed, Adam starts out as a terrible person (look at how he treats a girl who's just trying to be nice to him), but as the title suggests, he gets better (or "tamed").

New first chapter

This first chapter is not the original one. The original was simply a flashback featuring the book's main character, Adam Taylor, while in the first grade. The chapter was meant to show how the character was annoying and troublesome even as a boy. I'll admit, though, the chapter was useless and not very engaging, so I made this new chapter featuring the main antagonist having a meeting with his mysterious girlfriend. It brings the story's mystery and intrigue front and center, and hopefully it will pique readers' curiosities.

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