On Saturday, November 4 at 6 pm sl at the Info Island Second Life Library outdoor auditorium, author J. C. Hutchins will talk about his writing and creating a walk-in book/podiobook in Second Life and then give a tour of his walk in book.

7th Son is a trilogy of science-fiction thriller novels that take place in present day. It chronicles the story of seven strangers who have been brought together after the recent assassination of the U.S. president. These men quickly discover they all appear to be the same man … with identical childhood memories. Unwitting participants in a human cloning experiment, these “John Michael Smiths” have been assembled to catch the man who murdered the president. Their target? The man they were cloned from; the original John Michael Smith, code-named John Alpha. Book Two: Deceit sends the clones deeper into John Alpha’s conspiracy, a scheme that puts them in greater danger … and threatens the future of the planet itself.

About the podcast
7th Son, a free weekly podcast, is the most popular “podiobook” series in history. More than 11,000 listeners currently tune in each week to hear new chapters of the thriller. 7th Son is the #1 most popular program at the podcast directory PodcastPickle.com, and is listed in iTunes as one of the Top 25 podcasts in the Literature category. The first novel in the series – titled Descent – was nominated for numerous awards for excellence in podcast fiction. The novel has also been featured on such popular blogs as BoingBoing.net and MissSnark.com.

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