The Fourth Wall
by Scott Petty
GENRE: Supernatural Fiction
PUBLICATION DATE: 01/10/2022
DESCRIPTION:
Captain Thomas Jett, a U.S. Army Reservist, volunteers for a tour of duty in Afghanistan, in part to get away from ghosts at home. Things that go bump in the night. In war, he encounters monsters.
Jett is tasked to investigate a mass murder in Kandahar, which people say was not the work of the Taliban. Instead, it was a creature of smoke and fire, perhaps a jinni. As the chaos builds, revealing otherworldly evil, Jett must devise a new approach. He creates an imaginative system for an unconventional, dreamlike kind of conflict, calling his system “The Fourth Wall.”
Author Scott Petty is a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. Through a phantasmagoric show, Petty reinvents the war novel, interweaving reality with magical and paranormal elements. The Fourth Wall offers a panoramic view of modern warfare … one surreal piece at a time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Scott Petty is in the U.S. Army and is a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. His prose and poetry have been published in numerous literary journals, including 3Elements Literary Review, 805 Lit+Art Journal, and War Writers’ Campaign. He is also a film actor, appearing in The Challenger Disaster and Washington’s Armor.
REVIEWS:
“An imaginative map through the fog of war.” —Booktrib
"Readers of supernatural fiction who enjoy vivid suspense stories of war and monsters with an Afghanistan backdrop will find plenty to relish here." —D. Donovan, Senior Book Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
"From real war to paranormal elements, this author (a veteran of the War in Afghanistan) has taken his background, his personal experiences, and his imagination — combined them with determination and passion to create this book — and hit it out of the proverbial ballpark!" —Feathered Quill
"A reality-puncturing, boundary-breaking monster hunt across war-torn Afghanistan." —Independent Book Review
"A bizarre but entertainingly trippy tale of soldiers and paranormal creatures." —Kirkus Reviews