Synopsis
Adrian Petrescu wants to trade an ancient magic act full of incredible secrets called Mr Nimblebus. For the right candidate, Nimblebus will bring its new owner untold power and success, but there is a price to pay for whoever possesses his gifts. It’s a darkness Petrescu has tried to escape all his life.
Bree Tyler is a broke no prospects twenty-seven-year-old singer-songwriter. Out of work and desperate to find something that can bring her an income, she answers an advertisement offering ownership of a unique Children’s entertainment act. Bree meets the strange flamboyantly dressed Petrescu, who looks like he belongs to an old exotic carnival. To Bree's amazement, he presents his spectacular wares, and Bree is overwhelmed with a ferocious desire to possess everything she sees.
Within days Bree discovers the price of taking ownership of what is so much more than a magic act. One life must end before another can begin, and it's a cost she is prepared to pay. Bree's life spirals from its usual apathy to a place where her every dream starts to become a reality. Suddenly the disinterested become passionate followers as she begins to transform her mundane failing career into the realms of superstardom.
And all the while, the presence of Nimblebus steadily grows to devour what Bree once was as the unquenchable thirst for fame and power feeds a fever that will soon infect the entire human race.
Who is Seth Rivers?
Seth Rivers is the pen name of author Russell James Williams.
Immersed in creative projects since leaving college, Russ fronted a band that extensively toured the UK and Europe. He is a Director and co-founder of Riverjuke, now one of the UK's most in-demand Touring Support companies. Most recently he formed The Dream Real Company — a developer of intellectual property and creative artists — which provides the outlet for his Music production and composition activities. During the last twelve months as well as completing the latest Seth Rivers novel, Russ has produced and written new albums for three Dream Real artists, under his songwriting/producer moniker ‘The Love’.
A long-held interest in extending the message sized story ideas within songs into the expanse of a novel became a reality two years ago. Russ began what would become his first novel, writing fast-paced fiction likely to be enjoyed by readers of Stephen King, David Mitchell, Thomas Harris and Bret Easton Ellis.
To date, there are three completed Seth Rivers novels.
Killing Ghosts - an epic horror story of a deeply disturbed man's desire to enact revenge for the death of his baby sister. Possessed by messages from his dead mother in his head, a dark fantasy turns into a carnage of reality where only a young woman with an extraordinary gift can stop him.
Big Star Earth - a black comedy set in 1970’s England where a warring son and his movie-star Father form an unlikely alliance to find a way to survive an act of massive self- inflicted disaster.
Mr Nimblebus - a female singer-songwriter desperate for fame is suddenly catapulted to superstardom when she takes ownership of an ancient entertainment act and succumbs to its sinister secrets.
31-year-old Russ lives near Brighton, Southern England with his partner and baby daughter and is currently working on a fourth Seth Rivers novel — The Dome Palace — the sequel to Mr Nimblebus.