Lotus

Six characters from history enter the Devil's labyrinth – the fatal puzzle.

Robert Lath dies in the trenches of World War One. But he wakes to find himself on a never-ending flight of stone steps without end. A face appears and offers him a choice; a choice that might damn his soul.

During his struggle to beat his captor in a terrifying game, he must watch the lives of six others:

A deckhand on a spaceship with a psychic girlfriend, a detective investigating a murder, a monk sheltering a werewolf, a dying artist, a romantic friar and a medieval knight in love battle against fatal illness, seemingly the result of a game with Satan and human frailty, to find salvation in this metaphysical and erotic romance.

If you like the Mahabharata’s themes of death, rebirth and reincarnation, David Lynch's Lost Highway or Edgar Allan Poe or you will love this paranormal, mystery thriller which spans time from the future to the high Medieval

Categories: Romance, science fiction, psychic, erotic, historical, medieval, war, paranormal, occult metaphysical, demon, spirit, werewolf, menage, amnesia, wealthy

Interview with Lazlo Ferran:

Where are you from and where do you live now?
I live and work in London.
Please tell us a little about your writing - for example genre, title, etc.
That is a difficult question to answer because I don't feel limited by genres, have never recognised them and my readers have come to expect that I will cross any genre boundary without recognising it. I have published fourteen books; three collections of short stories, two science fiction stories, two occult thrillers, one spooks thriller, one historical epic, one contemporary literary novel in two volumes, one war thriller and now Lotus. The best way to put this is that I look for a story that stimulates me and tests my philosophical limits. If it doesn't stretch me, I will not be able to engage and excite the reader.
Where do you find inspiration?
Inspiration most often comes from dissatisfaction with the world, either general or specific but this will be mixed in with my ideals to make a good story because I don't want to operate on just one level. If I did, I would alienate more readers than I attract. Occasionally, my need to understand the world around us alone will generate a story idea. Sometimes I simply want to write a good yarn, as is the case with Attack Hitler's Bunker! Lotus, however, comes from none of these places. It comes from a very dark place, a place that needed illuminating, a place that I took 64000 words to describe! I hope it gives readers a jolt when they read it and that they will say, "Yes, I know this place. I have been there!"
Do you have a favourite character? If so why?
No. All my characters are my favourites and they all do things I can't predict or stop! If my books are my children, their characters are my grandchildren!
Do you have a character you dislike? If so why?
Yes. But he is in a book yet to be published and he is the hero!
Research can be important in world-building, how much do you need to do for your books?
I am lucky enough to know a lot about WWII and the early Medieval. I have always been fascinated by WWII so I have extensive knowledge of it. I know quite a bit about the Medieval because. I became interested in the Cathars and early medieval religion so I read widely on the subject, mostly academic works. When I came to write a sequel to Ordo Lupus and the Temple Gate, the 13th Century seemed a natural setting for me to attempt. However, I ambitiously decided to depict the Battle of Bouvines. This meant an extra few months of research.
Research is not something I crave, however, so a purely romantic novel is on the cards. That shouldn't require much research!
In what formats are your books available? Are you intending to expand these and if not, what is the reason?
All my books, apart from the short stories, are available both as eBooks and paperbacks.