Fun Facts About Lynn and In the Defendant's Chair:
Alternate Ending- In my original manuscript, I had
the main characters torture one of the men behind the plot. But the publisher
didn't think it was true to life, thus it was deleted.
The Story Behind the Story - I came across an
article on human-hybrids. The idea scares me to death. I researched the subject
and what I discovered, frightened me more. This subject is something everyone
should know about.
5 Facts about My Book That Might Surprise You
1. The scientific data in the novel is real
2. The idea of sitting in a defendant chair
is one of my hidden fears
3. I consulted a real lawyer to help me make
the book more real
4. The Philips Institute is a backer of the
Skull & Crossbones Society at Yale
5. This
novel took 3 1/2 years to write.
Authors That Have Inspired Me - Piers Anthony, the author of the Xanth series and Stephenie Meyer with the Twilight series both encouraged me to write.
My Favorite Book of all Time - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is my all time favorite.
My Top 10 Favorite Fictional Book Characters of All Time
1. Maddie Edwards - The Agency Series
2. Bell - Twilight Series
3. Edward - Twilight Series
4. Harry Potter - Harry Potter Series
5. Ayla - Clan of the Cave Bears
6. Magician Humphrey - Xanth Series
7. Haymitch - Hunger Games
8. Katniss - Hunger Games
9. Nancy Drew - Nancy Drew series
10. Frodo - Lord of the Rings
An Introduction to character Early Sutton - She is a mother of three (a boy and
twin girls). Early, a stay at home mom, loves to paint and dance. Her days are
filled with every day chores of cleaning and cooking. Early paints when her
children attend school. Her husband is a research scientist. There are times
when she travels with him, but mostly she stays home with the children.
Tips for novice writers - First, read and read some
more. You can never read enough. Then write. Write until you fall asleep at
your computer. Do not listen to everyone who gives you advice. I've heard it
all. But what it comes down to is what your readers love.
Things I Love to Hear My Readers Say - When is your
next novel coming out? Where can I hear you talk live? Where do you get your
stories from?
The Agency: In the Defendant's Chair
The Agency Series
Book Four
Lynn Yvonne Moon
Genre: Fiction - Mystery
Publisher: Koehler Books
Date of Publication: November 2014
ISBN: 978-1-63393-036-0 ebook
ISBN: 978-1-94019-282-6 print
ASIN: B00OMVWLMI
Number of pages: 310
Cover Artist: Koehler Books
Book Description:
Her last memory before falling asleep is the love she feels for her husband and kids. Then she wakes up, confused, dizzy, and sick, and realizes where she is; a courtroom. This is the nightmare and reality of Early Sutton and other women like her across America.
Carrie Clark and Maddie Edwards reunite with The Agency to solve the mysterious murders that are plaguing America. They risk their lives as they travel from coast to coast gathering clues and piecing together a strange puzzle where the pieces don’t seem to fit. In The Defendant’s Chair examines the inner working of our US Government and a secret society as they manipulate the human genome in evil seclusion. In a race against time to save the human race, the women must contemplate both the ethical and moral issues of genetic tampering.
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April 7th - 9:37 a.m.
Early heard everything being said, but she couldn’t understand a word. Her mind started spinning.
Are they speaking English? Yes... yes, she tells herself, they are, but the language is different—foreign. Sounds are echoing in my ears; oh the pain! The sound hurts... It must be the level of the noise that’s confusing… my vision is blurred; I see nothing. Vagueness... haze... no wait, the room is exactly as it’s supposed to be. But where am I?
Early reached up and rubbed the side of her face. She could hardly feel her hand against her skin. Am I dreaming? Yes, that must be it. What’s the last thing I remember? Think, Early... think. Oh yes, making love with Alex. But when did we go to bed? Early could not remember going to bed after making love that night. Perhaps Alex carried her into the bedroom? No, she wouldn’t have slept through that; she’s too light of a sleeper.
Early heard a booming noise that startled her.
“Objection!” The deep male voice echoed through her ears. Her stomach began to tighten, then everything was dark again, peaceful and quiet.
April 14th - 10:02 a.m.
Early startled awake, again to another booming voice.
“Order… I demand order in my court. Both attorneys approach the bench, now!”
It’s a man’s voice, but it isn’t Alex speaking, Early tells herself. Whose voice is it? It sounds familiar, perhaps the television, did someone leave it on all night? What’s wrong with me? My children, why haven’t they asked for breakfast? Headache, my God how my head hurts.
Pain envelops her and then, again, a strange but peaceful quiet engulfs her and everything fades far, far away into the distant darkness.
May 21st - 2:21 p.m.
Early’s darkness yielded to light. Muffled noises became sharper.
There’s brightness all around me, it must be morning. Did Alex oversleep again? I really must get moving or Daren will be late for school... I just hate to be rushed. My God my head hurts.
“Your Honor, please,” a voice boomed, jarring Early from her private thoughts. “We all know how long this will take if we cannot get through at least one question without this constant interruption.”
I’m not dreaming, Early thought. That is real.…
Early glanced down and saw her hands; they were shaking. She was not in her bed. She wasn’t in her house. Where am I? Glancing around as best she could, Early realized it was not her television making the loud noise. The sound was coming from all around—front, back, and from her sides. The tips of her fingers tingled. She frantically rubbed them together, desperate to stop the strange crawling sensation running up her arms. She reached out for her warm blankets. Early wanted—needed—to feel safe and secure. But her blankets were not there. She had to be dreaming, she just had to be.
The room began to spin and a gnawing sensation nagged deep within her jaws. Floating and twirling around the room, Early felt confused and sick. This had to be a dream. There could be no other explanation. She reached out again for her bed covers but felt something hard instead of soft.
The dresser? Am I touching my dresser? What’s it doing way over here?
The more she groped around at her surroundings, the more she realized she was not in bed. She was confused and it terrorized her, sickening her even more. She couldn’t think. Her hands reached up to scratch her head, but instead she pressed her palms against her eyes to try to stop the wild spinning. The noise, muffled words... shuffling shoes... stop... please stop!
I’m sitting in a chair. Get a hold of yourself, Early.
Hard wooden-arms hugged her. But Early doesn’t own any chairs with wooden arms.
I’m in a chair, a real hard chair.
Fear was rising from deep within and spreading throughout her veins attacking the farthest points of her sanity.
“Your Honor, that wasn’t a question,” a voice huffed. “It’s clear he’s leading the witness.
I object.”
Early exhaled a deep breath slowly. After blinking several times, her eyes began to focus. She skimmed the room for something familiar—anything. She had never seen this room before. But how could that possibly be? No, something is terribly wrong. A table, a wooden table is in front of me. It’s not my kitchen table. Next to her sat a man in a dark suit wearing a bright red tie, arguing with the man standing in the middle of... of the...
“COURTROOM!” Early screamed.
Gradually the voices around her rose to the level of complete chaos before the judge slammed his gavel against his desk and commanded, “ORDER! Order in my court. Bailiff!”
“She spoke!” someone sitting behind Early shrieked.
The man sitting next to Early grabbed her arm. “My God,” he whispered. “Early? Can you hear me?”
“What’s going on? Where am I?” Early cried. “Who are you? Where am I?”
Early jerked her arm and backed as far away as she could. The bailiff hurried toward them. Early’s fear was growing faster than her mind could comprehend.
“What’s happening?” she screamed. “My God,” the stranger repeated.
“Order... I demand order!” the judge yelled as the other voices continued to get louder.
The people behind her were moving about and talking out of sync with each other. The confusion and disorder was growing as every second passed. The judge sat stunned, trying to compose himself and bring calm to the chaos. The woman, the defendant, who had been silent for the last several months was suddenly talking. The crazy, evil and comatose woman who slashed her children into tiny unrecognizable pieces while they slept, and who stabbed her husband over a hundred times, was suddenly awake and speaking. Early grabbed her ears and screamed for her husband to help her.
“Alex… Alex, where are you?”
About the Author:
Lynn Yvonne Moon is the author of the successful Agency Series, which deals with the implications of unlimited government power and money. She has worked for state and federal government since the 1990’s and uses her extensive personal experiences to captivate her audience with realistic stories of political corruption and black Government espionage.
Her first novel, When Souls Collide, introduces the reader to the ultimate power of The Agency. The second novel, What Rings True, awakens The Agency to the ramifications of never-ending political power. Dysfunctional Bloodline traces the steps of a family serial killer out for revenge. Lynn graduated from Troy State University where she earned a Masters Degree in Government. She currently works for the Commonwealth of Virginia and resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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