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Imagine a cast of wildly rebellious book characters — tired of plot droughts and existential limbo — uniting and threatening to snuff out the very creative spark that brought them into existence!Character Revolt,the uproarious new meta-fantasy from prolific author Hank Quense,compels readers to ponder a deliciously chaotic question:What happens when fictional characters begin demanding agency of their
own?
Please refer to the press release below for additional information,
and let me know ifyou would like to receive a copy of Character
Revolt forinterview and/or review purposes. Watch the book trailer
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj33xi-hcsU [1].
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fourth-Wall-Shattering Character Revolt UnleashesSelf-Aware Heroes,
Literary Rebellionand Comic Mayhem
NEW YORK,May 14, 2025 — In author Hank Quense’s wildly inventive
meta-fantasyCharacter Revolt, fictional characters have finally
reached theirbreaking point. Furious over bad storylines,
unemployment andabandoned plot arcs, they unionize and launch a
full-scalerebellion against the author who created them.
“I started wondering what my characters might bedoing when I close
the laptop,” Quensequipped. “And in my imagination, I saw them
unionizing, burningmy books and hunting me down for better gigs.”
Across three parallel worlds from Quense’spreviously published
works — Camelot,Zaftan 31B and Gundarland — Character Revolt
unleashes a paradeof football-obsessed knights, tentacled despots,
unemployedadventurers and scheming brigands, all united by one
demand: new storiesand better lives.
As the author races to pacify his unruly cast,court intrigue,
uproariousmisadventures and metaphysical dilemmas ensue. His
characters leadarmed expeditions to track him down, stage lawsuits
for unemploymentcompensation and even threaten his very existence.
Perfect for Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett fanscraving political
jabs, farce andfourth-wall demolition, Character Revolt lampoons the
increasinglyfragile boundary between creator and creation in an age
obsessed with AI,autonomy and algorithmic storytelling. The result is
a riotous rompwhere anything can happen, and everyone has an axe to
grind, sometimesliterally
Reviewers have called Character Revolt “purechaotic brilliance,”
and “a riotoussatire in which the author’s own characters rebel,
unionize and lob insultsagainst him.”
In this cleverly constructed, satirical clashbetween creations and
creator, onequestion remains: If fictional characters can think for
themselves, who’sreally writing the story?
Character Revolt: Characters Behaving Badly
Publisher: Strange Worlds Publishing
ISBN-13: 979-8989116386 (Kindle)
ISBN-13: 979-8989116379 (paperback) Available from
https://www.amazon.com/Character-Revolt-Characters-Behaving-Badly/dp/B0FV83RYK5
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lecturer and author Hank Quense has written more than 25 books,
including manynovels and short stories in the satirical fantasy and
sci-fi genres.Early in his writing career, he was strongly influenced
by two authors:Douglas Adams and his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
and Joseph Heller’sCatch-22. Happily, Quense has never quite
recovered fromthose experiences. He lives in northern New Jersey,a
mere 20 miles from Manhattan, the center ofthe galaxy (according to
those who livethere). He has two daughters and five grandchildren,
all of whom livenearby. Quense and his family enjoy vacationing in
distant parts ofthe galaxy. Occasionally, they also time-travel.
For more information, please visit https://www.hankquenseauthor.org/,
or connect with himon Facebook (authorhankquense), X (hanque99),
Instagram (hquense)and YouTube (@CreatingANovel-n9i).
