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First Responder
A Teaser
Between Malibu Creek and Topanga State Park lies a lonely stretch of highway the locals call “Mulholland Dieway.”
Here, red lights reflect off twisted steel, and sirens scream for the living. For years, Karen, an EMT hardened by experience, believed this road was cursed. Tonight, she’ll find out why.
In the shadows nearby, something older than mercy waits.
It moves through time unnoticed, wearing human faces, answering cries for help long before the sirens arrive. It saves lives—sometimes. Other nights, it simply feeds.
What looks like compassion is ritual. What feels like rescue is hunger wearing a mask.
Additional Info
First Responder marks the beginning of a dark trilogy exploring guilt, secrecy, and survival beneath the flashing lights of false salvation.
Dr. Stevens, a nocturnal psychologist who preys on the dying, walks the line between healer and monster—feeding to survive, hiding to endure.
Each book deepens the mythology: where faith, blood, and control blur into obsession.
Fun Facts
The concept of First Responder struck during a California camping trip—where an unexpected siren in the night sparked the idea of a rescuer who arrives first for all the wrong reasons.
Every major location in the novel—Mulholland Drive, the mountain diners, the old fire station—was inspired by real places visited along the trip.
Random Excerpts
One — The Whambulance
Karen’s firehouse hums like a machine—steel, sweat, and sleeplessness. The ambulance is always running, ready to move at the next call. The quiet moments between alarms are worse; that’s when the nightmares breathe.
When she slips into the restroom to escape the noise, it isn’t silence that finds her—it’s Lisa, her partner, moving closer than friendship should allow. One moment of hesitation turns violent, and by the time Karen fights back, she realizes survival is already personal.
Two — The Diner
Dr. Stevens sits beneath the hum of round globe lights at a late-night Waffle House, surrounded by the scent of coffee, sugar, and blood.
Every sound, every movement, every heartbeat is data to him. He’s not here to eat; he’s here to hunt.
When Linda, a young waitress with a bandaged wrist, passes by, he smells burnt skin and fresh blood beneath the perfume. It’s enough to awaken the hunger he pretends to control. He smiles. She smiles back. The game begins.
Three — The Trap
Karen’s team plans their ambush—a fiery wreck on Mulholland meant to draw the vampire out. But when Amalie and Chretien appear, it’s clear the trap has layers. Hunters become prey. Every side has its secret motive, and Karen’s role as the bait becomes more dangerous than she realizes.
Four — The Fight
In a locked restroom, violence and survival blur into one.
Karen’s instincts return in full—blood, breath, and brutality. Every strike is fear leaving the body. Every bruise is proof she’s still alive.
When it ends, neither woman is the same. And above them both, the city hums, unaware that two monsters have just met under the fluorescent lights of mercy.
Some Reviews
“The story line is really intriguing; I just love it.”
— Jay S.
“As an EMT I am a holder of hands, a consoler of families, a patient advocate, a fixer of the broken.
We work long tireless shifts, having no personal life—and it’s all worth it.
‘No greater love has he…’”
— Karen T.
“Karen’s journey is filled with suspense that immediately captivated me and pulled me in from the first pages.”
— Fran S.
Published: February 21, 2017