The Terrors of Wonder

Daniel Strasel

Jul 2018 · Daniel Strasel

About this ebook

"Daniel Strasel’s THE TERRORS OF WONDER is perhaps one of the quirkiest books I’ve encountered in this year’s contest, and certainly one of the most original. A mere summary of the plot (someone is trying to steal a young heiress’s inheritance) doesn’t do justice to the book’s odd structure: it’s made up of narrative, graphs, charts, footnotes, and appendices. All of this helps to lend the book a sense of verisimilitude—we feel as though we’re reading a collection of documents about an actual event. Strasel calls the book a tragicomedy, and it in fact is: there’s a great deal of humor in the book, but it’s about rather a serious topic. Much of the writing is quite good, and the verve of the book comes from its structural oddities. Strasel is to be applauded for the innovation of his work, and the sheer imaginative guts and playfulness with which he’s infused his book."

Judge, 25th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards

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A tragicomedy ∆ rife with symbols, savants, and satire, The Terrors of Wonder reads in the spirit of science fiction.

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One of the world’s most prominent heiresses is about to celebrate her 3rd birthday.  A well-mannered and very precocious child, she is a delight to her parents and their entire household.  

Every year a party of historic proportions is thrown, this year the largest celebration yet.  The party, now as before, is being held in the statistically safest country in the world.  As many gather from around the globe, however, a series of curious crimes slowly begin to disrupt the regular tranquility.

These crimes have been designed to–among other things–rob this girl of her inheritance, placing enough power to rattle the world into eager and willing hands.

Yet, as a consequence of these crimes, someone else begins stalking the girl…someone with an even darker purpose.

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A plateful of truth, leadership, and identity, all seasoned with tragedy; served with a glass of comedy to wash it down.

This 316 page volume includes maps, art, footnotes, appendices, and more.

∆  Tra·gi·com·e·dy

    A style of literature or play that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms.

About the author

 Daniel Strasel (1973-present) 

"If another human being could offer to me a sense of justification 
it would be because they purchased and/or perused my literature. 
To you, I extend my most sincere and humble thanks." 

...if only for the reading this very sentence.

Daniel Strasel, born September 15, 1973, sole progeny 
of an eccentric, yet intelligent nurse named Sue. He
emerged into life a genuine, happy child. Soon thereafter, he grew
into a brooding and self-centered adolescent. A wild, ambitious,
and impressionable young adult was followed by a confused,
frightened, and purposeless man.
Following his tweens he finally found humility, discipline, and
compassion before his overdeveloped sense of self-importance
destroyed him completely. 

The world and its demands notwithstanding, he continues to devote himself to the embellishment and propagation of his literature. 

Learn more on his official Web site: www.Mirroranium.com