What is your main purpose in life?
Same as everyone else: to accomplish my goals. Which in so many words is to reshape this unfortunate earth of yours into something more pleasing, more…orderly. I’ve had chances in the past to accomplish this, and have always been thwarted, but this time…this time I am going to win. It doesn’t have to be frightening, my rule. I only ask obedience and I can provide paradise. What I offer will make it impossible to refuse me.
Who is your greatest enemy and why?
A foolish young man named Nathan Grier, but I prefer to think of as us potential compatriots. Nathan may be the one person who can best me, but not when he understands the sacrifices he might need to make in order to win. He will choose me, and in the end we will usher in a new world together. The irony of my situation is that the very thing I once loathed—humanity—is where I find my greatest asset. I need a human body to come into my full power again on earth, and Nathan is that vessel. I will offer him everything he ever wanted and he will cease to be against me.
Do you have a love interest?
Once…a long time ago. I thought I’d discovered a human worth loving, but it was a ruse. She was another fae like myself, betrothed to my brother, and our affair clearly meant nothing in the end. So I shall take her kingdom from her, and rule both earth and the Veil without the need for companionship other than what Nathan brings with him. I certainly would not deny him his incubus, even when we are one. If that is still love for Nathan, then so be it.
What is your weapon of choice?
Who needs weapons when you have power? I am sidhe, the most powerful of my kind. I can weave illusions, traverse vast distances by channeling the Veil, lay waste to cities, and turn fae and humans to my power. The only weapon I need is me.
Do you have a code of honor?
I wouldn’t call it honor. There are rules even I cannot break. But I suppose…if I am truly bested and undone, while my temper may rage, in the end I would admit defeat and offer whatever boon I felt deserving before making my exit.
What do you think is your greatest strength?
Intuition. I know what rules men, all men, and especially Nathan Grier. And when you understand your enemy, they can never rule you; you rule them.
What do you think is your greatest weakness?
I’ve been told it’s my pride. Perhaps my inability to believe I have any weaknesses proves that this is true.
What do you think is your enemy’s greatest strength?
His stubbornness, for certain, which is why he so intrigues me. We are much alike in the end.
What do you think is your enemy’s greatest weakness?
His love for his friends, his family, and his incubus. Love will be his downfall because he will do anything to protect those with him, even dance with the Devil despite all it will cost him.
Title: Sidhe (The Incubus Saga – Book Three)
Author: Amanda Meuwissen
Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Gay Romance
Nathan Grier returns from the Veil a changed man. The consequences of his time with Malak, the dark sidhe king, and the deal made to free him may be more than he can bear. The weakening of the Veil and new enemies foretell of a greater battle still ahead. With Nathan’s brother Jim now an Awakened changeling, and Nathan’s role in Malak’s plans finally revealed, Nathan’s love for fae hunter and incubus, Sasha Kelly, may not be enough to save him after all.
Excerpt:
“Your scope is so small, Nathan.” Malak shook her head in disappointment, a hand snaking down Nathan’s chest. “You think you know something of the bigger picture, but you always count yourself out, or give yourself such a small role to play. Jim is merely an important aspect to the grand scheme. Don’t you understand yet? You’re the prize, not a consolation.”
The pressure increased, making Nathan’s breaths come short and gasping as he grew less and less able to struggle. “What are you talking about? Jim…he’s the one with the powers. He’s the changeling.”
“Ah, yes, the chosen changeling to bring down the Veil,” Malak said mockingly, chuckling to herself. “I couldn’t be certain when the right children would be born, you see, I only knew that one of them would be a changeling. Why do you think we take every changeling into the Veil, Nathan? I had to be certain when I found my prize. But the key to knowing Jim was the one…was you. When I found you, when you made that deal to bring your brother home, you stood out like a beacon and I knew it was finally time.”
A shock jolted through Nathan’s body, but it didn’t make sense. Why did he matter? There was nothing special about him.
“There you go again, Nathan, counting yourself so unworthy,” Malak said like a reprimand, as she allowed her straying hand to touch the bare skin on Nathan’s belly where his shirt had hitched up. “It was always going to be you, Nathan. I was waiting for you. It had to be a worthy match, a worthy pair, for everything to fall into place. How fitting for it to be brothers. I couldn’t have planned it more perfectly.”
Nathan didn’t want to hear this, all this preordained, you did everything just like we wanted bullshit. He was in control of his own life. That’s why he left. “But why? What is it about me that is so damn important? Jim—”
“Jim has the powers,” Malak sighed, “yes. As an Awakened changeling, he can control sidhe and humans alike and is immune to most ways either side might try to kill him. The perfect General to be at our right hand. But not a king. To have true power…you have to choose it for yourself.”
The Previous Books in the Series
Incubus (The Incubus Saga – Book 1)
Nathan Grier only ever wanted a normal life, but for him, life, family, and love are anything but normal. On the other side of the Veil, dark and light fae exist outside the knowledge of most humans. Nathan was born human, but his twin brother Jim is a changeling. On the run since they were children, time for both of them is running out. Turning to fae hunter Sasha Kelly for help, Nathan must soon face his growing feelings for the other man while trying to save himself and his brother from a fate worse than death.
Changeling (The Incubus Saga – Book 2)
Nathan Grier’s dark fae bounty looms overhead. As he faces the very real threat of becoming a slave to the bounty’s owner, his brother Jim uses his changeling abilities more and more trying to save him. Every changeling throughout history turns evil once their powers manifest, meaning time may be running out for both of them as Jim nears True Awakening. Fae hunter and incubus, Sasha Kelly, is prophesized to save Nathan, but while Nathan has embraced his feelings for the other man, he fears their time together will be cut short—either from his impending fate…or Jim’s.
Author Bio
Amanda Meuwissen is the author of The Incubus Saga and the novelette The Collector. She also serves as COO and Managing Editor for BigWorldNetwork.com. She oversees editing and series selection, and is featured as a narrator for several BWN audiobooks and series. Amanda lives in Minneapolis, MN, with her husband, John, and their cats, Helga and Sasha (no connection to the incubus of the same name).
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Buy the Books:
Amazon Buy Link Incubus: http://www.amazon.com/Incubus-The-Saga-Volume/dp/0615828604
Amazon Buy Link Changeling: http://www.amazon.com/Changeling-The-Incubus-Saga-Volume/dp/0692227814
Sidhe on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sidhe-Incubus-Saga-Book-3-ebook/dp/B00Y1WDVK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436344666&sr=8-1&keywords=amanda+meuwissen
I realize I left something rather than glaring out of this interview that would better explain why male Malak is on the cover of the book and for the most part heralding the interview, but the excerpt is a scene with Malak’s female persona. For those unfamiliar with the story, Malak is actually a they, with both male and female aspects depending on what they prefer to show themselves as at the time. When male, he goes by he, when female by she.
Thank you so much for the chance to offer a character interview, and not only that, but one of the villain. 🙂 It was a blast! And thanks again for the stop along this blog tour!
Hi, Amanda. Malak sounds like a fascinating character. Thank you for stopping by!