The Gaia Chime

"Two documentarians set out to cover a rising tennis star, but a public murder--a father killed by his own son--televised live across the world changes the direction of the story. Soon, filmmakers Seth and Charlotte find themselves at the center of a whirling wave of inexplicable violence and patricide. A family yacht explodes with all hands lost; a formal dinner party is poisoned by the waitstaff. Seth and Charlotte follow the threads of blood from the haunts of the rich and powerful, to the favelas of the low and forgotten, to the horrors of home-grown genocide. To stop a threat, one must first understand it. There is an ancient myth that relates to the current madness, but can they grasp its meaning in time to stop the Gaia chime?"--Inside jacket flap.

Johnny Worthen grew up in the high desert snows and warm summer winds of the Wasatch Mountains. He graduated with a B.A. in English, minor in Classics and a Master's in American Studies from the University of Utah. After a series of businesses and adventures, including years abroad and running his own bakery, Johnny found himself drawn to the only thing he ever wanted to do -- write. And write he does. Well versed in modern literary criticism and cultural studies, Johnny writes upmarket multi-genre fiction, both traditionally and independently published. “I write what I like to read,” he says. “That guarantees me at least one fan.”
Johnny’s best-selling series, The Books of Coronam, is an epic science fiction series in the vein of Frank Herbert’s DUNE. It is available from Flame Tree Press, with international distribution through Simon and Schuster. Like Johnny’s many other titles it is available wherever better books are sold.
When not writing his own stuff, Johnny edits professionally for a small dark fiction press in Los Angeles and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Utah. He lives in Sandy Utah with his wife, sons and cats. There’s also a lawn.