The 4th Action Drama Book In The Series From Actor Eriq La Salle Laws Of Solomon

0:00It really is like going to Hulu or Netflix and you're trying to pick out which podcast you want to listen to. Well, what's the subject? Is it all level sports? Is it play by play action? Is it something our parents would say the daily mess beyond the calling foodie paradise? There's so much to choose from on arrow dot net and you're invited to explore a R R O E dot net. Eric, I'm so proud of you for doing this because you know, to be the actor that you are and then to put it in writing form, this gives us an opportunity to get even up close and more personal to your creativity and the energy that you have always brought forward. This is an amazing work of words. I love it. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I'm really proud of this. I've been writing for the last 14 years. This is the fourth book in the series and it's a slight departure. It's a standalone. So even as book four, you can just jump in and read this. You don't have to know anything about the series and the franchise.

1:01But what's happening is that everyone that's reading this, they're saying they want to go back. If they haven't read the series, they're going back to read that fans of the series. I have read all three books and we're waiting yes, until yesterday for the book to be released. So it's pretty cool. But yes, this is a special one for me. I love this book. Well, you can feel it in the writing. There's so many things that Solomon does inside this story that are so every day that it's almost like that. I mean, anybody who doesn't journal or keeps some sort of diary, it's almost like I wish that they would do that so they can have the book of themselves because we all have our own personal laws and we all have our personal walks in life. And that's what I love about this is that we could slip in our own selfie inside this picture. Let me go get some AI technology and put my picture in Solomon's place. Well, I mean, he's such a unique character. Yes. He survived a past that none of us can have, you know, none of us can truly fathom. I mean, such a horrific childhood in passing the tragedy that he's endured.

2:05And yet he's still standing. He's done what he's had to do to survive it. So, you know, just to live from that lens and of course, it's led him to be this ruthless pinchman assassin. And then all of that is challenged when he encounters a little boy in danger. And I mean, we see this hardened guy. And it's similar. It's totally the book is similar to Man on Fire, the Washington film. But it ultimately becomes a journey of redemption. It becomes a love story. It's a coming of age story. It's a spiritual quest. It's a lot of thing. And the thing that I'm one of the things I'm really, really proud of with this book is, you know, people are really, really responding to how emotional the book is. And they're saying, like, I can't believe I cried so much this book had a choke. And so, because you don't normally associate that with thrillers.

3:09And so you don't normally think of, you know, you want to, you know, read this thing and end up boo-hooing. But I think it's, it's, it's helped to elevate the genre of thrillers because it, there is such an emotional connection. I'm really, really proud of that aspect. Don't you think, though, that one of the main reasons why we are feeling the emotion on this side is because I, because I am a poet, I understand language. And Mark Twain is my hero in life when it comes to the language of the words we put on a page. There's something poetic going on here. And I feel it. And it keeps me drawn in. It's almost like you're writing my next movie soundtrack. No. Well, you know, I love language. And I think language is very powerful. And I think the tone of it. And so I wanted to write a book that's very lyrical with, you know, heavy prose that saw violence and the brutality because the truth of this story and Solomon's truth is brutal and is violent.

4:09And so to counter that, I wanted to make it difficult for people to turn away because they're so caught up into the lyricism of the words and the storytelling and is painting these vivid images. But at the same time, you're describing sometimes very emotionally difficult moments in the book and violence and brutality and how ugly and hard and cruel man can be. But then you're, but it's also like reading a poem in a way. Yeah. Yeah. Now it's one of New York Times best on authors' toe said, Rachel Haussel-Hall said, this story is a poem hiding out as a novel. It is. And that was intentional. And I love language. And so this speaks to people that love language. It's also people describe the book as a literary thriller, you know, that it goes, it's not just

5:11a cat in mouth chase, it's not just your regular bad guy versus good guys, you know, good guy versus bad guys. It's there's more to it and it's more soulful and that was definitely always the design. Please do not move. There's more with Eric Lasal coming up next. The name of his brand new book, Laws of Solomon, we are back with actor and author, Eric Lasal. Well, Kudos and compliments to you that they're comparing this to a Karen slaughter book. And I'll tell you what I have been with Karen many, many, many, many, many times. So I know exactly what they're talking about. Oh, well, thank you. Yeah. I have Karen is the queen of the genre. And so, you know, I'm obviously carving out my own, my own section and my own style. You are. But when you're compared to the greats, yeah, it's definitely what you want.

6:12It's definitely a compliment and I love it as such. Well, a compliment to you and I know that we've got limited time here is the way that Solomon carries the darkness because we are in that position where we're a lot of us are carrying darkness and you have someone like Solomon and we say that, oh, if he can do it, I can do it. So it's almost like you as that writer have given us an identity that we can attach our lives to and we can grow from it. So I mean, come on, Solomon's a big, big name in those biblical days. I think Solomon's a big name inside this book as well, sir. Absolutely. And that's the point that I definitely want, you know, I'm going to your fans to, you know, get into it. And I'm coming to Charlotte Friday. I'm actually, yeah. So I'm going to be at the Johnson C Smith College University. Oh my God. And it's open to the public. I believe it starts around 130, 1 o'clock, 130. So you know, I love meeting fans. So yeah, if you guys are, if they're around, come on out. We're going to be talking about the book and it's a great way for me to meet, you know, fans

7:17and readers. Oh my God, especially right there on Johnson C Smith University, I hope to God, they bring the band down and let you see what kind of funk we've got in our trunk, man, because we love our Johnson C Smith band. I'm telling you, we bring it to town in this city. I'm excited. I'm in New York now, but I'm getting ready to fly this Houston tomorrow and then tonight and then I, I, they're first thing in the morning on Friday. And so yeah, so I'm definitely looking forward to it. So like I said, hopefully people come out and, uh, uh, and support it and, uh, be a part of it. Wow. Well, please come back to this show any time in the future. Eric, the door is always going to be open for you. You are doing something that is so unique and so catchy right now that I, I swear that every genre is going to love you. Oh, thanks a lot. I appreciate it. It was such a pleasure. Thank you. You be brilliant today, okay? All right. I will, that I will do. So thank you. Thank you.