Lost Gods
Drew Beatty places his first novel on our site — Lost Gods. It’s the last one of 2008!
Kweku Anansi is just another member of the African diaspora, trying to make a place for himself in his adopted home of Toronto, Canada. He dreams of better days, of a time when he could be stop running small time cons just to make the rent. He dreams of the life he used to live, centuries ago when he was revered as a god.
A chance encounter with a fellow con man with a dark and secretive past of his own, plunges them both into the dark world of the lost gods, gods who would do anything to be worshipped again. Including destroying the world, if necessary.
How far will Anansi go to reclaim his godhood? What will he give up to have true power again? The answers can be found in “Lost Gods”, a new weekly podcast novel from author Drew Beatty.
That whole “weekly” thing is really up to you. If you want it when Drew puts out an episode once a week, then you’ll be OK with the default feed. But if you get a custom feed, you pick how often you get new episodes. Great for folks who come late to the party!
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Actually, Lost Gods is Drew’s second podcast novel on podiobooks.com. The first was White Trash Land.
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Yes, but Sean put that one up. This is the first one that DREW has put up on the site.
February 25th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Very creative, fresh. Interesting innovative and compelling characters. I look forward to each new release. Keep it up!
February 25th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Thanks for the comment Barry! I am glad you are enjoying the book so far!
February 27th, 2009 at 8:31 am
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February 27th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
This is a great story! IBarry said it all so I will just thank you for writing a great story. And yes, I will not forget to look up the other book (White Trash Land ) or to make a donation to you.
Do you have any other books or short stories in print/AudioPod?
Please keep them coming.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Hey John,
Sorry for the lateness of my reply! I was sure that I had responded already.
So, you can also listen to my 1st novel White Trash Land here at Podiobooks.com, and I have a short story on http://www.horroraddicts.net. If you check out my main blog at http://www.drewbeatty.com, I usually update it with stories and things of that nature.
Thanks for listening!
Drew
May 6th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I gotta say… I really enjoyed this one… Original, interesting, all around entertaining. Keep it up…
May 16th, 2009 at 8:30 am
This is a really fun, funny, great book! Everyone should listen!
May 16th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Thanks so much for the comments, Synaptic Jam and Dariclone (are those your real names?). I am glad and gratified to hear you enjoyed the book. It was great fun to do!
I hope to be back by the end of 2009 or early 2010 with another, so stay tuned!
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
I love it when mythology finds its way to the mundane world. My heartfelt thanks for a good listen. I recall I had minor nitpickery over some of the science, but then, I usually have.
June 28th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Read my review of Lost Gods here:
http://podagogue.blogspot.com/2009/06/podcast-novel-review-lost-gods-by-drew.html
“Lost Gods is equal parts dark supernatural thriller, grifter tale, and black comedy. The final chapters wind up towards some of the best twists I have come across in storytelling for a long time, particularly in podcast novels. For sheer “I-never-saw-that-coming” value, this is a winner.”
Follow the link to read the full review.
July 5th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Hey Juuro,
Glad you enjoyed it – the science I bent to suit the needs of the story. I gave up writing science fiction because I found keeping on the straight and narrow too hard!
Thanks again rabarts for the kind words.
Drew
August 25th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Hi Drew, I loved Lost Gods from start to very creative and unexpected finish. You have quite a cast of unfamiliar characters, but they were all so well written that I had no trouble keeping them all sorted out. Good luck with publishing and thanks for presenting your work in this format.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Hey Jane,
I’m very glad to hear you liked the story, and the finish. I hope you will tune in to my next book, whenever I get that finished!
Drew
January 30th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Lost Gods By Drew Beatty
I had no idea what to expect when I started listening to Drew’s book. I knew it was about ancient gods, and was very surprised with the imaginative way he saw this story.
He incorporated ancient gods into the modern world with ease and believability. I was impressed with his knowledge the ease he passed the information to his audience. I wasn’t bored for one minute.
Drew’s sense of timing and humor had me amazed and smiling all through this story. I like it and recommend it for any who want a good tale to pass the time.
December 11th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I might be a tad on the late side, but… Even though I haven’t listened to the book, the summary reminds me a lot of Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods”. Do the similarities end there or was it an active inspiration for the author? If it’s an original story, I might give it a shot. Thanks for your reply!
April 7th, 2011 at 10:37 am
What a great book, but where’s the sequel? It’s been a couple years bud, get back on the horse! You’ve developed Ananse into a great character and your version of him should have more than one tale. Anyway, great job on both the writing and the acting-character voice work. I think this podiobook is way overdue for a couple of awards, just to bring more attention to it. Anybody reading this should be giving this book a shot.
March 10th, 2013 at 8:05 pm
Great story! Was nice listening to everyday life from the point of view of old gods. Also nice that even though these were ‘trickster’ gods, they still had a conscience and didn’t use their abilities to needlessly harm us poor humans. One question though: Where was Kokopelli?