Top Paramedic, Wrong Assignment: How Chapter 1 Sets Up the Underdog Arc in Extreme Medical Services
What do readers who love paranormal series with grounded, realistic protagonists want from chapter one? They want to understand exactly who this person is before the world turns upside down. Chapter 1 of Extreme Medical Services delivers a classic setup: the overachieving protagonist who earned everything through sheer effort, only to find that the prize looks nothing like what he expected. Dean Flynn graduated at the top of his paramedic class. He aced his NREMT exam on the first attempt. He dreamed, ever since being a passenger in an ambulance at sixteen while his girlfriend’s life was saved beside him, of doing exactly that work for someone else. He got to pick his first posting — a privilege reserved for the best in the class — and he made a carefully considered choice. And then none of it mattered, because Read more…
What Happens When a Paramedic Treats a Werewolf? — The Prologue of Extreme Medical Services
If you love urban fantasy books where the supernatural world collides with everyday professions, Extreme Medical Services by Jamie Davis opens with exactly the kind of scene that hooks readers for the long haul: a paramedic wrestling a shifting werewolf to administer a glucagon injection. The book’s prologue does not ease you in. Dean Flynn, a freshly minted paramedic on his very first shift, finds himself in a suburban bedroom helping his veteran partner Brynne Garvey pin down a snarling, half-shifted lycanthrope named Bob — who, once stabilized, turns out to be a CPA and a member of the Chamber of Commerce with a poorly managed diabetic condition. Why readers who love the “hidden world” trope are obsessed with this opening The hidden world trope — where a protagonist discovers that monsters, magic, or supernatural beings exist alongside ordinary humans Read more…
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