Anthony Scaramucci

You still have almost like an attraction to them.

I mean, I feel like Nash loves and hates her at the same time, right?

And this happens in our lives all the time, right?

So talk about that emotion if you don't mind.

And what is it about human beings where we're sort of allured by that?

See, this is such a good segue for my next question because of what you're saying about our society today.

I find that when I'm reading your books, I'm getting a emotional kick.

I'm getting a little bit of adrenaline, but I'm also getting a lesson in psychology.

There's something going on in your books where you're explaining to me something about myself that I don't often examine.

Is that intentional, sir?

And if it is intentional, do you take a theme like that through each of your books and say, okay, I'm going to tell this story.

But when you're done, you're going to say, whoa, there's something here about you in this story.

I'm with you.

And I'm going to mention some of these people that I've met when I'm not doom scrolling, okay?

Amos Decker.

Yeah.

Allelosius, I think I'm pronouncing it right, but I mean, that is one Southern name about the Allelosius archer.

Okay.

Uh, and others of course, but what makes Nash, what makes Walter Nash different?

What's the specific emotional or thematic territory that you're exploring here where you didn't explore with others?