This is the first draft f the query letter. It will give you an idea of the story. And thank you everyone for input.
Dear ?
According to your agency’s website you are looking for
“projects that explore subcultures or topics that haven’t quite broken into the mainstream.” I believe my book ASIAN FURY addresses that.
ASIAN FURY is the story of Veronica, a twenty-five year old Asian paladin bent on revenge against those who kidnapped her and her sister, Lien, in China when she was twelve and Lien was eight. They were brought to the United States in the hold of a ship carrying dozens of kidnapped children, a dehumanizing and horrific trip. Veronica and Lien were saved by Chang, an older prostitute who took them in and raised them as her own in New York City.
We meet Veronica when she is twenty-five, spying on Henry Woo, a fat middle aged Asian man who shanghaies Asian children, and brings them to the United States to be sold as sex slaves. He’s enjoying himself with a young Asian girl, and Veronica wants to kill him then and there, but she knows the young girl would be killed by Woo’s henchmen. She decides to wait for a better time, as one of her rules of engagement is that no innocents lose their life.
She consults with her mentor, Lee, a drug dealer who Veronica met in the hold of the ship that brought them to the United States. He was also trafficked as a sex slave. He gives Veronica the money to carry on their shared vendetta against human traffickers, and saving children. They call their mission “The Paintbrush”, based on an Asian fairytale.
Lee tells her that Henry Woo is too rich and big to go after at the moment. But there is another villain, The Professor, a drug dealer and human trafficker who has a chain of brothels in New York City where he sells young children to rich old men. But, he is well protected, ruthless and smart, so she will need help.
Veronica saves the children from The Professor’s brothels, but The Professor escapes. Veronica does succeed in bringing down Henry Woo with the help of an NYPD detective, David Chen.
She knows her fight will never end, that she must live a lonely life to hide what she does, but she accepts this as the price to pay to save the children.
ASIAN FURY is set in New York City, and runs about 62,000 words. It is action packed with explicit violence and sex, and geared towards an adult audience.
I’m a produced television writer and screenwriter, a member of the WGA,w, and have several novels on Amazon, with an audio version of two of my novels on
www.newfiction.com, where you can listen to them for free.
Thanks very much for your time. I have included the first two chapters and look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Dennis Manuel