Thriller author Ron Echols chats with me about his new supernatural thriller, The Last Adam.
Bio:
Ron Echols is an award-winning writer, longtime executive, and first-time novelist who clearly decided he didn’t have enough going on. By day, he’s an HR executive leading global organizations through transformation, conflict, and human behavior at scale. By night, he writes stories about angels, prophecy, self-help and the unsettling possibility that the end of the world might start in modern-day America.
With a background in leadership, psychology, spiritual studies, and a lifelong love of thrillers, Ron brings a grounded, contemporary voice to supernatural fiction. The Last Adam is his debut novel and the first in a planned series that explores faith, power, and what happens when ancient forces of good and evil collide with modern life.
Welcome, Ron. Please tell us about your current release.
The Last Adam is a modern-day supernatural thriller that asks the intriguing question: What if the most important figure in human history was born today? What would be different? What would remain the same?
Set in contemporary America, the story follows an ordinary young couple drawn into an extraordinary event involving prophecy, spiritual warfare, and forces that would very much prefer things stay exactly as they are. It’s fast-paced, grounded in real life, and designed to keep readers turning pages while quietly unsettling their assumptions.
What inspired you to write this book?
Honestly? Curiosity and frustration.
Curiosity about what faith, doubt, and belief actually look like in a world driven by algorithms, outrage, and social media. And frustration with the idea that spiritual stories have to feel distant, dusty, or overly sanitized. I wanted to tell a story that felt real. Where miracles and faith is costly, Hope endures, and divine supernatural encounters don’t come with classical background music.
What exciting project are you working on next?
The sequel to The Last Adam, because once you open this particular door, you don’t get to politelyclose it again until the story is told. I’m also developing additional standalone concepts in the samesupernatural-thriller space, where supernatural powers and human nature collide in unique anduncomfortable ways.
Also, I’m currently developing a new book project which is a self-help guide that explores the uncomfortable but transformative process of radical accountability. While many books focus on healing from external wounds, this project challenges my readers to confront the villain in their own story, the past versions of themselves whose decisions created the obstacles they face today.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
Much later than I should have. I wrote constantly when I was younger, then spent years convincing myself I was “too busy” to do it seriously. Somewhere along the way, I realized I was still telling stories, just in boardrooms instead of books. Eventually, I stopped pretending that didn’t count and started writing fiction with intent.
Do you write full-time? If so, what’s your workday like? If not, what do you do other than write and how do you find time to write?
I don’t write full-time. I’m a senior executive by day, which means my writing schedule is built around early mornings, late nights, and the quiet moments everyone else lets pass.
I’ve learned that waiting for “free time” is a great way to never write a book. So I write when I can and I protect that time fiercely.
What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I talk to my characters. Out loud. Usually while pacing. It’s only awkward if someone walks in.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
FBI agent, an action movie star, then a fighter pilot. Then something sensible. Eventually, I circled back to writer, just with a few plot twists in between.
Anything additional you want to share with the readers?
If you like page-turning suspense with angels, demons, prophecy, and the uncomfortable sense that this could all go very wrong… then this book is for you.”
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