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Imagination run wild
“Never listen to someone who says their god can fix a war – it’s just as likely that war was started by the same faith.”
from The Sol Katim
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Separate Circle Part One:
The Sol Katim
While kingdoms across Vanar ravage the continent with wars of trivial mortality, a forgotten war over the very fate of the world is being lost…
What’s in store for the future?
With Separate Circle Part One: The Sol Katim ready to go out to the world, I’m excited to continue work on part two (of what I expect to be a four-part series). Creating and writing the world of Separate Circle has been a somewhat all-consuming creative focus of mine for the last two decades. But as soon as I decided to invest in me and my writing beyond a side passion project (read more of that journey here), the scope of my vision went from maybe finishing Separate Circle, to not only seeing it through but also undertaking other creations of imagination.
From fantasy to sci-fi, time travel to post-apocalyptic monster hunting, I love writing stories of characters in broken worlds that try to make sense of it, or a difference in it. I think of my writing, and the perspective told through it, as the result of one raised on the virtue-based imaginative works of Tolkien, Lewis, Mr. Rogers, and Gene Roddenberry. That fantastical optimism, though, would be later met and molded by the subjective morality of a combative world and my own evolving views of life and faith. This personal journey over the years developed in me a heart that believes still in the goodness of the human spirit, and the ability to improve, but sees also too much of the opposite to gloss over.
All that to say, I love to build worlds rich in varied histories and cultures, write characters with personal arcs that propel action driven plots, and challenge assumptions of right and wrong while exploring philosophies of higher truths in a violent world. I hope that you enjoy!
Special Note from the Author
To you, the reader
Thank you so much for your interest and making it this far through my humble site. Whether if you are a reader who’s just finished The Sol Katim, someone investigating a referral, or if you know me personally and are here to support, I can’t thank you enough for your time, interest, and support.
For those of you who have yet to read The Sol Katim, I hope very much that you take the plunge and enjoy. And for those of you have (or soon will), please consider telling a friend and leaving a review. Word of mouth and good reviews are the best chance I have to share my story with more people.
Thank you, again, for your time. And I wish you the very best.
The Sol Katim: Book Blurb
While kingdoms across Vanar ravage the continent with wars of trivial mortality, a forgotten war over the very fate of the world is being lost.
Haitu is a 17-year-old dreamer that abhors violence and mourns the world’s inclination towards it. His older sister, Farreem, and their mother, Sahren, have worked tirelessly to keep both Haitu and his innocence that others call naivety, safe. But Haitu’s life is turned upside down when is home is attacked by a brutal enemy, and a mysterious woman named Akina comes to recruit him for an ancient holy war. Though distrusting of Akina’s dualistic faith and unflinching zeal, Haitu has no choice but to go with her in exchange for the safe escape of his closest loved ones.
As Haitu and his family fight to survive the threat of vicious armies and magic thought long dead, he must contend with the secrets Akina is keeping, the strange power awakening deep inside him, and the prophesied promise of a savior: The Sol Katim.
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