Since I bothered to put a News and Views section on my website I thought I might as well mention a couple of news items. The first is that I finished the third book in The Gathering series and am in the final editing stages before I submit it to my publisher. The tenative title is The Devastation: America Crumbles. Fans of the series should be happy to know that I think this is my best work so far.
My other big announcement is that Battlementals: The Quest for the Harmonicon is scheduled for release January 21st, 2017. This is my first effort at writing middle-grade and according to my critique group I have found my true calling as an author. I'm already working on the second book in the series and have the basic plot in mind for the third.
What's it all about? Here's the back cover blurb to intice you to check it out when it is released in January.
Chase Freeman is a boy with a heart for adventure stuck living in dull Drifter Flats. The only exciting thing that ever happens in his small town is Eclipse Day and even that isn’t enough for Chase—until he sees the strange ball of light streaking across the sky. Enlisting his best friend Jordan, her little brother Luke, and Harlan the smartest boy in school, they follow the light to an American Indian medicine circle. Drawn into the middle of it, the four friends are suddenly teleported to the Battlementals dimension along with the school bully Brendan and his friend Lena.
Once there, they find an elemental people desperate for them to accept the grand quest to save the universe. A deadly alliance has pulled it out of balance and, soon, everything will vanish altogether. Friends and enemies will have to find a way to work together to assemble the Harmonicon, defeat the Salt Giant, and find their own undiscovered abilities that will help them complete their quest. But when dark secrets are put in the wrong hands, their mission unravels and time is quickly running out. As the universe systematically starts to disappear, Chase and his friends race to put all the elements they’ve gathered together, but will it be too late to save it?
My other big announcement is that Battlementals: The Quest for the Harmonicon is scheduled for release January 21st, 2017. This is my first effort at writing middle-grade and according to my critique group I have found my true calling as an author. I'm already working on the second book in the series and have the basic plot in mind for the third.
What's it all about? Here's the back cover blurb to intice you to check it out when it is released in January.
Chase Freeman is a boy with a heart for adventure stuck living in dull Drifter Flats. The only exciting thing that ever happens in his small town is Eclipse Day and even that isn’t enough for Chase—until he sees the strange ball of light streaking across the sky. Enlisting his best friend Jordan, her little brother Luke, and Harlan the smartest boy in school, they follow the light to an American Indian medicine circle. Drawn into the middle of it, the four friends are suddenly teleported to the Battlementals dimension along with the school bully Brendan and his friend Lena.
Once there, they find an elemental people desperate for them to accept the grand quest to save the universe. A deadly alliance has pulled it out of balance and, soon, everything will vanish altogether. Friends and enemies will have to find a way to work together to assemble the Harmonicon, defeat the Salt Giant, and find their own undiscovered abilities that will help them complete their quest. But when dark secrets are put in the wrong hands, their mission unravels and time is quickly running out. As the universe systematically starts to disappear, Chase and his friends race to put all the elements they’ve gathered together, but will it be too late to save it?
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