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Battle Under the Many Colored Moons
“Death starts with the mind and then works its will on the body.” – sorceress Dhov’nh
Earth teenager, Julian, is transported to the turbulent fantasy world, Edrym, where a bloody war between Good and Evil rages. He will face lava giants, banshees, liches and more, including the seven-foot draugr, Zhokul.
Julian must rely on skateboarding and gaming skills, new powers he acquires in Edrym, and what is in his heart, in order to face fate, understand the true ties of friendship, and triumph over love and death.
View BookAiyanna Time Witch
In 1980, graduate student, Jack, finds mysterious, seductive Aiyanna wandering on a deserted Florida Key. She has no memory of who she is and where she came from. She doesn’t know the meaning of the magical tattoos morphing and roaming across her body.
In order to uncover the answers, she and Jack turn to time travel using Aiyanna’s mysterious Psy abilities… However, they learn of a more urgent, looming disaster — the asteroid, Jupiter’s Hammer, will have a cataclysmic collision with Earth in the year 2047. Their goal: prevent the annihilation of the planet. Can they succeed?
View BookMy Heart is Full
The power of words can touch the deepest regions of the heart; The magic of rhythm can unleash a torrent of raw emotions. My Heart is Full employs a wide range of forms. The collection loosely follows a transition from death, through confusion, the beginning of love, being in love, and the end of love.
View BookThe world seems clear and detailed, doesn’t it?
The Crack in the Wall
My friend Andre says the inside of an Oreo cookie wouldn’t be half as good if you didn’t have to pull the cookie apart. He says the indulgence and sense of decadence makes all the difference, with a little bit of mischievous thrill thrown in for doing what you are not supposed to do.
Awesome cover! Aiyanna is exactly as pictured here and on the back covers, and she is one amazing, sexy, and kick-ass character.
She starts with a blank slate when Jack finds her, and initially has a difficult time understanding her emotions. She grows before our eyes in the novel. She has the ability to see an object, or hear a word, then instantly know about it. Some character traits are part of her from the beginning (poise, confidence (sometimes to the point of arrogance), intelligence) and then grows as the journey progresses (idealistic, dauntless, compassionate, tenacious). Jack is also a very well-developed character: intelligent (somewhat of a nerd), analytical, secure in his knowledge but insecure in relationships, imaginative, cautious at times, wry sense of humor, and totally smitten with Aiyanna.
The novel has an intricate plot, including an entirely separate time-line. Separate chapters are used to create the year 2166/2167 in a world where Jupiter’s Hammer has already hit causing an extinction event where 11 billion of the 12 billion people have died. The focus is on a group from what is called the Crypt, a secret government organization whose goal is to develop time travel to avert the asteroid’s collision. Ed Wickstroem and the characters of the Crypt grow ever more entangled with Aiyanna and Jack’s timeline. I enjoyed “watching” this interrelationship develop. The novel has a good pace, aided by the first person present tense point of view in the Jack and Aiyanna chapters with lots of dialogue. The second half of the book’s pace grows to where it is very hard to put down. With several overlapping major and minor themes (including the love story), Aiyanna, Time Witch is a journey worth joining. I love the ending (but won’t spoil it for you).
Richard Stephen Kram
Richard Stephen Kram loves white pizza, table-top games, the movie Blade Runner (Casablanca is a close second) and walks around barefoot. He worries about extinction from a random gamma ray burst, the decline of classic rock and roll, and invading minions. Most skies (especially stormy ones) and monster waves are among things he considers most beautiful. He lives in Las Vegas with far too many nostalgic knick-knacks, where he gave up playing poker to write science fiction, fantasy, and poetry.
