Writers that inspired different elements of my writing:
Fantasy/Supernatural/
Worldbuilding: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Frank Peretti, Ursula Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, Jorge Borges
Sci Fi/Space Opera: Philip K. Dick, Shinichiro Watanabe, Isaac Asimov, Michael Stackpole, Ursula Le Guin
Action: Michael Stackpole, Michael Crichton
Adventure: C.S. Forester, Robert Lewis Stevenson
Suspense/Continuity: Roger Zelazny, Ramond Feist
Truth, Trial, and Overcoming: God, as He writes the story of my life.
. . . Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. -C. S. Lewis
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My most recent project, Banner, is a near-future, space-opera scifi novel. It's my best fiction work so far, and has some of my best artwork on the cover and inside.
Most of my books are from the Lower Knight sagas. September of 2001 I started writing novels based in the world of Atanoah. They follow people called Lower Knights, who wear a living armor and deal with powerful enemies, in addition to the typical frustrations of life. I've written 10 books based in that world. Only one is available here right now (the others need too much revision at the moment).
Also! My Iraq War based novella Blade of Isaac is at the bottom of the page.
It's a contemporary and real-world military drama. It follows a character Elijah Ali as he serves in Iraq for the US Army.
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BannerBanner (book)
Print: $9.99 Download: FREE On an early summer evening, a new star appears out of nowhere. It’s only six light-years away; a puddle-jump.
And it has its own planet.
Dr. Kau JianYu, an engineer from China, discovers that a priceless material covers the planet surface. World governments race to obtain it.
Some rely on science. A new, enigmatic system, nicknamed Loaded Dice technology, promises to give the ability to form wormholes between Earth and the planet.
Others rely on kidnapping and slavery. A vessel designed to answer how the star evaded detection is secretly reconfigured to carry laborers and mining equipment.
All rely on lies and misdirection.
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Print: $12.04 Download: FREE Kwon has had a lot of trouble trying to find a place he can call home. In the past year he’s gained good friends by joining the small but skillful band of Lower Knights led by
Captain Belandar. Unfortunately, some old habits die hard.
In Fragile Darkness, Kwon leaves the group to travel with a bounty hunter he hardly knows: his way of trying to find perspective on things. Problems left unresolved don’t take the month off, though. Before long, they catch up with him (as well as new problems and new enemies) and catch up in full force. People he cares about are put at risk. Only letting go of the past and learning real trust will get him out of this mess.
Fragile Darkness is part three of a series of stories following Kwon and his friends, called the Knights of Belandar Saga. While this is a conclusion to that part of the Lower Knight episodes, it can be read on its own as a complete story.
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Print: $5.50 Download: FREE Not every American Solider in Iraq is out in the bullets, blood, and guts. The greatest battle for Specialist Elijah Ali is against boredom and complacency. But even working at the ever-quiet Checkpoint Seven, he's a good enough solider to remember that this could change in an instant.
Blade of Isaac is part one of what may become many stories following the adventures of Elijah Hassan Ali. These are my first longer fictional works that are real-world, contemporary. I plan to write at least one more story taking place after this one, to be titled Lucid. I also may lengthen Blade of Isaac into a full-length novel someday.
This story is fictional, but much of what happens is closely based on my own experiences when I served in Iraq for OIF III & IV (2005-2006).
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