The Circle of Law:

The Ancients of Drandsil Book One

(young adult fantasy)

Pride Leads to Ignorance, Humility to Knowledge

Integrity is Power

Unity is Strength

Serving Others Serves Self; Serving Self Serves No One Else

Listen

Understanding and Anger Cannot Live Together

Truth is Recognized, Not Created

Empowerment is Not Entitlement

Marki considered these ideas as she reviewed the events of the last two days.  Her parents had died in the drought.  She had been thrown down a well by an angry mob.  Buyu birds, great hairless cats and a black shining serpent had all attacked her and her companions.  And things were only going to get more dangerous as the Ancients gathered to save Cadeven from the tyranny of the Realm.

 

With a deep breath, Marki pulled on her Mantle, accepting the Circle of Law—and her role as the Governor of Death.

 

Parables & Ponderings

(Nonfiction Christian)

This is a re-working of a previously published short book called The Parable Project.  It contains about thirty spiritual thoughts taken from everyday items and incidents.

 

God is talking to us every day through the things around us. From nature to housekeeping, from traffic to sports–there are lessons in these things that He wants us to learn about life. With short, humorous, and very down-to-earth stories, this book simultaneously challenges and uplifts any soul seeking to be a better person and a better disciple of Jesus Christ.

Great for devotionals or daily meditations.

 

“I like that it is entertaining and accessible to both kids and adults (good for story time).”–a reader on Twitter

 

Coming soon…

New Gifts, sequel to The Circle of Law, due 2013.  It continues the story of the Ancients ten years after the fall of the Realm.  Voberen must find two new Ancients without even knowing their Gifts.