Fire's Ruin Coming Soon!

I am pleased to announce that my first novel, Fire's Ruin, will be published soon! It will become available on KDP in eBook, paperback, and hardback formats soon (I will post here as each format becomes available). Below is a brief description of this upcoming fantasy novel:

Lowly-born Clayde would give anything for his sister, Emia. When a group of nobles kidnaps her with intentions as mysterious as they are dark, he is forced to choose between letting her go or losing his soul to gain the power needed to save her.

Dhakara has lost everything, except for his enthusiasm for life. Amid a horrific accident, he discovers that perhaps he is not as alone as he thought, and neither is the world of Shalidur.

Living in the northern land of Elendor, built on the ruins of an empire that once ruled the world, Dresden has a problem; he is getting married. His whole life has been decided for him, including who he should marry. Yes, Adalia is beautiful, smart, and quite frankly amazing, but for once Dresden wished he could control his destiny. With an attack on his home by invaders, he may just get the chance, if he can overcome his demons.

That attack was but the first salvo in a series of tidal waves that are about to drown the world in blood and terror, begun by a mysterious emperor, rumored to be immortal.

Heroes, each forged in their fire of affliction, are not born or chosen, but rather set their path through their choices. But fire can also consume and destroy. Will the fires ruin, or will they reforge the broken pieces of a divided world?

A little bit about how Fire's Ruin came about: I began it ten years ago. I was starting college and had just been introduced to the works of Brandon Sanderson by my brother-in-law. I was captivated by Brandon's unique approach to fantasy fiction, and I wanted to create something of my own that I could love to read as much as I did his novels. 

Since then I have received three degrees, met and married the love of my life, started a career, and had five beautiful children. Through all this time, Fire's Ruin stuck around, its characters occasionally peaking outside the closets of my mind that I had banished them to as life became crazy. They and their stories would not leave me alone, demanding that I share them. The rough draft took three years to complete, and then it went through seven years of revisions, beta-readings, more revisions, more beta-readings, etc.

Now it is finally taking physical form. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have and that the characters and their stories pester and haunt you as pleasantly as they have me!

P.S. Here is a teaser picture of the cover!