My Book~ By Kyle

Hi everyone! Over the past couple of years I have written a book (on paper) during my spare time and in the evenings, used dragon dictate (not necessarily recommended, Yeah its a love/hate relationship :0)) to "translate" it into the computer, went through hours of proofreading it, even dragging my Grandpa into doing several rounds of editing for me, and finally have started looking for a publisher for it. I immensely enjoyed writing it, and I hope maybe some people will also enjoy reading it.

My book is an analogy of the decisions in life that we make and that the Word of God is the only thing that can guide us in the way we should go. It is also an analogy of Christ's love for us that he would die for us to save us from the domain of darkness.

It is set in another world, like the Chronicles of Narnia. Any "magic" my book contains is only used to further the analogy. For instance, there are swords in this other world that are "magical", they glow either with the blue light of the lord of light, or the crimson and black of the ruler of darkness, when pointed at different trails. These swords of course are likened to the bible in our world. As Christians we use the Bible to guide us in any choices we make, the warriors of the light use these swords to guide them down the "ancient" trails. In the document I have attached entitled "verses that inspired the story", I have listed several verses that refer to the Word of God as swords and a light to our paths. Also there is a woman I describe as a witch in my story who draws Michael (a main character), nearly to the point where he serves her domain. Michael is so enraptured by her that he refuses to use his sword to reveal who she really is until it is almost to late. The witch for her part seems to be able to draw him into a "spell" to keep him from seeing the ugliness around him, kinda like the women/serpent in "The Silver Chair" (chronicles of Narnia). This draws the analogy of men caught in sin such as pornography and other sexual sin that us young men all have to constantly fight against.

Here is the synopsis of my book;

Join the adventure of Aaron, Amy, and Michael; three teens who are thrust into a world inhabited by elves, halflings, talking animals, and other such creatures. In this other world there are many paths leading to places both good and bad, and magic swords that can guide you onto the right paths . . . and guard you from the wrong ones. The three teens are soon plunged into plans of a war between the ancient powers of the light and darkness, and must travel to Burrowdown, a halfling city, to save it from destruction. But after one of the teens chooses a path that leads him into enemy hands, his friends embark on a desperate journey to save him before it is too late. It will take in the end the sacrificial death of the lord of light to rescue the captured teen, but without this lord all the hopes of the warriors for the light are lost. Will darkness cover this new world the teens fight for?

Through all their journeys the teens and their friends must trust more and more in their swords and the lord who made them as they become brave warriors for the light.

 

The title for my book is; "The Crossroads of the Other World". I am currently working on the sequel; "to the far Corners of the Other World". There will hopefully be four books in all. The series is called "The Warriors for the Light".

I was going to attach the first chapter of my book and the theme verses that inspired the book, but I cannot figure out how to do that. I will put the verses below, but I think I will have to skip putting the first chapter in, sorry!

The Theme Verse

This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.

Jeremiah 6:16

The Swords

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12

And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Ephesians 6:17b

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalms 119:105

Michael’s Path

Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you (Michael rejected these things), to deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things; from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; who delight in doing evil and rejoice in the perversity of evil; whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways; to deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words; that leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God; For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead; None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:11-19

But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 9:18

Emandreil’s Death So Michael Could Be Saved

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:13-14

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.

1 Peter 3:18

The Battle Against Lucrador’s Wraiths

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 6:12

 

So, one more round of editing (sigh), and then off hopefully to a publisher! Please pray that if I do publish it that it will reach people and help them understand what Jesus did for us in his death and resurrection.