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The road to The Heater and the Hack wasn’t straight. For decades, I studied history, heraldry, philosophy, and myth, fascinated by how people have always sought to name and balance the forces that shape our lives. My years abroad in the U.S. Armed Forces deepened that fascination — the clash of chaos and order, freedom and restraint, legacy and choice.
When I finally put pen to paper, I wanted more than a tale of swords and sorcery. I wanted to write a story where magic is not a trick of wands and words, but the reflection of truths we have yet to understand. As I often say: science, without understanding, is indistinguishable from magic. Every wonder has its law, every myth its root.
So I built a world where companionship is as important as conflict, where language and memory matter as much as battles, and where destiny is never imposed but must be chosen. It is a world that asks readers not only to follow the journey, but to wrestle with its questions: What does it mean to inherit a broken legacy? What does it take to be worthy of the burdens handed down?
I write not just to entertain, but to expand the frame of epic fantasy — to offer stories that feel timeless and mythic, yet grounded in human choices. If you step into the Dance, I hope you’ll find both wonder and reflection: a reminder that even in a cosmos torn between Chaos and Order, balance can still be found.
~200-word synopsis for The Heater and the Hack
Emanrasu sets out with a simple duty: return his late father’s sword and shield to a grandfather he has never met. But the road bends into destiny. With Rezua, his towering childhood friend, the enigmatic Serrah, and the sharp-tongued mentor Tarlis, he learns that loyalty and sacrifice weigh more heavily than steel.
When visions of swirling colors draw him into the Dance—the ancient balance between Chaos and Order—Emanrasu discovers that the relics he carries are more than heirlooms. They are keys to a legacy that threads through kingdoms, gods, and the very fabric of creation. Bren, a small town caught in brigand terror, becomes the crucible of his awakening. Here, his choices will forge not only a fighting force, but also the bonds of a Cadre destined to embody the Dance itself: Sky, Earth, Dragon, Phoenix… and Chronicler.
As love deepens, secrets unravel, and comrades fall, Emanrasu learns that his worth lies not in strength alone, but in the courage to lead. The Heater and the Hack is the first movement of a mythic saga—where mortal sacrifice and cosmic fate entwine, and where every choice carries the weight of worlds.
Punchier logline (≈35 words)
Sent to return his father’s legacy to a grandfather he’s never met, Emanrasu is drawn into a widening war of Black and White, where every choice remakes him—and where proving his worth may cost more than his life.
Two-sentence hook with teaser
What begins as a simple delivery to a long-lost grandfather becomes an epic reckoning, as Emanrasu, Rezua, Tarlis, and Serrah are swept into the designs of the Black and the judgment of the Captains of the White. To keep the balance, he must decide whether the legacy he carries will define him—or be defined by him.
Back Cover Burbs
Top hook (italic, larger font):
A boy’s duty becomes a people’s hope. A relic’s weight becomes a world’s fate.
Blurb (150–170 words):
Emanrasu intends only to return his father’s sword and shield to a grandfather he has never met. But the road bends toward destiny. With Rezua, his steadfast childhood friend, Serrah, a woman with secrets of her own, and Tarlis, a mentor as cryptic as he is fierce, a simple errand becomes the forging of legend.
Drawn into the Dance—the eternal balance of Chaos and Order—Emanrasu discovers the relics he carries are more than heirlooms. They are keys to a Cadre bound by fate: Sky, Earth, Dragon, Phoenix, Chronicler… and Conduit.
As brigands descend upon the town of Bren, and as dreams reveal truths older than kingdoms, Emanrasu must lead where others falter. To falter himself could unravel not only Bren’s survival, but the Balance of the Dance itself.
Polished Blurb (≈170 words)
Top hook (italic, larger font): Heroes are forged in grief, tempered in laughter, and named by choice.
Blurb (150–170 words):
Emanrasu begins his journey with relics scarred by time—his father’s shield and sword—bound for a grandfather he has never known, and toward a destiny where every choice will resound through the eternal Dance of Chaos and Order.
With Rezua, his towering childhood friend and unlikely scribe, the simple errand deepens into a mission to confront the subtle forces unraveling the world. They are joined by Tarlis, an old warrior who suspects more than he reveals, and Serrah, a woman both beset and enigmatic. Together they face brigands, city guards, and warriors clad in chaotic colors. Along the way lie wonders and trials alike: fields of fire, a cow with startling agency, and a mountain-sized tree rooted in myth.
Can the legendary White rally to defend the town of Bren? And who will bear the mantle of the Black?
The first movement of The Chronicles of the Dance is a slow-burn epic—Tolkien’s linguistic richness, Le Guin’s depth, and Zelazny’s wit woven into a tale of fate, fellowship, and subverted tropes.