Realm Strider (Sample Chapters)
A Preview of Daniel’s Upcoming High Fantasy Novel
A boy born in chains.
A false god of madness poised to break free.
A single gift the realms cannot afford to lose.
Merik has known only the mines and the lash. Then the world opens before him: a chance at escape. A promise of power. A warning whispered through the dream-visions of a ghostly light.
Now the false god stirs, its voice seducing him: “Take this power. Control your fate. Never be a slave again.”
But power granted always demands its own price.
To save the realms, and to save himself, Merik must learn to trust those who offer hope rather than domination.
He must choose the risk of love instead of the safety of control.
He must embrace freedom when safety lies in chains.
If he fails, all that is good and free will be plunged into suffocating madness.
If he wins, he will become the light the darkness always feared.
Legends of Aylore: Rift Fall
An epic, dimension-jumping fantasy short story
The core-realm may lose its two surviving heroes in one last attempt to close the portal. But Torvial and Morrowick, the last sons of Sivius, know if it ends this hellish war, it will be worth it.
No mortal weapon has availed against the infernal hordes of Malaccadia for almost ten years of ceaseless bloodshed. But Apotheosis is no mortal sword. If Morrowick can journey to the surface-world of Malaccadia, there might be an opportunity to persuade the natives to battle the infernal kingdoms there.
Should he fail, the portal will keep unleashing its dark armies, and Torvial will be walking into a massacre. However, in all possible endings, as the creed says, “death is never the end.”
The Eden Anomaly
A Suspenseful Christian Sci-Fi Short-Story
Disgraced biologist Levine Waters is summoned from her life-sentence to join an otherworldly expedition—one that could win her freedom. In the parched sands of the Sinai Peninsula, a supernatural storm is growing and threatens to unmake the world. When Levine and her team of specialists venture into the eye of the tempest, they discover the impossible—an earthly heaven of perfect green growth. But perfection comes with a threat. It is up to Levine to uncover what lies in the core of this paradisal anomaly, and even though there are threats among the trees, the most perilous foe is hidden inside her.
Marduke Burning
A Suspenseful Christian Dystopia Short-Story
The gargantuan engines of Marduke are the only thing standing between the floating city and the blazing inferno a thousand feet below. When town doctor Caleb is called in to see a man sick with “the Burning”, something happens that changes everything. In order to save their little floating world, Caleb has to destroy the life-sustaining engines and plunge the city into the flames—and the entire city of Marduke will stop at nothing to thwart him.
Dawn of Theophilus
A Short Prequel in the World of Canaan Sleeps
Phinehas is the Arch Prophet of Shiloh, meaning he is the holy city’s mouthpiece for God. But, as the city celebrates a hundred years of peace, Phinehas has a crisis of faith—one that may cost him his life. Phinehas can see through the hypocritical facade of this ‘Christian’ utopia he’s helped to build, but will they listen to the true gospel of Christ, or purge him as a traitor?
Canaan Sleeps Sample Chapter
A Suspenseful Christian Dystopia
Centuries after a global apocalypse restarted civilization, the perfect Christian city of Shiloh emerges as a beacon of power and prosperity to the onlooking world. But, as dreams about Jesus and fears of a coming disaster spread throughout the slums of the city, complacent believers are urged to action. When a letter pried from the hands of an enemy spy tells of Shiloh’s coming doom, who can be believed? Thomas, Ruth, and Adam must decide. The lives of thousands rest in their hands, and time is running out.
Coming Soon
Short Story Projects in the Works
Olivia and the Dragon
A Suspenseful Christian Fairy-Tale
Well of Heaven
A Christian Paranormal Mystery
An ancient languages expert gets pulled into a ghost-hunt deep beneath an old church against her will. The manifestation of an ancient prophet communicates to them using a dead language, but what he is saying cannot be possible. Underneath this unassuming church lies a rift between the present and the foundations of the universe, and only one thing can close it.