ABOUT THE BOOK:
Asher St Paul thought it was just a typical zombie apocalypse like in the movies, until the necromancers crawled out of the woodwork. Since the undead have chased the living into hiding, the necromancers are able to roam freely in a new America of their making. Asher is seeking safe harbor. The need for safety is what drove him from his home in Philadelphia Pennsylvania before it was shelled. He has searched from quarantine to quarantine, always finding them overrun with zombies until he hears of The Refuge, a military compound in Binghamton New York.
With his family and lover lain to rest by his own hand, he has nothing left to lose and gives everything he has to reach the safe haven. But questions arise when he reaches The Refuge, mainly, how has he been able to sustain multiple zombie bites and not change? He thinks he has found safety in the military compound turned quarantine, but he was wrong. Even now there is a necromancer trying to make The Refuge their kingdom of the dead
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I have always been a do-it-yourselfer. I haven’t had any
formal education on writing, and I haven’t been raised around writer types. For
that matter, I wasn’t even encouraged to read when I was a kid, even though
plenty of people in my family read. When I was a teenager, I discovered Cliff’s
Notes on Mythology, and it sparked something in me. It was like a floodgate had
been opened, and all of these stories started rushing in. I would get ideas at
random times, and I would jot them down. I have a pretty big file system of
everything I have ever written. Someday I will get to them and put them all into
electronic files. There is some good material in there, but there are a lot of
bad stories too.
I started writing when I was thirteen or fourteen. At an
early age I was already writing books of Saracin (the world The Bonds of Blood
takes place in). The first book I wrote of that place was “The Calling of the
Two” (not yet released). While I was writing that, I kept thinking of these
characters Jovian and Angelica. I knew they had a part to play in the storyline,
but they weren’t going to be in the same series. For that matter, they weren’t
even going to be in the same age. As I finished the first draft of “The Calling
of the Two” I went on to write the first book of Angelica and Jovian’s story. At
that time it was The Mirror of the Moon. Later an editor told me it was so
massive that I should make the one volume into two, and so The Bonds of Blood
was born, and The Revenant Wyrd Saga went from a planned three to
six.
That story has taken many forms until now, and I am sure
if I didn’t declare that it was “done” it could continue to
transform.
Along the way, I discovered my passion for research. I
absolutely love researching. It would be nothing for me to sit for days on end,
barely eating, just getting up to take care of necessities, and research really
odd theories and stories. I get my ideas from them to be honest. Of course, my
idea’s are never the main theme of the research I am doing, but it always seems
to come from some obscure topic mentioned while I am researching. For instance
one book I am outlining now is based on something I heard while watching Ancient
Aliens.
Unlike most authors, I have not always loved reading and
writing. I hated it until I was in 7th grade. My teacher wanted us to read the
entire semester. We would read a book and write in a journal about it. Back then
the teachers were allowed to spend more time on what their passions were, and
actually foster something in their students, and she did just that. She made me
love reading and writing. She told me to go to her book shelf and pick out a
book that I was interested in. I found one of my first loves: David Eddings’
Pawn of Prophecy.
Back then I was in remedial reading, and my teacher
(Mrs. Peters) would sit with me for the time I was in her classroom, taking
turns reading the story out loud with me. We would read where the adventure was
taking Garion, and then we would flip to the beginning and look at the map so we
could follow them as well.
I think it was at that point, getting lost in a book I
love to this day, that I knew I had to do this. I had to create the same magic
for others that Mr. Eddings created for me.
At times it is boggling. I have three series of books
started, and 2 more forming in my mind (and outlined on the computer). At this
point I have to step back and finish the ones I have started before I can let
myself move forward.
I feel that I am blessed in being able to write, and
forging a life of my passion. It is tough at times, but that is what makes the
payoff all the sweeter. The writing business is a huge adventure, trying to
figure out what to do and what not to do; when to do things and when not to do
anything. Currently I am planning the release of the second book to “The Bonds
of Blood”. This is the first time I am armed with the knowledge of what I must
do for a book release, and I finally understand why it nerves so many authors
up, but it is that excitement that makes me love writing. Every time I hear a
reader I don’t know praise my work, it makes my heart race and brightens my
day.
Travis is the author of The Bonds of Blood, the first
book in his epic fantasy series The Revenant Wyrd Saga. He has also written a
young adult novel called A Lament of Moonlight which is book one of his
pre-apocalypse series The Harbingers of Light. He is currently seeking
publication for the first book of a third series, a zombie novel called
Desolation. When he isn’t writing he is helping his family and trying to live a
normal, under the radar life. His interests lie in cooking, gardening, green
living, and human rights advocacy. He is a huge supporter of the Trevor Project
and all agencies that seek to preserve natural resources and protect pets from
abuse.”
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TravisSimmons5
Website: http://www.travissimmons.net/
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