The Wait is Over!
The wait is over! Chaos Ascending: A Feast of Betrayal, the second book in the epic fantasy adventure of The Utopia Falling Saga, is out on March 19th. Thank you for your patience as we counted down the days to publication. It’s available at most online retailers in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. If you’re a library regular, and yours doesn’t carry a copy, you can always ask them to. Most libraries welcome suggestions in selecting new books.
Chaos Ascending: A Feast of Betrayal was completed in autumn of 2023. Since then, I’ve been waiting anxiously to get it out to you. While the first book of the epic fantasy trilogy, Utopia Falling: A Darkness Rises, won multiple awards, including Best Fiction New Age of 2023, by the American Writing Awards, Chaos Ascending: A Feast of Betrayal is even better… in my opinion.
In Chaos Ascending, Reyne plots to get back to Mithany as Tartican society collapses around him. While his love for Mithany remains his undying motivation, he hits a major bump in the road called Gina. Mera recruits the killing machine named Gina to train Reyne to take on the Devil’s Blacksmith and his Evidarian minions. We peek in on Mithany who is lost without Reyne and following a host of bad choices, well, you can read what happens. Oh yeah, Mera continues to pull amazing tricks out of his bag and whether that’s good or bad for Reyne, you have to ask yourself, did you ever really trust Mera? Then there’s Druin Derr, who will not be denied his quest for revenge while First Lord Jerithan is bitterly betrayed. Both lives will never be the same. Meanwhile, Dylla and her crew of Evidarian assassins are hot on Reyne’s trail when one of their own, Selundra Quith, makes a decision that throws everything into chaos. And let’s not forget about the Void… Reyne’s got to get through it if he is to do Mera’s bidding on Evidar. That’s a big “IF” … IF Reyne does Mera’s bidding… IF he even gets through the Void.
I hope you love reading Chaos Ascending as much as I loved writing it. I had an amazing experience delving into the characters who tell the story of the Utopia Falling Saga through their various points of view. While creating each character’s storyline—by being inside their heads as I was writing—sometimes they took me in directions I did not see coming. I’m confident you’ll be surprised where some of them landed… especially Neladith. Neladith, now there’s someone you can truly love to hate. Yet, she’s my favorite character to write. A word of caution though about Neladith. Her story arc does get a bit darker in Chaos Ascending: A Feast of Betrayal. The book’s limited scenes depicting adult material, goes slightly beyond what was explored in Utopia Falling: A Darkness Rises… but that’s Neladith for you.
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The third and final book in the Utopia Falling Saga is almost complete. You’re going to be amazed how it all ends. If you choose to read Chaos Ascending: A Feast of Betrayal, thank you for taking a chance on me as an author. And please, let me know what you think.
