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Book Summary
Beneath a sheet of ice, Eldon sinks. The water is black, the cold biting deeper than bone, and with every second, the chill creeps further inward. It freezes him from the inside out until there is nothing left. He has seen this vision ever since the night of the Blackening Moon, when he stumbled upon a relic. It is a vision of the way his adoptive father died years before.
For years, Eldon has bottled everything. Grief. Anger. Fear. He has sealed it all away, numb to feeling or emotion. But the world has begun to crack and a war is brewing. The Aeternum, a resurgent faith twisted into fanaticism, believe Eldon to be the prophesied Gatekeeper. The Durward. The one who can lead them to immortality, no matter the cost. And Eldon, drowning in the grief he refuses to face, must confront that frozen past if he hopes to save more than himself.
Key to the Past is an epic fantasy complete at 197,000 words. It is the first in a planned trilogy. It is a story of grief, healing, and love. The cast is wide and diverse, reflecting voices and experiences beyond my own. At its heart, it explores what happens when love becomes an act of rebellion against fear, hate, and control. A tale of mending what lies buried deep within the past in order to better the future.
This story has lived with me since I was nine years old. I still have the maps and notes in a battered binder from that time. Five years ago, I began waking at five in the morning, before work and before my kids awoke, to bring it to life. Now the trilogy is mapped, the ending is written in my head, and there is a waitlist of more than two hundred readers eager to step into this world.
Key to the Past is my debut novel, five years in the making.
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If you believe in human connection,
If you believe in chasing dreams,
Join the waitlist if you believe a story like this deserves to see the light of day.
Ever since I was nine years old, when The Lord of the Rings first graced our eyes on the big screen, I knew what I wanted to do. I grew up reading Harry Potter, utterly captured by the idea that whole worlds could be dreamed into being.
I remember asking: Wait… someone made this up? That’s the job I want.
Five years ago, I finally took that stand. As a new dad, working a full-time job, I realized that chasing my dream of storytelling was up to me, no one was going to hand it to me. I wasn’t raising money for an indie movie. I wanted to write an epic, with no boundaries.
So I sat down to write. And I wrote. Every day. 5 AM.
Before the kids wake, before the workday starts, I carve out that time. This story has been written in the quiet hours, out of love for this craft.
I love this. This is my passion. And now, you can help bring it to life.
By signing up, you’re not only helping prove to publishers that Key to the Past deserves to be told, you’re helping a dad, a dreamer, a storyteller who just wants this passion to become his life’s work.
Thank you for being part of this journey. Together, let’s unlock the past.
