News from Jacob Bower
KNOWLEDGE LOST IS FAST APPROACHING AND I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS E-BOOK, PAPERBACK AND HARDCOVER FROM THE 6TH OF MAY 2022 JUST FOUR WEEKS AWAY!!!
I AM DELIGHTED TO BRING TO YOU THIS RE-WRITTEN STORY, GIVING MY FIRST NOVEL THE CARE IT NEEDS TO CAPTIVATE READERS AND BRING THIS SAGA TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
CAN’T WAIT? CHECK OUT THE SUNDERING OF THE TWO MOONS, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ILMA AND THE CREATION OF THIS UNIVERSE, FROM THE LINK BELOW.
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Its been a while since i have shared anything and really that’s because of work going on behind the scenes. Here is an update.
Knowledge Lost.
The full re-write of Knowledge Lost (Formerly The Escape from Humanity) is only a week away from being completed and I would hope to have that with you all by April. Once this is completed work will begin on book three of the Knights of Earth saga: Virdium. This novel has a first draft already so that should be out early 2023. so a lot coming for the Knights of Earth.
Screenplays
I still have something on going in regards to the Behind the Screen, screen plays and many have been edited and updated to bring them more in line with actual screenplays. As soon as I can, I will be bringing episode three for you all to read as they continue to be my most popular posts.
2022 will continue to be an exciting year as I also hope to start a degree in English Literature. This may take up some of my writing time so I ask for all your patience and I will get work to you as soon as I can.
THE SUNDERING OF THE TWO MOONS OUT NOW!!!
“Two understand creation is to understand the stars, the mountains, the sea and the creatures that look and marvel at these. Two understand creation, is to understand the will of the Gods.” Quote from the book of Livella by Drage Livella.
The first story of the Sundering of the Two moons focuses on the creation of the universe and the forming of the three plains. Livinden, the realm of Light. Besan Gretan, the realm that is and Agraldin, the realm of souls.
It tells of the coming of Livella the light maiden into Besan Gretan and how her sacrifice led the creation of the worlds and the seas.
In this first story, the descriptions of the four Gods of the Holy Quadrant are described and the great deeds done by their vassals are explained. From Drage destroying the great demon of the North and Crio rising the dividing mountains to stop the storm of Camara.
It is an easy introduction into the History of Ilmgral series, telling the mythology and beliefs of Ilmgral, only hinted at in the Knights of Earth Saga.
I have not posted for a while and the reason for that is I have been un-imaginably busy. Things have changed a lot for me on a person level and even though that comes with incredible support for what I do as a writer, it also limits my ability to write however I have not been idle.
Before I get onto what I have been working on, I would like to thank everybody who has read my posts this year. It adds an incredible amount of encouragement to keep working. This year I decided to share my screenplay with you all and they have been my most popular posts by far, and it is their next stage that is taking up much of my time. Exciting news may soon follow in the next couple of months.
This year I also published my third novel: the Sundering of the Two Moons, an expansion to the knights of earth saga. The response I have had to that novel has been exceptional and you can check it out on the Amazon store as E-book, Paperback and Hardback.
The quality I was able to put into the Sundering of the Two Moons has led me to re-write the Escape From Humanity, now named Knowledge lost and that is also what occupies the hours that I can write. Although it is in the early stage, I am delighted with the changes. The characters feel more real and the pacing is much improved. If all goes to plan I would hope to bring this to you in March or April.
Following on from this I will start work on the third book in the Knights of Earth Saga: Virdium. This is probably already my most complete story and a final draft should not be hard to craft. Virdium is a much more human story, dealing with the complexity of a world that now knows about these super humans living among them. With a more human story, comes more human troubles for the Knights of Earth and one faces their toughest challenge yet. This should release late late 2022 or the beginning of 2023 depending on where my career path takes me.
Next year you can expect to see me post regularly again and I will be bringing you more content than ever before so please keep an eye out, it will all be worth your while.
Have a great New Year and I can’t wait to bring more of my stories to you all.
The Escape from Humanity will no longer be available for purchase in the Amazon store.
Escape was the first novel I ever wrote at the tender age of sixteen and has kept many of the flaws that you have when first starting out in your literary career. While publishing The Sundering of the Two Moons, I realised how far I have come as a writer, with my own style. That style is lacking from the Escape from Humanity, so much so that I cannot even read it myself for reference without cringing.
Therefore I have taken the hard decision to un-publish it while I work on a full re-write and re-publish. I hope to bring the same level of quality that I believe I showed in the Sundering of the Two Moons and kick off the Knights of Earth Saga the way it deserves before the publication of the third book in the series late next year.
The new edition of the Escape from Humanity should be available early next year with a brand new title- KNOWLEDGE LOST.
I hope I can bring you the start of Thomas Lita’s journey in a fun and action packed way, written to the standard that I expect from myself. In the mean time you can still check out The Sundering of the Two Moons, a collection of short stories tied in with the Thomas Lita universe. This is now available as Hardback, truly showcasing Emily Mortimer’s amazing art work.
Crafting a Saga.
At times I wonder, how did I create a saga? Whenever I ask myself this question I always stop, unsure whether I could plot the path from idea to realised story, to a vast interconnecting web of narratives.
I have asked myself the question countless times during the last couple of months. How did this story come into being and how did it then become one of the largest universes I had ever created, full of many planets with a millennia of unknown history?
The Thomas Lita series had it origins in one of the humblest of settings, childhood. Growing up as a fan of Tolkien, Doctor who and Marvel, I played a lot as characters in these universes. Eventually, creating my own characters, with their own stories. In those games, the first seeds of the Thomas Lita universe were formed.
As I grew older and more “Mature” the games stopped but the stories did not. In my head these characters lingered, their stories growing every time my mind wandered to them and yet I had no outlet for their use. I had toyed with the idea of writing but had never gone further than hasty and outlandish plans.
In sixth form that all changed. One day, when I should have been studying, I started writing and have never looked back. Re-reading the original, handwritten, copy of The Escape from Humanity, is always a thrill. Not only was the story not particularly good, but it was also vastly different from the story I would eventually publish six years later. Then, there was no wider universe. Ilmgral was a faraway place with no real connection to the story, the Ilma had no Origin and the Graul did not exist. Thomas Lita was then a strange mix between the X-men and the doctor, with plans to match.
I had finally done it though; I had started my career as a writer. The next books in the Knights of Earth Saga formed quickly and I knew how the story would end as one series, with no prequels or sequels. Oh, how naïve I was.
The Second draft changed everything, and it was one side character that brought the change. I soon realised a major plot hole in the first draft. Why would Cirtroug/Urgarak call someone to the volcano, who had the power to defeat them.
I began to imagine another character, one who lingered in the shadows, pulling the strings of Tom’s life. The Tempter was born within the second draft. Instantly, the character fit into my already made plans and I began asking questions of his origins. Answering these questions took me down the rabbit hole of lore I would need for these stories to work.
Within weeks of introducing the Tempter, I had created the God’s and the Vassal’s, realised their origin stories and how they connected to the Knights of Earth saga. I had created the Graul and separated them from the Ilma. Stories grew from their separation, like the Enlightenment of the Graul and the curse of the Ilma.
This led me to the realisation that The Knights of Earth Saga, could not stand alone. I could not answer all the questions that needed answering while still telling a compelling story. I had to tell these stories separately.
Even now, after publishing two novels in the Knights of Earth Saga, I am still learning about this world and this universe, creating more stories that my heart says I must tell.
Jacob Bower.
OUT NOW AS KINDLE E-BOOK OR PAPERBACK THROUGH THE AMAZON STORE.
The Ilma are mentioned in the Escape from Humanity but who are they? An Alien race, some good, some evil? Immortals who have great knowledge of the universe? What is their curse and why do they consider themselves the chosen people of the Universe? Who are the Graul? The servant race, now some of the most powerful beings in Besan Gretan? Briefly is the history and beliefs of the Ilma hinted at in the Knights of Earth saga, yet it is a rich history, full of tragedy, deceit, and the corruption of power. A story of the long defeat, how those chosen to be the wardens of the Gods, become vengeful Gods in their own right.
The Sundering of the Two moons is the first part of the History of Ilmgral. In this book series I will bring you the long tapestry that saw the Ilma rise to absolute power and be cursed by it. This history is told in short stories of various styles, giving an in-depth outlook into the history of Ilmgral, like the Silmarillion never could for Middle earth.
The Sundering of the Two moons, focuses on the earliest years of Ilmgral and consists of four stories:
The Beginnings of the Universe are told in the book: The Holy Quadrant. Here the three plains of existence are explained, along with the coming of the Vassals and the immense powers given to the Ilma, with their place as custodians explained.
Notes as both squire and Lord- Follows Bruska Crud, one of the Ilma as he navigates becoming a squire to one of the greatest warriors of the time, Selosa Aquitex. He witnessed some of the Key events of the middle years of the Age of Vassals, including the battle of the crossroads and the burning of Fasurasuta.
The War of the Dividing Mountains- Newly come into his Lordship, Suda Drage, relation of the Vassal Drage Livella, must defend his home from the Kingdom of Scaraden. This story, though thousands of years before the events of the Knights of Earth Saga, ties in the most of all these tales, for it is the Pledge of Suda Drage that lingered as a dark shadow over the Ilma in all their many wars and would eventually bring war to Earth, until one from the Dragor would realm would do war upon Scaraden again.
The Sundering of the Two moons- This tells the story of Morelin, a high lord of the Ilma and Lucarnia, daughter of the wood king, an evergreen of the Krun-ilma, as their love and betrayal of their duties, eventually tears the celestial bodies of Ilmgral apart.
The Sundering of the Two moons releases today. Get it as a paper back or Kindle E-book through the Amazon store.
Not much is known about the worlds beyond our solar system, the worlds that until recently we did not know existed. Chance has allowed me to study in the great libraries of Ilmgral, to see its vast history that Earth has now become a part of. For that reason, I have created this story, to show you the long tapestry of events that would one day bring universal war to Earth.
In this volume I cover the early years of the Ilma, from the creation of the universe to the most tragic event of those ancient years.
From the libraries of Dragor, I have translated these tales, so that we may better understand the role that has come to us.
Read four unique short stories, detailing the early years of Ilmgral. Each written in its own style, with compelling characters.
Knights of Earth Publications