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I am both an avid story teller and an aspiring Indie writer. I enjoy being creative and sharing many of my
life’s experiences with others. Working on multiple manuscripts for many years, I have finally been able
to channel these creative energies into these first two publications in February and December of 2024.
Most importantly, I am happy to be able to continue the journey of sharing these stories with others.
Sir Valiant, brave and steadfast Knight of Summerton, has devoted his adult life to the faithful service
and protection of its people. During a recent visit to this village at the time of the annual Spring Festival,
Sir Valiant meets the beautiful young maiden Catherine for the very first time. It is a chance encounter
that sets them on a dangerous collision course with Vladimoor, the Dark Earl of nearby Dragonshire.
Vladimoor, obsessed with this young maiden, will stop at nothing to possess the beautiful Catherine.
Thwarted time and again, Sir Valiant and Earl Vladimoor face each other once more in a final epic battle.
Only one will walk away.
This tale is an unlikely story about a king and an ogre, who by the forces of nature become lifelong friends. Together they care for the nearby villagers in their charge. Every year the king generously invites these townspeople to a harvest celebration, and every year they are interrupted by a group of silly dragons who live in the mountains nearby, until one day the king and the ogre come up with a plan to bring those antics to an end.
The story behind this adventuresome tale stretches back some twenty years or so when I was involved
with a rather extraordinary and lovely lady, Cathy, its one and only inspiration. Though our relationship
did not endure, the desire to finish this text never really ended. Admittedly, over the years, it often sat
dormant in various stages of completion for periods longer than I had hoped.
Part of the inspiration to continually revive this story, taking it through countless edits and revisions, I
think, is that desire that rests with many of us to slay that dragon, rescue the fair maiden from the evil
clutches of some earl or the like, and whisk her off to happily ever after in his great and wonderful
fortress somewhere.
Themes of caring for others, accepting others, and being kind run throughout this beautiful tale. King Liam and his friend Arlo lead by example in these generous traits.
Terri Stepek for Reader Views