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Daniel Marten crossed the Burning Sea and convinced himself that he is the Prophesied One. But what does that mean? In this second installment of the Prophecy Chronicles trilogy, Daniel forges new alliances in his bid to save Naphthali from the Emperor. He meets the Tene’breon, a magical race that has evolved to use the Weave as effortlessly as he breathes air. The leaders of this race recognize him for what he is…but they also see something more.
Naphthali has been dramatically altered by the rule of a new governor, a man whose power is tied to Daniel in a horrifying way. How far will Daniel go to save Naphthali? And what is the secret that binds his destiny with his new allies? Only time will tell in The Prophecy Chronicles: Prophecy Revealed.
Daniel Marten crossed the Burning Sea and convinced himself that he is the Prophesied One. But what does that mean? In this second installment of the Prophecy Chronicles trilogy, Daniel forges new alliances in his bid to save Naphthali from the Emperor. He meets the Tene’breon, a magical race that has evolved to use the Weave as effortlessly as he breathes air. The leaders of this race recognize him for what he is…but they also see something more.
Naphthali has been dramatically altered by the rule of a new governor, a man whose power is tied to Daniel in a horrifying way. How far will Daniel go to save Naphthali? And what is the secret that binds his destiny with his new allies? Only time will tell in The Prophecy Chronicles: Prophecy Revealed.
Meet Author Ron Hartman
Tell us about yourself: I’m a pharmacist who lives in Iowa. I have a full-time job at a pharmacy, and a part time job directing a program at a community college that trains future pharmacy technicians. I have a wife and three kids that I adore, and I spend my free time at soccer/football/basketball/track/choir/orchestra/jazz band/boy scout events. I try to write at least one page per day, but as you can probably tell, I’m a little busy…
What was your first book? My first book was The Prophecy Chronicles: Prophecy Foretold, which came out in November of 2012. It started Daniel Marten’s tale, a man from our world brought to a strange new one when he is involved in a car accident. Everyone recognizes him as a savior from scars he sustained in the accident, but he has no idea what they’re talking about, and just wants to get back home to his family. The sequel to this is Prophecy Revealed, which is why I’m here today.
Describe your first break. I struggled with getting published for nearly two years. I worked through probably sixty different agents and publishing houses, collecting rejection after rejection. I finally got my break when an author in a neighboring town had a press release in my local paper about his book. It mentioned that his publishing house was Rogue Phoenix Press, which I contacted. They said yes! And they’ve been great to work with ever since. If you are in the market for a publisher, give Arlo and the gang a try. You won’t be disappointed.
What is your favorite genre to read? To write? I have pretty wide-ranging tastes in what I read and write, and my favorite tends to fluctuate. Currently my favorite to read is historical fiction. I love reading tales about the Roman legions, or Genghis Khan, and my favorite authors in this field are Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow. My favorite to write is a little trickier…I think that genres pick me for the books I write, not the other way around, and I love the genre I’m writing in when I’m writing it. Currently it would be a tie between fantasy, as I finish revisions on the last Prophecy Chronicles novel, and mainstream fiction, as I work on the rough draft of my next work. It is about forgiveness, and what happens when you do, or do not, ask for or receive it.
What makes a protagonist interesting? Internal struggle that you can relate to. For Daniel Marten, the protagonist in The Prophecy Chronicles, his inner struggles center around missing his family and the incredible guilt he feels for all the sacrifices people have made because they believe in him. If you give your protagonist real feelings, with real concerns, how can anyone help but be drawn to them?
What is the best thing about being a writer? Creating something where there was nothing before. For me it is exhilarating to put the final words to a story, to look at what you’d created and share it with the world. I don’t love that feeling quite as much as the feeling I had when I first saw each of my children, but it’s pretty close…
What makes a protagonist interesting? Internal struggle that you can relate to. For Daniel Marten, the protagonist in The Prophecy Chronicles, his inner struggles center around missing his family and the incredible guilt he feels for all the sacrifices people have made because they believe in him. If you give your protagonist real feelings, with real concerns, how can anyone help but be drawn to them?
What is the best thing about being a writer? Creating something where there was nothing before. For me it is exhilarating to put the final words to a story, to look at what you’d created and share it with the world. I don’t love that feeling quite as much as the feeling I had when I first saw each of my children, but it’s pretty close…
What is the worst thing? Putting the first words on the page! There is nothing more daunting, even when you have a full outline to follow, than deciding how exactly to open the flood gates. You know the entire story is there, but how do you get it started? That is without a doubt the hardest part.
Pantser or plotter? I’m definitely a plotter. You don’t want to get lost. If you’re driving without a map, that can be very dangerous! To me when you’re driving a story, not only do you need to know where you’re going, you need to be able to get around the twists and turns on the road without wiping out. With The Prophecy Chronicles I had kind of a loose outline, and just let the story flow. With my newest project I’m trying out a much more focused outline. Hopefully that will help me to streamline the process and produce the tale faster.
What do you see the direction of your future writing taking? What can we expect next? Give us a little taste. As you may have guessed from the answers above, I’ve already started on another project. Currently I’m finishing the revisions of the third and final book in The Prophecy Chronicles trilogy, which will tentatively be called Prophecy Fulfilled. My new book is more mainstream fiction. Since you asked for a taste, here is the rough draft of the opening sequence:
The phone rang in the middle of the night, its strident cries shrill enough to pull the man from his numb stupor. He rolled over, ignoring the soft moan from the woman beside him, and grabbed his cell. “’Lo?” he asked, still half asleep.
“Sam.” His name. It wasn’t asked, like “Is this Sam?” No, it was a statement, and he recognized the voice making the statement, bringing him fully awake.
“Yeah.” His voice was barely a whisper.
There was silence for just a second on the other end, measured out in a digitized drone. “Jester’s dead.”
Blood rushed to Sam’s weathered cheeks, flushing his face. Suddenly his own heartbeat roared louder in his ears than the drone of the cell. His vision blurred and his hands started to shake. “I’m comin’,” he murmured. Numb fingers, shaking almost too badly to press the buttons, cancelled the call.
Pretty exciting, huh?
Just for fun
Cat or dog person? I guess I’m more of a cat person. I prefer animals that can fend for themselves if you want to go to the Bahamas… We have two cats, named Twinkles and Rose (my daughter named them when she was in kindergarten).
Favorite food? My favorite food fluctuates with the seasons. My favorite in the summer is a Blueberry Milkshake. In the fall I like anything with pumpkin in it. In the winter I like hearty beef stew, and in the spring I like fresh salads with grilled chicken on them.
Favorite book? The Bible. How can you go wrong? It’s got every possible genre and context under the sun…
Favorite movie? Like foods, my favorite here also fluctuates. I’d say probably the closest to an all-time favorite would be Star Wars, but I watched that so much when I was young, and again now with my kids, that I’ve lost some of my passion for it. My current favorites of the last couple years have been The Heat and Guardians of the Galaxy. Both made me laugh and left me wanting more, essential for a good movie!
Favorite vacation destination (you just have to want to go there) The Alden Suites in St Pete’s Beach, Florida. It is right on the gulf, with beautiful white sand beaches. My wife and I went there once on an anniversary trip and loved it so much we took the kids back with us. When I think of the perfect get-away, that’s it. It isn’t fancy, but it’s perfect for us!
Tell us about yourself: I’m a pharmacist who lives in Iowa. I have a full-time job at a pharmacy, and a part time job directing a program at a community college that trains future pharmacy technicians. I have a wife and three kids that I adore, and I spend my free time at soccer/football/basketball/track/choir/orchestra/jazz band/boy scout events. I try to write at least one page per day, but as you can probably tell, I’m a little busy…
What was your first book? My first book was The Prophecy Chronicles: Prophecy Foretold, which came out in November of 2012. It started Daniel Marten’s tale, a man from our world brought to a strange new one when he is involved in a car accident. Everyone recognizes him as a savior from scars he sustained in the accident, but he has no idea what they’re talking about, and just wants to get back home to his family. The sequel to this is Prophecy Revealed, which is why I’m here today.
Describe your first break. I struggled with getting published for nearly two years. I worked through probably sixty different agents and publishing houses, collecting rejection after rejection. I finally got my break when an author in a neighboring town had a press release in my local paper about his book. It mentioned that his publishing house was Rogue Phoenix Press, which I contacted. They said yes! And they’ve been great to work with ever since. If you are in the market for a publisher, give Arlo and the gang a try. You won’t be disappointed.
What is your favorite genre to read? To write? I have pretty wide-ranging tastes in what I read and write, and my favorite tends to fluctuate. Currently my favorite to read is historical fiction. I love reading tales about the Roman legions, or Genghis Khan, and my favorite authors in this field are Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow. My favorite to write is a little trickier…I think that genres pick me for the books I write, not the other way around, and I love the genre I’m writing in when I’m writing it. Currently it would be a tie between fantasy, as I finish revisions on the last Prophecy Chronicles novel, and mainstream fiction, as I work on the rough draft of my next work. It is about forgiveness, and what happens when you do, or do not, ask for or receive it.
What makes a protagonist interesting? Internal struggle that you can relate to. For Daniel Marten, the protagonist in The Prophecy Chronicles, his inner struggles center around missing his family and the incredible guilt he feels for all the sacrifices people have made because they believe in him. If you give your protagonist real feelings, with real concerns, how can anyone help but be drawn to them?
What is the best thing about being a writer? Creating something where there was nothing before. For me it is exhilarating to put the final words to a story, to look at what you’d created and share it with the world. I don’t love that feeling quite as much as the feeling I had when I first saw each of my children, but it’s pretty close…
What makes a protagonist interesting? Internal struggle that you can relate to. For Daniel Marten, the protagonist in The Prophecy Chronicles, his inner struggles center around missing his family and the incredible guilt he feels for all the sacrifices people have made because they believe in him. If you give your protagonist real feelings, with real concerns, how can anyone help but be drawn to them?
What is the best thing about being a writer? Creating something where there was nothing before. For me it is exhilarating to put the final words to a story, to look at what you’d created and share it with the world. I don’t love that feeling quite as much as the feeling I had when I first saw each of my children, but it’s pretty close…
What is the worst thing? Putting the first words on the page! There is nothing more daunting, even when you have a full outline to follow, than deciding how exactly to open the flood gates. You know the entire story is there, but how do you get it started? That is without a doubt the hardest part.
Pantser or plotter? I’m definitely a plotter. You don’t want to get lost. If you’re driving without a map, that can be very dangerous! To me when you’re driving a story, not only do you need to know where you’re going, you need to be able to get around the twists and turns on the road without wiping out. With The Prophecy Chronicles I had kind of a loose outline, and just let the story flow. With my newest project I’m trying out a much more focused outline. Hopefully that will help me to streamline the process and produce the tale faster.
What do you see the direction of your future writing taking? What can we expect next? Give us a little taste. As you may have guessed from the answers above, I’ve already started on another project. Currently I’m finishing the revisions of the third and final book in The Prophecy Chronicles trilogy, which will tentatively be called Prophecy Fulfilled. My new book is more mainstream fiction. Since you asked for a taste, here is the rough draft of the opening sequence:
The phone rang in the middle of the night, its strident cries shrill enough to pull the man from his numb stupor. He rolled over, ignoring the soft moan from the woman beside him, and grabbed his cell. “’Lo?” he asked, still half asleep.
“Sam.” His name. It wasn’t asked, like “Is this Sam?” No, it was a statement, and he recognized the voice making the statement, bringing him fully awake.
“Yeah.” His voice was barely a whisper.
There was silence for just a second on the other end, measured out in a digitized drone. “Jester’s dead.”
Blood rushed to Sam’s weathered cheeks, flushing his face. Suddenly his own heartbeat roared louder in his ears than the drone of the cell. His vision blurred and his hands started to shake. “I’m comin’,” he murmured. Numb fingers, shaking almost too badly to press the buttons, cancelled the call.
Pretty exciting, huh?
Just for fun
Cat or dog person? I guess I’m more of a cat person. I prefer animals that can fend for themselves if you want to go to the Bahamas… We have two cats, named Twinkles and Rose (my daughter named them when she was in kindergarten).
Favorite food? My favorite food fluctuates with the seasons. My favorite in the summer is a Blueberry Milkshake. In the fall I like anything with pumpkin in it. In the winter I like hearty beef stew, and in the spring I like fresh salads with grilled chicken on them.
Favorite book? The Bible. How can you go wrong? It’s got every possible genre and context under the sun…
Favorite movie? Like foods, my favorite here also fluctuates. I’d say probably the closest to an all-time favorite would be Star Wars, but I watched that so much when I was young, and again now with my kids, that I’ve lost some of my passion for it. My current favorites of the last couple years have been The Heat and Guardians of the Galaxy. Both made me laugh and left me wanting more, essential for a good movie!
Favorite vacation destination (you just have to want to go there) The Alden Suites in St Pete’s Beach, Florida. It is right on the gulf, with beautiful white sand beaches. My wife and I went there once on an anniversary trip and loved it so much we took the kids back with us. When I think of the perfect get-away, that’s it. It isn’t fancy, but it’s perfect for us!
Excerpt Four
He heard a noise and turned to see Meadow Song walking across the map room at the tower's top. He walked through the double doors to greet her and was surprised when she pulled him in close, hugging him tight. His left arm wrapped around her waist and his hand slid up her back until it cupped the base of her neck. She tilted her head up as he leaned in and their lips brushed together. Her tongue darted in his mouth, soft and sweet, and a hot rush bloomed inside him as he pressed into her, responding to her need with his own. Barely registering over his desire, a part of Daniel's mind whispered, so different from Ashley. The feel, the taste…
He gasped and pulled away. Meadow Song looked up at him, her eyebrows raised. "What is it?" Her voice was low and husky.
Daniel hesitated before breathing, "I-I love you."
Her face lit with a soft radiance. "And I you. Why do you stop?"
Daniel's arm fell away and he stepped back. It was too easy to lose his resolve when he stood in her warm embrace. "I can't," he whispered. He closed his eyes and saw Ashley. "I may never see them again, but I can't betray them."
Meadow Song frowned before understanding dawned. "Ashley is a fortunate woman." Daniel's heart wrenched at the pain in her whisper.
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Author Bio: Ron Hartman has had a life-long passion for the written word and is an avid reader. The Prophecy Chronicles are his first written works. The first in the series, Prophecy Foretold, was released in October of 2012. Prophecy Revealed is the second in the trilogy. Ron graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2000 and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa with his wife and three children.
Website link: www.prophecychronicles.com
Purchase link at Rogue Phoenix Press: http://shop.roguephoenixpress.ieasysite.com/category_v3.aspx?categoryid=96
He heard a noise and turned to see Meadow Song walking across the map room at the tower's top. He walked through the double doors to greet her and was surprised when she pulled him in close, hugging him tight. His left arm wrapped around her waist and his hand slid up her back until it cupped the base of her neck. She tilted her head up as he leaned in and their lips brushed together. Her tongue darted in his mouth, soft and sweet, and a hot rush bloomed inside him as he pressed into her, responding to her need with his own. Barely registering over his desire, a part of Daniel's mind whispered, so different from Ashley. The feel, the taste…
He gasped and pulled away. Meadow Song looked up at him, her eyebrows raised. "What is it?" Her voice was low and husky.
Daniel hesitated before breathing, "I-I love you."
Her face lit with a soft radiance. "And I you. Why do you stop?"
Daniel's arm fell away and he stepped back. It was too easy to lose his resolve when he stood in her warm embrace. "I can't," he whispered. He closed his eyes and saw Ashley. "I may never see them again, but I can't betray them."
Meadow Song frowned before understanding dawned. "Ashley is a fortunate woman." Daniel's heart wrenched at the pain in her whisper.
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Author Bio: Ron Hartman has had a life-long passion for the written word and is an avid reader. The Prophecy Chronicles are his first written works. The first in the series, Prophecy Foretold, was released in October of 2012. Prophecy Revealed is the second in the trilogy. Ron graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2000 and lives in Ottumwa, Iowa with his wife and three children.
Website link: www.prophecychronicles.com
Purchase link at Rogue Phoenix Press: http://shop.roguephoenixpress.ieasysite.com/category_v3.aspx?categoryid=96
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