The Onoma Series
About This Book:
Eve Pallue’s façade of purpose falters when a near death experience exposes the frailty of her existence, and she must come to grips with a reality that death ultimately wins. A hidden memory of a forgotten mother surfaces, and Eve’s bodyguard, Randall, takes advantage of her weakened state, trying to capture her devotion and lace her into his ambitious agenda. A dying therapist and her unlikely caretaker lead Eve on a journey of Truth; and a catastrophic fire catapults Eve into a life she has always feared, destroying the only one she has ever known. Eve awakens to severe burns and a pair of doting, elderly sisters who nurture Eve’s newfound faith and guide her on the path to eternal purpose.
AWARDS:
Honorable Mention Grand Prize Winner for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Book Awards.
Grand Prize Short List Winner for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Book Awards.
First Horizon Finalist for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Book Awards.
Finalist in the Backlist Category for the 2020 Feathered Quill Book Awards.
2020 Independent Press Award for Distinguished Favorite in the Religion: Fiction Category.
A 2020 Finalist in the Adult Fiction category for The Wishing Shelf Awards.
Award Winner for Books in a Series (The Onoma Series) in the 2021 International Impact Book Awards.
Second Place Winner for Fiction Series in the 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Awards.
About This Book:
Ruth struggles to survive the rustic Colonies, and she must adjust to living with family she barely knows. However, her mother’s sickness and her brother’s protectiveness cannot deter the feelings she is forming for a retired fighter with a Ka’to Indian heritage and an abusive past. As Ruth begins to expose the World Government’s control tactics to divide the world into two factions, she finds her place as a simple seamstress with little understanding of rural life. As Ruth overcomes loss and learns to love, God begins to unite a dynamic group of Efficientists and Colonials, setting the stage for a sweeping resistance that no one can comprehend.
AWARDS:
Second Place Winner for Fiction Series in the 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Awards.
2020 Distinguished Favorites NYC Big Book Award in Religion/Fiction
Award Winner for Books in a Series (The Onoma Series) in the 2021 International Impact Book Awards.
About This Book:
After the first successful robbery of the World Bank, Pastor Tom fosters a Faith Movement while Bear and Ruth initiate a new life together, overcoming strongholds that seek to tear them apart. Zach and Li make their way northwest on a missionary journey, spreading the web of old-style computers, and discovering that they can tame the wild forces around them. Neil Elder’s disturbing business enterprise is uncovered, and Randall’s pride forces him into the Colonies, but what he finds may cost him his life. The World Government’s plummeting support opens the door for beauty, imagination and wonder to usurp Life Efficiency, and Ruth prepares to confront the city and her past.
AWARDS:
Second Place Winner for Fiction Series in the 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Awards.
Award Winner for Books in a Series (The Onoma Series) in the 2021 International Impact Book Awards.
About This Book:
Randall Hunt makes his way to his family ranch in the colonies and discovers a wealth of oil on his land kept secret by his grandfather. He begins to build an army of bowmen, never expecting to align with colonial unrest and a plan to take down the corrupt World Government. Ada Armel commences the first Grand Opus Gala, and Bear and his pregnant wife, Ruth, find themselves back in the city fighting to maintain high ratings and the adoration of both Efficientists and Colonials. Pastor Tom, Li and Zach continue their plot to sabotage the Regional Integrated Banking System (RIBS) using undetectable old-style computers while Jonah, disguised as a high-ranking city bodyguard, moves to undermine their plan. The tactical tension cumulates on New Year’s Eve, as the Colonials desperately pray that the Kill Switch will not be pulled.
AWARDS:
First Place Winner for Dystopian in the 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Awards.
Second Place Winner for Fiction Series in the 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Awards.
First Place Winner in the Speculative Category in the 2022 Christian Indie Awards.
Finalist for the Religious Fiction Category in the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Award Winner for Books in a Series (The Onoma Series) in the 2021 International Impact Book Awards.
Second Place Winner for Spiritual/Religious Fiction Category in the 2022 CIPA EVVY Book Awards.
About This Book:
Neil Elder punishes Life Therapist, Christina Straight, for withholding patient information by sending her to the Colonies to serve six months in a women’s prison. However, she soon discovers that her punishment becomes a pathway to discovering valuable intelligence and a renewed purpose. At the young age of seventeen, Jonah Goodmen lost everything. Still, with the help of a dying man, he and Christina Straight work together to accomplish a plan that sets a foundation for future strategies of resistance to worldwide exploitation and corruption. Will Jonah have time to become a man who will stand with a group of chosen comrades against a World Government bent on control?
AWARDS:
2023 CIPA EVVY AWARD SILVER Winner for Audiobook narrated by Trista Shay
2023 Feathered Quill Book Award Second Place Winner for Science Fiction
2022 Best Indie Book Award Winner for Christian Novella
2022 Page Turner Award Writing Finalist Novella
Violet Moon Series
About This Book:
At fourteen years old, F’lorna must present her Adoration to Ra’ash. Though she is a singer by design, she has chosen to dance to avoid hurting the tender feelings of her birth friend. As F’lorna prepares for the Double Moon Ceremony, signifying that her Eternal Memory is now shut, storms begin to build across the lands of Rodesh and the villagers must prepare for the great change that is coming. Destiny cries out!
AWARDS:
Third Place Winner for Audiobook in the 2020 CIPA EVVY Book Awards narrated by Trista Shaye.
Award-Winning Finalist in the Fantasy: General category of the 2020 American Fiction Awards.
First Place 2019 Selah Award Winner for YA Literature.
Finalist for the 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards for Teen Fiction.
Honorable Mention for Young Adult Fiction in the 7th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published eBook Awards.
First Place Winner for Graphic Novel in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Contest.
Honorable Mention Winner for Young Adult Fiction in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Contest.
Honorable Mention Winner for Science Fiction/Fantasy in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Contest.
2nd Place winner for YA Fiction of the 2018 BRMCWC Foundation Awards.
About This Book:
F’lorna finds herself in a distant land, fighting to unlock memories buried deep within her. As sages and chieftains fight to claim her identity, she walks in a power that commands her to rise from the darkness. F’lorna’s long lost friend Raecli battles thoughts of depression and wonders if life as a highborn Sand-shaper is worth living. However, hope finally arrives as a friendly traitor, and she embraces a purpose beyond her grandfather’s demand of marriage. F’lorna’s family and friends unite as one to find and return what was lost, and hidden family secrets shake realities and expose higher callings.It’s time for F’lorna to wake up. Destiny cries out!
AWARDS:
Second Place Winner for Audiobook in the 2020 Royal Dragonfly Awards narrated by Trista Shaye.
Honorable Mention for YA Fiction, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Book Trailer in the 2020 Royal Dragonfly Awards.
First Place Winner for General Illustrations in the 2020 CIPA EVVY Book Awards illustrated by Albert Morales.
Second Place Winner for Fantasy/Folklore/Mythology in the 2020 CIPA EVVY Book Awards.
Second Place Winner for Audiobook in the 2020 CIPA EVVY Book Awards narrated by Trista Shaye.
2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist.
Finalist for the 2020 Selah Awards in Young Adult Literature.
Second Place Winner for Graphic Novel in the 2020 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards.
Second Place Winner for Science Fiction/Fantasy in the 2020 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards.
Honorable Mention for Young Adult Fiction in the 2020 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards.
Sword Heiress: Violet Moon Series Book 3
About This Book:
As F’lorna tries to readjust to life as a River-dweller, she feels the battle of two Eternal Memories (River-dweller and Lake-keeper) raging inside of her, filling her with shame and confusion. She struggles with depression and the fear of sleep, trying to stay busy teaching River-dwellers and Marsh-landers the Adoration of swordcraft. The Marsh-landers begin to thrive in their new home, and they adopt the previously unknown material of steel that F’lorna introduces. Raecli finally accepts her life as a Sand-shaper, and delicate embers of tenderness between her and the landowner’s son emerge. Finally, Chieftain Lothar’s galleys are launched onto the waters to claim the rightful heiress to his lands. Can F’lorna’s family and friends help her overcome trauma to embrace a unique life that could possibly bind multiple lands of the unfolding world of Rodesh?
AWARDS:
2023 Story Monster Approved Book Award Winner for Young Adult Fiction.
2023 Story Monster Approved Book Award Winner for Family Matters.
2023 Story Monster Approved Book Award Winner for Illustrations.
2024 Purple Dragonfly Book Award 2024 Winner for Best Illustration.
2024 Purple Dragonfly Book Award 2024 Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction.
2024 INTERNATIONAL FIREBIRD BOOK AWARDS Winner for Young Adult Fiction.
Six Short: A Devotional Study on Literary Devices in the Bible
Take an in-depth look with Alisa Hope Wagner at why fiction Is so important to our Christian faith and our biblical reading by studying literary devices in short stories and discovering spiritual themes that will enrich your life.
AWARDS:
2024 INTERNATIONAL FIREBIRD BOOK AWARDS Winner for Short Story.
2022 Page Turner Writing Award Finalist Short Story.
2022 OCW Cascade Writing Contest Finalist for Article.
