the Penitent – Part I

Young Pall Warren is not your typical youth. Fittingly named after the sequences that led to his birth, he does not speak much and gets to his work without much ado. This silence and hermit-like nature make him someone an adversary will easily underestimate in battle. Contrary to his initial appearance, Pall hides a powerful aspect of his nature. Raised by his father, the retired High Commander David Warren, and trained in the violent art of combat, he can best be described as a born soldier and a natural killer. Caught up in one of the battles for the honor of his king and country, Pall is separated from his fellow troops. In his bid to rejoin his allies, he must face off against a frightening new enemy. His life and the fate of his countrymen hang in the balance. Will he prevail?

the Penitent – Part 1 is the first installment of a planned, nine–book series titled The Immortality Wars. It is a sci-fi, fantasy, action–oriented, and faith–based novel reminiscent of the Dungeons and Dragons era. Yet, this series will attract science fiction, fantasy readers of such best selling novels as Orson Scott Card's Enders in Exile, C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, and Philip K. Dick's Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep? The story is told from multiple perspectives and gives a refreshingly rounded feel to the book. 

Pall Warren is a sole survivor on a deadly field of combat who regains consciousness and sets out on a journey to understand who he is amidst a war-torn realm. He discovers that he is, in fact, part of an artificially created universe simulation for a more advanced society existing in the 26th century trying to find the keys to immortality.

Within the hyperreality experiment, he lives in a world filled with unrivaled natural beauty, constant struggle, and shifting perceptions of reality. Peace is an illusion. War not only must be waged against competing interests within his own land, but also against unnerving entities filled with extreme malice toward the human race.

When thrust into a world 16 centuries ahead of his own, he unwittingly finds himself at the center of a vast war between 12 nearby planets in our galaxy. He is greedily sought and hunted by corrupt politicians, gambling cartels and syndicates, diabolical scientists, and spiritual leaders who all believe he is the key to ageless divinity; yet, the vision and prayers of a startling, beautiful young woman protects him from afar.