The Lightrider JournalsBy: Eric NierstedtPublished: November 8th, 2012 by iUniverseJoseph Hashimoto is happy with his ordinary life. A man who believes in fairness and just action, Joe's greatest love is his family. But as he moves about his days, he is completely unaware that his actions are carefully observed. With one momentous decision, Joe's ordinary life is about to turn into an extraordinary existence.While attempting to save a little girl from danger, Joe is killed in a violent explosion. Instead of dying, however, his soul is brought before the elemental Architects of the Universe, who tell him he has been chosen for sacred duty. Reborn as a Lightrider, the earthly representative of Light, Joe is given a leadership of the Elemental Knights, a group of half-man, half-animal beings. Charged with maintaining a delicate balance between good and evil, Joe must police both sides and destroy anyone who threatens to ruin it. As Joe struggles with his conflicting emotions and longing for home, he must face his greatest threat--the ancient Chaos Demons.In this fantasy tale, a man inadvertently thrust into a world of cosmic forces must come to terms with change and accept what needs to be done for the good of all.
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Eric
Nierstedt grew up in Garwood NJ, and spent most of his life absorbing the epic
tales of fantasy from Terry Brooks, Stephen King, and even the tales of comic
books and video games. His writing began soon after, as he honed it through
writing for the local paper, and maintaing his own blog
(www.thepopculturemark.wordpress.com/). When he graduated from Kean University,
his began his first novel, while also being selected for the NJ Wordsmith
Competiton. Eric wanted to tell a story of a group of characters, anchored by
one central narrator, that battled forces of destruction. And he also wanted to
use his own thoughts on the nature of good and evil- how the two are defined by
each other,
"When
I started the Lightrider Journals, the big fantasy novels of the day were
Twilight and Harry Potter. I
wanted to avoid being another copy of those at all costs. So I combined all my major influences-
Terry Brooks, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Stephen King's The Dark
Tower. As I wrote, I wanted to explore
a concept that wasn't discussed much in any popular fantasy- the idea of
showing good and evil as forces both responsible for and essential to life as
we know it. I also wanted to show a more natural form of magic, and show
fantasy existing in the real world, which would turn out much bigger then
people think. And finally, I
wanted to tell a story about what I was feeling stepping out in the world for
the first time- how a man can adapt to a sudden and tremendous responsibility-
not just his successes, but his losses as well, and how he learns to live with
them. And of course, throw in
liberal amounts of magic, characters that would resonate with people, and a
sprinkling of humor. I think
anyone who reads it will be able to have a good time with all the characters
and action, but also see a different version of the neverending battle of good
and evil. And most of all, I hope
they leave the book with a better idea of how they can face that which seems insurmountable."
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