Winnipeg, Manitoba—Local author creates Tolkien-like world with a twist of supernatural fantasy.
June 20, 2005 (Press Release) --
In 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien published The Fellowship of the Ring, the first book in an epic tale later to be voted “The Book of the Century” by both the book industry and by millions of fans around the world. Unfortunately, Tolkien did not live to see the impact his work would have nor the thousands of fantasy titles published that would not have been written but for his work.
On June 25th at 2pm at Chapters Polo Park, Winnipeg author A.P. Fuchs pays homage to Tolkien by releasing The Way of the Fog, the first book in an epic series entitled, The Ark of Light. The story, inspired by the depth and history of The Lord of the Rings and by Fuchs’s own fascination of good and evil, takes place five thousand years after Armageddon, in a world that has gone on existing when it should have ended. The story follows Peter Jones, a poet from the Broken City of Garathen—located where Winnipeg now stands—and his journey from a young man leading a sheltered life to his fulfilling his destiny as one called to rediscover the Ark of Light, a tool once used to arbitrate Armageddon. When a young girl stumbles into Garathen in search of her grandfather whom she hopes will help save her parents from a mysterious illness, Peter becomes a part of her life when he rescues her from one of the Streetfolk, and joins her and her grandfather on their journey. Soon involved with a woman fleeing from the Dembatstayr Army and a furry Flistablare with a penchant for complaining, the company finds themselves under the attack of the same sickness which plagues the girl’s parents, as well as being hunted by an assassin sent to find the one who is destined to one day control the Ark of Light.
But this book was written not just for the sake of sharing a story. Fuchs hopes to bring his own faith in God to a wide audience and to share with them the message of the Gospel. The Way of the Fog, however, is far from preachy. The name “God” isn’t even mentioned once in the text. When the story opens, the world at the time the story takes places doesn’t even know that God—or even the devil—exist. Instead, the people of this far off future history believe in one called the Master and to them, He is their Savior. That is until circumstances reveal otherwise and the shadow of an ancient evil from long ago looms once again.
Fuchs is no stranger to fiction. He has published three other books plus two poetry collections, all, he says, that are somehow connected to the Ark of Light series he’s been waiting to put out for years. Some of his other titles can be found at McNally Robinson Booksellers.
Following in the vein of LaHaye's and Jenkins' Left Behind series and Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, The Way of the Fog is the first volume in an epic journey toward the end of history and the salvation of humankind. For more on A.P. Fuchs and his publisher, Coscom Entertainment, please visit his website at www.apfuchs.com and www.coscomentertainment.com
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On June 25th at 2pm at Chapters Polo Park, Winnipeg author A.P. Fuchs pays homage to Tolkien by releasing The Way of the Fog, the first book in an epic series entitled, The Ark of Light. The story, inspired by the depth and history of The Lord of the Rings and by Fuchs’s own fascination of good and evil, takes place five thousand years after Armageddon, in a world that has gone on existing when it should have ended. The story follows Peter Jones, a poet from the Broken City of Garathen—located where Winnipeg now stands—and his journey from a young man leading a sheltered life to his fulfilling his destiny as one called to rediscover the Ark of Light, a tool once used to arbitrate Armageddon. When a young girl stumbles into Garathen in search of her grandfather whom she hopes will help save her parents from a mysterious illness, Peter becomes a part of her life when he rescues her from one of the Streetfolk, and joins her and her grandfather on their journey. Soon involved with a woman fleeing from the Dembatstayr Army and a furry Flistablare with a penchant for complaining, the company finds themselves under the attack of the same sickness which plagues the girl’s parents, as well as being hunted by an assassin sent to find the one who is destined to one day control the Ark of Light.
But this book was written not just for the sake of sharing a story. Fuchs hopes to bring his own faith in God to a wide audience and to share with them the message of the Gospel. The Way of the Fog, however, is far from preachy. The name “God” isn’t even mentioned once in the text. When the story opens, the world at the time the story takes places doesn’t even know that God—or even the devil—exist. Instead, the people of this far off future history believe in one called the Master and to them, He is their Savior. That is until circumstances reveal otherwise and the shadow of an ancient evil from long ago looms once again.
Fuchs is no stranger to fiction. He has published three other books plus two poetry collections, all, he says, that are somehow connected to the Ark of Light series he’s been waiting to put out for years. Some of his other titles can be found at McNally Robinson Booksellers.
Following in the vein of LaHaye's and Jenkins' Left Behind series and Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, The Way of the Fog is the first volume in an epic journey toward the end of history and the salvation of humankind. For more on A.P. Fuchs and his publisher, Coscom Entertainment, please visit his website at www.apfuchs.com and www.coscomentertainment.com
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