The Waveschool Chronicles The First Bondson

author C. Christopher Young

A FICTION BOOK PROPOSAL

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Overview 3-4 Series Information 5-7 Synopsis 8-10 Character Descriptions 11 About the Author 12 Competitive Works 13 Publicity & Platform 14-16 Target Market 17 Endorsements 18 OVERVIEW

The First Bondson In a Sentence: Avortovar Maligtonay, a sixteen-cycle-old waveson and draka rider, must risk everything to save his family and homeland from a ferocious Bogrin invasion.

Elevator Pitch: A youth journeys into manhood as he struggles to become the greatest draka rider. But the odds always seem to be stacked against this lowly son of a shepherd. Ride with Avortovar and his thunder draka Meeta, as they traverse the kingdom, battle Bogrins, save the girl, and discover the true meaning of friendship.

In a Paragraph: The Kingdom of the Northern Reaches is under attack. A ferocious Bogrin army has invaded the Eastfold, disrupting Avortovar Maligtonay’s opportunity to become the greatest draka rider of all time. Will Avotovar risk his future, his fame, and his sweetheart to discover the fate of his family?

In One-half Page: Avotovar Maligtonay is a stranger to war. Until now. The Eastfold, Avortovar’s homeland, is burning. A monstrous Bogrin army is cleaving its way across the countryside toward his family in Coldcreek. The sixteen-cycle old waveson and his thunder draka Meeta are well on their way to becoming the greatest draka cift in all of Nod. When war breaks out, Avortovar, along with his friends Jessup and Sanka, must decide to give up their dreams of becoming great draka warriors to save families they haven’t seen in four years. Will Avotovar risk his future, his fame, and his sweetheart to discover the fate of his family?

3 SETTING

The First Bondson is set in a pre-Noahic (Genesis 6) flood world. The entire universe is reimagined in a fantasy setting that fills in the gaps of the Biblical narrative with the fictional world of Nod. It is filled with dinosaurs, nephilim, different races, and the epic struggle of good versus evil.

God, El in the Old Testament, is reimagined as Ol in The Waveschool Chronicles. Some of Ol’s dragons (angels - an allusion to the book of Revelation), fall from grace and mix with mankind to produce draka. Draka are dragon-like creatures roughly the size of an elephant and can be ridden and domesticated like a horse.

Many of the stories and themes of scripture resonate throughout the series. The main character Avortovar Maligtonay, is an amalgamation of many Old Testament prophets and heroes. He is a small shepherd boy (David-like), who rises from his meager birthright to become the greatest warrior (Gideon-like/Samson-like) in all of Nod. His heroics change the face of the world forever.

PASSION BEHIND WORK

As a pastor who has worked with over 1000 students and children over the past few years, Cyle became frustrated at the lack of non-portal, non-time travel Christian fantasy. So he set out to create a world rooted in the Old Testament and investigate many of the concepts, characters, and stories of scripture through a new venue and amalgamated characters.

The Bible contains the greatest stories of all time, and his goal was to include elements from the entirety of God’s word that engage the hearts and minds of my readers. The reimagined high fantasy setting contains a plethora of biblically inspired stories ranging from dinosaurs to dragons, magic to miracles, and warriors to wrongdoers.

4 SERIES INFORMATION

The Waveschool Chronicles

The Wingrider Quadrilogy is set on ancient Earth before the splitting of the continents. The characters in the novel refer to their planet as Nod. The flora and fauna are familiar to the reader, with the addition of some long extinct animals like the Tyrasor (T-Rex). Magic exists but it is extremely uncommon.

The series follows, Avortovar Maligtonay, a sixteen-cycle-old waveson as he faces personal adversity, death, and betrayal at the hands of his closest friends. It chronicles his rise to fame, his lost romance, and his journey to save the kingdom from his former friend who has become an instrument of an evil ruler.. This quadrilogy follows Avortovar from eighteen to twenty-one cycles. It chronicles his estranged relationship with Jessup, the continued struggle with the Feldrakes, and his journey to reclaim his sweetheart Nydia. During the trilogy a traitor grows in power and threatens the stability of the Kingdom of Keth. The Bogrin nation grows in power and readies another vicious attack.

Book One: The First Bondson

Avotovar Maligtonay is a stranger to war. Until now.

The Eastfold, Avortovar’s homeland, is burning. A monstrous Bogrin army is cleaving its way across the countryside toward his family in Coldcreek.

The sixteen-cycle old waveson must decide to give up his dreams of becoming a great draka warrior to save his family whom he hasn’t seen in four years. Aboard his thunder draka and with the assistance of his friends Jessup and Sanka, Avo embarks on a journey that will change his future forever.

Book Two: The Lone Rider Avortovar, now eighteen, returns to claim his sweetheart Nydia. Her father refuses. Jessup sides with the Lord Regent. Nydia is torn, but she decides to run away, in secret, with Avo. They escape and Jessup and Perci pursue them. Avo defeats Jessup and leaves him unconscious tied up in a cave. Perci captures Nydia and flees to the capitol. In a daring rescue attempt, Avo kills Perci in self-defense. Nydia doesn’t believe him and she refuses to leave the capitol with him. Instead she chooses to stay with the escaped Jessup. Avo, branded a murderer, must discover how to restore his name and avoid capture. Book Three:The Forsaken Warrior Weeks after the events of book four, Avo discovers that Feldrake has captured his family. His family is charged with high treason, and accused of conspiring with the enemy. In a deal with Feldrake, Avo must surrender to free his family and clear their name. Feldrake breaks the deal and executes Avo’s

5 brother Tovar. Johan, one of Feldrakes personal guards, helps Avo escape. He rescues his family with the help of the Soulswords. Civil war erupts in the Northern Reaches. Book Four: The Rebel Lord Nydia, the remaining heir of Lord Feldrake, has come of age to marry. She discovers her father’s treachery and Avo’s innocence, but she is still betrothed to Jessup, Lord of Sadrohelm. Their wedding is rushed as Avo’s army attacks the city. Once the ceremony is completed, Jessup and the Lord Regent engage in battle with the rebels. During the fierce fighting, the traitor Markath shows with his Bogrin army. Can Avo and Jessup join forces to save the Kingdom, or will they fight to the bitter end?

The Waveschool Prequels

The prequels follow Avortovar Maligtonay on his journey from a mere twelve-cycle-old shepherd boy to a sixteen-year-old draka rider. It chronicles his rise to fame, his secret romance, and his struggle to overcome bullies.

Book one: The Last Waveson (Status: ¾ finished. Can be completed by 1/1/16)

The twelve-cycle-old Avortovar is the last child chosen in an annual competition. He becomes the last waveson chosen to enter the waveschool in the capitol city. Each waveson must compete in a series of scored challenges to determine their rank for the “choosing”. A few of the boys attempt to dissuade Avo and force him out of the waveschool. Avo persists and places last just behind his archenemy, Perci Feldrake.

During the choosing, each waveson, in turn, selects a draka egg that will hatch into a powerful draka. Avortovar believes his egg to contain a lifeless draka. To his surprise, and everyone else’s, it hatches hours later and he receives the rarest most powerful draka of all, a thunder draka.

Book Two: The Second Swordson

Avo, now fourteen cycles, has found success at the waveschool. His thunder draka grows and they begin flight training together. In the beginning of his third cycle at the waveschool, Avo struggles with melee training and swordsmanship. He is clumsy and awkward as he struggles with puberty and a newfound admirer.

Jessup, Avo’s best friend trains him in secret. Jessup is a natural swordsman, and he is most likely to win the title of First Swordson at the end of the year tournament.

During the course of the year, Avo grows into his body and begins to grasp swordsmanship, so much so, that his abilities begin to surpass Jessup’s. Avo limits his skills so no one, including Jessup

6 discovers his prowess with a sword.

During the final tournament Avo faces Jessup in the finals. Does he defeat his best friend, who spent countless hours training him in secret, or does he honor him by letting him win? Avo throws the final match and chooses to find humility in friendship and defeat.

7 SYNOPSIS

Avortovar Maligtonay, a sixteen-year-old draka rider, has finally arrived at the verge of attaining his lifelong dream—to become one of the great draka riders of the Northern Reaches. He rides, Meeta, a golden thunder draka, the smaller offspring of the great ancient dragons of Ol.

The First Bondson begins with Avortovar visualizing the waveschool’s training course run while seated on the banks of Greenbriar Creek. He is interrupted by a young boy and his father who owns the land. Avortovar introduces himself and allows the pair to touch Meeta. In appreciation of the gesture, Master Greenbriar offers Avo respite any time he needs to get away. Avo promptly departs to chase the training course record of ninety-eight sil. To claim the record would be an astounding feat on his thunder draka. He longs for his family to see him beat the record. Avortovar promised he would visit often, but in four years he hadn’t been home once. The guilt from his broken promise derides those thoughts.

Avortovar, commonly referred to by his friends as Avo, notices his best friends Jessup and Sanka in the crowd. Sanka, an older waveson and resident playboy, is lost in flirtation with the young ladies of the court. He finds Jessup staring at Nydia Feldrake. Nydia is Avo’s secret girlfriend, and she is the daughter of Avo’s greatest enemy, the Lord Regent Feldrake.

The elder Feldrake and his son, Perci have long been adversaries of Avo’s. Four years prior, Perci mistakenly chose the last of two eggs in the waveschool’s choosing ceremony. Perci received the weakest of the draka, a mud, and Avo received the rare and powerful thunder.

In an awe-inspiring run, Avo decimates the record. As he awaits a glorious celebration, alarm bells ring throughout the capitol city of Durban. The Bogrin army, an ogre-like horde riding giant tyrasors, have invaded the Eastfold, Avo’s home region. Jessup, Sanka, and Avo meet to devise a plan to gather more information. They decide Sanka and Avo will visit Sanka’s cousin, the wing-rider Gessel’s wife Iolba, to learn more. They will have to sneak out after dark to avoid the guards.

The two boys sneak out and Jessup stays behind to help them get back into the school. The boys meet the half-olf Iolba and play with her children. Iolba reveals that the Eastfold is burning. The boys become distraught with the news that Sanka’s home town is most likely in ashes.

They leave and return to the school. When they climb back in, Perci cuts their rope, thwarting any assistance Jessup can provide from inside. The boys have to recruit the help of a friendly guard, Lars Poder.

The boys enter the compound and threaten Perci. They decide to take a vote on leaving the waveschool to check on their families. Leaving the waveschool could result in expulsion and the loss of their draka mounts forever. With a unanimous vote, all three will leave. Sanka and Avo vote to go, but Jessup votes to stay, because his family is most likely not in the direct path of the attack.

The boys go to bed, but during the night Sanka leaves anyway. Avo follows soon after, intent to find his friend. When Jessup learns the news, he also leaves, but not before sending word to the schoolmaster in an attempt to save himself from expulsion later.

8 The boys race to catch each other. Sanka, unaware of the pursuit, comes upon a farmhouse under attack by Bogrin scouts. He engages the enemy—with his soul draka—in an attempt to save the family. Sanka’s draka doesn’t survive. It is ripped apart by the attacking Bogrin tyrasor riders.

Avo comes upon the battle late and watches in horror as Sanka is hunted down and killed by the Bogrin. He engages with his draka, Meeta. They easily dispatch the first few Bogrin but are unaware of an aerial counterattack.

Jessup arrives and assists in the battle as Avo is severely wounded. After dispatching his pursuers, Avo spends the night in a cave with his draka.

Jessup gets separated from Avo in the darkness and returns to the farmhouse. He stays all night to protect the family.

In a weary state of shock, Avo cuts a piece of skin from his wounded draka. He uses the the skin graft as a makeshift bandage to cover his shredded forearm. The draka graft adheres to Avo’s skin, becoming part of his flesh and healing his wound.

When he wakes from his sleep, Avo hears a voice.

He searches everywhere, only to learn the voice belongs to his draka Meeta, who reveals that he has a different name, Pia’ ka’. The skin graft provides a telepathic bond to the highly intellectual creature.

After learning that he can telepathically speak to his draka, Avo decides to keep it a secret, even from Jessup. He returns to the farmhouse, where he finds Jessup. An elite group of wing-riders known as The Soul Swords arrive. The Soul Swords take the young boys under their wings until it is safe for them to return to the capitol. They escort the two wavesons and the smallest of the farmer’s children back to the city of Hiffendale. When the farmer never shows, the children are placed in an orphanage. Avo forms a special connection with one of the orphans, Elice. He takes care of her like she is his own sister.

In Hiffendale, the commander of the Soul Swords institutes training for the two boys. They quickly become adept with the weapons given to them by the Swords. Avo trains by day and visits Elice as often as he can at night. One evening, Avo discovers terrible neglect and abuse by the orphanage Marm toward the children. When he physically confronts her, she reports him to the authorities, and they attempt to arrest him. Commander Knopp orders Avo to stay in the city keep, where the city watch has no jurisdiction.

The next morning, Lord Regent Feldrake arrives in the middle of a surprise attack. He tries to check on the progress of the war, but instead his troops are routed. Jessup attempts to rescue him but is knocked unconscious. Avo saves the Lord by killing his Bogrin attackers and then rescues Elice from the corrupt orphanage. Afterwards, he departs with Elice for his family’s homestead south of the city in Coldcreek.

The Lord Regent refuses to give the credit of his rescue to Avo and instead gives it to Jessup. They return to the capitol together. As the boys travel, war wages north of Hiffendale.

9 Meanwhile, Avo delivers Elice to his family in Coldcreek. He spends the night catching up at home. The family welcomes Elice with open arms. They are very proud of their son.

The next day, Avo returns to Hiffendale. On his way to the capitol, he runs into Johan, one of the Lord Regent’s personal guards. Johan had participated in the battle and was to report their victory to the capitol. They ride together and Johan becomes Avo’s friend.

Johan revealed that he witnessed Avo’s heroism when he saved the Lord Regent. He also shares with Avo that a blood draka rider gave information to the Bogrin about how to defeat the North Wing Army. Avo wonders if it was The Lord Regent, but keeps those thoughts to himself.

Back at the capitol, Avo arrives in time to witness Jessup hailed as hero for the rescue of the Lord Regent. Jessup is made a hold lord and Feldrake betroths him to his daughter, Nydia.

Avo feels betrayed. Through his journeys, he realized that family is most important thing. He’d became a great draka warrior, but he still missed his family. One day he could create his own family—with Nydia.

In a daring late-night rendezvous, at a masquerade dance, Avo and Nydia attempt to run away. As they attempt to escape, guards find them. Avo flees alone and Nydia is captured. The next day he discovers he is allowed to stay in the school, on probation. When news breaks that he snuck out for the dance, he is expelled as a consistent rule breaker.

He sends a note to Nydia before he leaves the capitol, and Pia’ ka’ is given to Perci. Through their telepathy, Pia’ ka’ and Avo plan to meet up at the remote Greenbriar Creek. It was the only place to avoid detection, and the location from which they’d devise a plan for Avo to reunite with Nydia.

10 CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

AVORTOVAR MALIGTONAY: commonly known as “Avo,” is a sixteen-cycle old son of a shepherd. The handsome blonde with an athletic frame and blue eyes is determined to prove he is worthy of becoming a draka warrior. He longs to see his family. He hasn’t seen them since he left four the waveschool four years earlier. In secret, he carries out a relationship with Nydia, his long time adversary’s younger sister. JESSUP SMITH: a sixteen-cycle old waveson born of modest means. His dark black hair stands in stark contrast to the golden blonde of his best friend and fellow waveson, Avortovar. Jessup’s wirey frame makes him a natural at sword combat. He holds the title of first swordson in his waveclass, and an outspoken admiration for the beautiful Nydia Feldrake. SANKA BAKER: is on the verge of graduating the waveschool. His husky frame has not deterred the seventeen-cycle old waveson from a lifestyle of dancing and flirting with all the nobles’ daughters. Sanka wants more out of life than the warfare afforded by the title of waverider. He desires a life of prestige in the court. NYDIA FELDRAKE: the striking beauty with long red hair, green eyes, and freckled skin. Her secret romance with Avortovar has gone unnoticed by even their closest friends. She longs for her family to end their hatred of Avo and embrace his ability as a draka rider and waveson. The wealth of her family provides for an otherwise carefree life of a noble’s daughter. PERCI FELDRAKE: the long time-adversary of Avortovar. Perci is not a fan of Avo’s success. His father, the Lord Regent, rules the Kingdom of the Northern Reaches. His father encourages him to make Avo’s life difficult in an attempt to humiliate the boy. Perci harbors a bitterness all the way back from their “choosing” day when Perci incorrectly chose the weakest draka and Avo received the grandest. MEETA/ PIA’ KA’: Avo’s golden thunder draka is one of the fastest draka to ever fly the skies of Nod. The four-cycle old draka is maturing at a rapid rate and his scales are hardening quickly. The adept flier and offspring of the drakakim—alpha draka—shows signs of great intelligence and fighting ability. THE WAVESCHOOL: the site of all draka rider training in the Northern Reaches. Promising twelve-cycle old boys from all corners of the kingdom are removed from their families and trained as great draka riders and protectors of mankind. The demands of the waveschool limit a child’s interaction with their family and many boys long for home. It is an honor to be chosen, and any boy who leaves the school faces expulsion and becomes an outcast in society.

11 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cyle is a children’s, family, and sports pastor who works with over 500 wonderful children and students weekly. He is also co-creator of All Out Sports, Family Land, and Foreverland. Cyle has won sixteen literary awards for his writing, including his latest release, Belly Buttons and Broken Hearts.

He serves as managing editor of www.almostanauthor.com, a website devoted to helping aspiring writers become published authors. In the fall of 2015, Cyle will write a weekly column for The Springfield Paper covering Ohio State and the University of Michigan Football. He is also a monthly contributor to the parenting website, www. just18summers.com.

Cyle, a father of three, is a veteran of 15 years of youth and children’s ministry. He is a former college football player from the University of Michigan where he participated on a National Championship team. He also holds two master’s degrees from Liberty Theological Seminary. He was recently selected as the spotlight pastor in Kidzmatter Magazine’s Nov/Dec 2013 issue. Many of his articles and devotions have been published in places like Kidzmatter Magazine, The Springfield Paper,and the Minerva News Leader.

He has is editor of First Steps: Student Version. This 100,000+ selling independent discipleship curriculum is used internationally to disciple adults and students over the course of twelve weeks. Cyle also is a co-writer of All Out Sports devotionals and curriculums, used annually by over 10,000+ students and parents.

When not sharing the gospel or playing with his kids, Cyle spends his time avoiding snakes, hiding from aliens, and doing his best to never again pass gas on a horse.

You can learn more about Cyle by visiting his website at www.cyleyoung.com.

12 COMPETITIVE WORKS

Eragon by Christopher Paolini (2005, Knopf Books for Young Readers) Over 35 million copies sold. Amazon sales rank #7,800. Eragon continues to sell well. Eragon brought the personal connection between a boy and his dragon to the forefront of many imaginations. The First Bondson exhibits that same unique closeness between a boy and his draka, but it differs on its reliance on magic.Magic is prevalent in Eragon, but highly uncommon in The First Bondson. My novel deals with the inherent tensions and passion of a sixteen-year-old, friendship, dating, family, and finding a place in the world. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937 reissued 2012, Del Rey) Over 100 million copies sold. Amazon current sales rank #72,383. The Hobbit is one of the greatest fantasy books of all time. It is timeless. It engages new readers to the genre, but also limits those new readers because of the difficulty of connecting with an antiquated language. Readers who become enthralled with fantasy require more outlets, more immersive worlds which they can devote their imaginations too. The First Bondson, reimagines many of the familiar staples of the fantasy genre and pulls readers into the high tension struggle of a teenager trying to find love and his place in the world. The Pirate King by R.A. Salvatore (2009, wizards of the Coast) Over 30 million books sold in this 13+ book series. Current Amazon sales rank #101,000. R.A. Salvatore is one of the best –selling authors in modern fantasy. His books are amazing but they are skewed to the Dungeons and Dragons audience. The books are high on magic, sorcery, and demons, which can be off putting to many readers, especially parents selecting books for their child. I believe my book can find success when pared with books like The Pirate King, because it offers and low magic fantasy that steers away from demons and focuses more on the relationships between the characters in the book as they journey through life, war, and romance together. The Rise of the Wyrm Lord by Wayne Thomas Batson (2013 2nd edition, Thomas Nelson) Over 250,00 copies sold of the trilogy. Current amazon rank #347,200. This successful book is probably the most directly competitive book to The First Bondson. The Rise of the Wrym Lord is a portal, where modern day persons are pulled into a fantasy realm through a portal. The First Bondosn differs because it is a fantasy book set on an alternate version of historical Earth. The characters co-exist in their own time and place. Readers can fully immerse in the high fantasy world bound by familiar animals, plants, and physics. Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis (2004 5th edition. Living Ink books) Current Amazon sales rank #45,800. Best selling four book series. Raising dragons is another portal fantasy. The First Bondson is able to completely flesh out the high fantasy realm in which the story exists and draws the reader into the exiting adventures of Avortovar and his friends. My book covers difficult issue like suicide, dating, war, bullying, and family.

13 PUBLICITY and PLATFORM

Currently, Cyle travels around the country speaking annually at five regional sports conferences and one national conference. He is willing to offer the books for sale at these speaking engagements as well as the multiple sports camps he runs each summer. Annually, Cyle speaks in front of over 3000 people and is willing to add book signings and readings at Christian school assemblies. He works at a church of 1000 people and would be committed to market my book there as well as his last two churches, which total another 1900 people. In 2016, Cyle will be speaking at multiple writing conferences, he will offer the books for sale at each of those. Social Media: Cyle is the founder of Almost An Author (A3), www.almostanauthor.com. The website has over 10,000+ hits/month. A3 is a training and encouragement website for aspiring writers. Through his various web presences and monthly columns, Cyle has a social media reach of over 25,000+ hits monthly. He blogs through his website www.cyleyoung.com, writes a regular column at www. just18summers.com (10,000+ hits/month), and serves as managing editor at www.almostanauthor. com (10,000+ hits/month) Cyle would be very committed to harnessing these sites to advertise and market this book. Additionally, Cyle has an author page on Facebook, a regular page, and a twitter presence. He also has pages on Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedInand Google+. Cyle also willing to: Attend other writer’s conferences to promote the book Attend the ICRS - International Christian Retailer Show Create a book video trailer. Hire a private publicist. Attend book signings Create bookmarks and other promotional material. Do talk show, radio, blog, and internet radio interviews. Engage in an extensive blog tour. Speak at book clubs all over the Midwest and beyond. Sell the book through his website, www.almostanauthor.com Creative Marketing: The Waveschool Chronicles is a High Fantasy series engineered to capture readers in an “Avengers”-

14 style marketing platform. Many of the characters have short stories or novellas written or in process, which can be released through social media, amazon, or some other platform to drive sells back to the series. Short Stories/Characters for additional marketing: • The Battle of Turtle Creek • Kel Moonstrider • Johan • Teroli and Zerbu Additionally, each of the races of Nod, have a book or series in process. A few of these additional stories or books have recently won awards. The Award-winning, The Last Waveson, is a prequel to The First Bondson. It tells the story of Avo’s struggle to become selected as a waveson, how he overcomes bullying in the waveschool, and eventually acquires the rarest draka of all, the mighty Thunder draka. Award winning, The Torn Kingdom,is a YA Fantasy novel centered around the interpersonal drama of the estranged relationship and power struggle between an Qiol and his older Olvish sister, Namshalla. It is a three book series. Qiol also appears in the first book of The Waveschool Chronicles. Potiphar’s Tower, is a mystery novel centered on Tolk, an Elafyn warrior, from the aquatic Corol people. Attempting to rescue a princess, Tolk is captured in a Magi’s puzzling tower. He must discover its secrets to escape in enough time to save the princess. The Mines of Mardibar, chronicles the suspense-filled tale of Guntag Hammerthumb. The Dwarol miner becomes trapped in the lower mines with his co-workers. He must brave, the darkness, danger, and the creatures that lurk deep inside, to escape with his life. The Gobbin King, is based on an award-winning short story. This rags to riches tale, details the rise from slavery of the half-breed Cayn, after killing his villainous father. Cayn finds himself naturally immune to a plague engineered to destroy his people. When he becomes the Gobbin king, will he ultimately exact revenge on the plagues creators? Knights of Nod, is a trilogy that brings the main characters of all the Nod books together in an epic conquest of good versus evil as they save the world from the evil villain Markath.

The Guardian War, chronicles the defeat of the Livyathan and the Behaymoth at the hands of Ol’s 400 guardians. The terrible creatures are removed from Nod and the remaining guardians are left to ensure they never return.

The Nodantha, a proposed compilation book made up of a selection of smaller works, comprising, but not limited to: . Songs of the Seer, a collection of poems, prayers, and proverbs of Nod and its peoples. . The Book of Ol, the written history of the creator Ol, Nod and all of creation.

15 . Tales of Volmer, consists of short stories centered on an evil sword and its wielders from generation to generation. . For God and for King, contains short stories and tales of valor from the realm of Keth. Slave Hunt, a dice-game version of the children’s game from the novel. An open game license (OGL 3.5) product Knights of Keth, created to embrace the significant crossover with the role-playing game community (RPG D20). Product could be sold as a campaign setting or module in any of the popular fantasy RPG’s on the market such as Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Etc. Or be hosted for a free download. A downloadable card game Art of War: Nod. The game is a standard expandable card game focusing on characters and races from the world of Nod. This is in process and could be completed in time for the Novel’s launch and could be expanded with each successive release. Draka Battle, a downloadable card duel game with sixty-five cards, pitting one draka rider versus another for ultimate air superiority. Draka Race, a board and dice game based on Avo’s record-breaking training course run.

16 TARGET MARKET

Don Bluth—creator of An American Tale—famously said, “The only story worth telling is that of a lost child, trying to find his way home.” TheFirst Bondson is at its heart the story of a lost boy trying to find his way back to his family. It bridges the gap between the How to Train your Dragon crowd and A Game of Thronesreaders.

TARGET AUDIENCE: teen males who love Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings, and A Game of Thrones.

SECONDARY AUDIENCE: teens who want a safer, more wholesome alternative to the popular secular books in the genre.

TERTIARY AUDIENCE: parents and pastors who want to steer their child’s fantasy obsession into more wholesome fantasy books.

The First Bondson was written to engage the readers desire to fully immerse himself in a fictional world full of powerful magic, mystical creatures, and terrifying enemies.

17 ENDORSEMENTS

As a former football player at the University of Michigan I could seek some of my former teammates and coaches to endorse the book. A partial list of potential endorsements: Tom Brady – Super Bowl Winning Quarterback Charles Woodson – Heisman Trophy Winner Steve Hutchinson – 7x All-Pro football player Jon Jansen – Former Professional football player – NFL Analyst (NFL Network) Jay Feely – Former NFL kicker Dhani Jones – Former NFL player and TV personality Coaches: Brady Hoke and Lloyd Carr I have a connection with Justin Chambers of Grey’s Anatomy.

These names are all authors, speakers, and bloggers who are friends. DiAnn Mills (Just 18 Summers, Tyndale) - Committed Eva Marie Everson (Five Brides, Tyndale) - Committed

Rachel Hauck (The Wedding Dress, Thomas Nelson) Torry Martin (What a Character!, Lillenas) Edie Melson (While My Soldier Serves, Worthy) Michelle Medlock Adams (God Knows You, CandyCane Press) Alton Gansky (30 Events that Shaped the Church, Baker) Bryan Davis – (Omega Dragon, AMG) Cliff Graham – Day( of War, Zondervan) Michelle Cox (Just 18 Summers, Tyndale) - Committed

Dina Sleiman (Dauntless, Bethany House) Todd Starnes – (Dispatches From Bitter America, B&H)

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