About
In 2011, I took a leap of faith and left my position as a director of marketing to pursue a career in writing. Two of my full-blown musical plays were produced by independent investors in Minneapolis, Iowa, and Sweden. I wrote the script and music over a span of ten years while raising my three sons. When the market turned south, and investors were difficult to find, I began to write my first novel. My genre is thriller. Political thriller Itsy Bitsy Spider was published in 2013; literary thriller Hush was published in 2014, and psychological thriller Lottery will be on Amazon the end of July, 2014. On my journey as an author, getting to know readers is a rewarding experience. They are not only the 'wing beneath my wings', but valuable friendships have been made along the way.
The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)
Description
<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
Throughout my life, I have had friends and acquaintances I have met who were adopted; some had unsealed their adoption papers and found one or both adoptive parents; others had not.
In 2010, I feel fell in love with a man who had been adopted. He was gentle, loving, and kind, but had many questions and insecurities about his adoption. Unfortunately, there were no records to unseal. Even before this, I had wondered what it feel like to never know your adoptive parents, and if you did meet them, what would you say? Would there be anger? Remorse? Adding to this concept, I spent months researching not only adoption, but the Roe v Wade case, along with how the rubella vaccine was found. Putting all of the research together, Hush was born.
Reviews
<p>Hush is new, so 23 out of the 28 reviews have an overall rating of 4.7. (Makes me tingle all over : )</p>
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