• Author
  • Book
  • Story behind the book
  • Media Links
  • Reviews
DK Christi

DK Christi

About

Consultant and author, world travel and residence in Europe, Asia & aboard Obsession in the Caribbean.  Consultant on multi-cultural diversity, organization change strategies, communication and publishing pitfalls.  Writer of adventure/romance novels and short stories:  Arirang: The Bamboo Connection, Ghost Orchid (fall release), anthologies:  The World Outside the Window & Romance of My Dreams anthologies I and II "Rose's Question," "The Ice Storm," and "The View From the Balcony," and short stories at Amazon Shorts, Amazon.com

The First Book of the Gastar Series: "Act of Redemption"

The First Book of the Gastar Series: "Act of Redemption"

0.0
0 ratings

Description

The once-great city of Gastar stands in ruins following centuries of war by undead monsters driven by an evil temple.  Victory cost the people of the knowledge to defeat another enemy, Zermon, ruler of hell, who seeks to extend his realm by annihilation of the few people left.  With the help of a sympathetic ancient dragon, volunteer fighters from the past war, and the arrival of a teen assassin named Shevata who is known to Zermon, they combine efforts for the existence of the people of Gastar.

Story Behind The Book

Novelist D. K. Christi was enjoying a serene walk along the boardwalk at Blair Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary on her birthday in 2007 when she learned of a rare and exciting event that had just happened: the rare and endangered ghost orchid had bloomed just off the boardwalk, high in the cypress canopy, the only such plant in the entire sanctuary. It's so rare, it's only found in the Everglades of Florida and parts of Cuba. Once she looked through the scope at this exquisitely beautiful, exotic flower, floating like Chinese rice paper ghosts in the swamp breeze, unfettered by even one leaf along the slender stem, she was obsessed. The blooming took on super hero proportions as the plant bloomed higher, closer to easy view and with more blooms than any ghost orchid on record. Her obsession was recorded by the local newspaper as she watched its daily changes over a three-month period of time, also observing the diverse visitors whose gaze also reached the top of the canopy where the ghost orchid reigned.

Media Links

Dames of Dialogue

🔗 http://damesofdialogue.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/inspiration-to-publication-a-ghostly-experience-by-d-k-christi/#comments

↗

Reviews

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">A new voice in fiction…and through her stories perhaps discover something new about yourself. – Amazon.com</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">Ghost Orchid</span></em></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> is <span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;">brilliant!</span> . . . a must read.  I can't say enough about this title.  Christi's style will definitely leave you feeling the magic.<span>  </span>– BK Walker Books</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">The beauty of the Everglades shines through on every page; the (ghost orchid) …the heart and soul of the story. – NPR Reviews</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">Characters that are believable…descriptions of the sanctuary are fantastic and illustrate her skill at writing. – Reader Views</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">Loved the story – Ed Carlson, Executive Director, Blair Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';">Fall under the spell of Christi as she weaves a <span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;">magical tale of love, betrayal and forgiveness</span>. – Midwest Book Reviews</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span></p><p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">A true romantic</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">… the beauty in nature is only surpassed by the inner beauty she portrays in finding true love. – Abe March, <em>To Beirut &amp; Back</em></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">A well-written story of <span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;">crossed paths and missed connections</span> that all fit together like a puzzle. – Ghostwriterreviews</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">Ghost Orchid</span></em></strong><span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> inspires us</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">.  One flower.  Four destinies. – Romancing the Pubs</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">I loved the story.<span>  </span>– The Book Buff</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">A beautifully <span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;">haunting</span> story of love, loss, and redemption – Contemporary Romance</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman';">Well-written and beautiful in its symmetry and uniqueness of plot- Betty Dravis, journalist and author, <em>Dream Reachers</em></span></p><p></p> <span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri;">Her story has it all, betrayal, loss, love, forgiveness. It is the way she puts them all together that creates the <span style="background:#ffff00 none repeat scroll 0%;">amazing</span> impact upon her readers.<span>  </span>– Long and Short Reviews<br /><br /></span>