About
I was the first boy in Britain to meet a Dalek in the flesh (so to speak) when my Dad took me to the BBC workshops one dark January night in 1964. That early experience probably explains quite a lot. After a childhood spent daydreaming about aliens and vampires, I discovered Marvel Comics and happily gave up all connection with reality to immerse myself in the marvellous worlds of Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, John Romita, Jim Steranko and Neal Adams. Every Saturday I used to head doggedly from newsagent to newsagent, searching out the latest Iron Man or Spider-man comics, which I would buy for 10d each (that’s about 4p in your fancy modern digital money). Since those halcyon days I've written a lot of books. Really, a lot. If you put a copy of every one of my books in a suitcase then you’d need to get a friend to help you lift it. My favorites among my own books are Heart of Ice, a sci-fi interactive adventure story where the Côte d’Azur is a jungle and the Sahara is covered in snow, and my current project, Mirabilis, a comic book epic in the making. I'd say that my fantasy writing has been most influenced by Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance, Mike Mignola and Neil Gaiman, but I should stress that none of those gentlemen is personally to blame.
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
There's a green comet in the sky and things are getting strange. Every day, fantasy and reality are getting harder to tell apart. Witches in bottles, warmongering cabbages from the planet Pluto, and disguised goblins on the loose in London town.
Jack Ember is caught between two very unreliable mentors. Gus might be a wizard or a madman - or both. The Kind Gentleman is the sort of faerie godfather who'll grant you three wishes you can't refuse. Both of them have plans for Jack, who's spent his life dreaming of adventure and now is about to get the adventure of a lifetime.
Reviews
<font><font></font></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';">"Mirabilis
truly is a wonder. I love it. Long may the green comet soar!" - David
Fickling<br /><br />
"The book looks glorious – a wonderful story." - Ben Sharpe,
Random House</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';">"Morris allows the intriguing story to unfold at a
steady pace." - SFX magazine</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;">"</span><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#222222;">I
was completely captivated." - Lew Stringer</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#222222;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#222222;">"F</span><span style="font-size:14pt;">ast,
packed with adventure, packed with intriguing characters." - Forbidden
Planet International</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">"One of my favourite books of the year." - Book
Zone</span></span></p><p></p>
