Achievements
• 2025: Ultimate Championship Trophy, Best Writing (Fiction), Best Fiction, Best Fantasy, Best Action/Adventure, Best Myths/Legends, Best Romance, Best World-Building, Best Character, Most Beautiful Character (Darshelle), Outstanding Creator Awards
• 2024: International Impact Book Award
• 2023: Finalist, Best Mentor Character, Indie Ink Awards
• 2022: The BookFest Award
• 2021: International Firebird Book Award
• 2020: Runner-Up, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of the Year, OnlineBookClub.org
The future of Mankind relies on the Guardian of Maarihk. Will his Sight be true? Or will his impure Firstblood prove the ruin of us all?
Natharr is Guardian of Maarihk, one of a long line of protectors dating back to the Firstborn Age, before the Aa Conquest. Natharr's is an ancient role, rooted in his Firstblood, giving him Sight to see what is yet to be. He adheres to his sacred duties even in the centuries since the Firstborn were forced to the brink of extinction by the Aa.
Natharr still stands guard over all men, Aa or Firstborn, Seeing what will come to pass, deciding what is unavoidable and what is not. He spends decades planning how to save the life of the newborn Crown Prince Vikari so he may one day reclaim the throne of the land where Mankind was created, back in the time when the Olde Gods still walked.
Reviews
• "I've been won over by Crown Prince! The world is deeply conceived. The prose is well crafted. The solemn, almost-inhuman Guardian/seer standing guard during a deadly siege as the young queen gives birth makes for a hell of a great start! That weightiness to his character was a key point of interest to me that comes across right from the opening pages, plunging right into the thick of it for a wonderful change of pace. Crown Prince is intriguing, grand, strange, and shadowed by ill-omens. It is Shakespearean." — Tom Mock, author, The Long Nights
• Kilpack "presents an atmospheric, immersive journey into a richly crafted world, balancing a strong character-led adventure with a wider web of plots. A clear flair for character, dialogue, and attitude from the start. Natharr's intense presence affects all who encounter him, making for some dynamic clashes. The weightiness of his responsibilities and the depth of the worldbuilding immediately gripped me. As the story unfolded, the way the characters' attitudes and actions were shaped by the realism of the worldbuilding was compelling. This book delivers on every promise of pulse-pounding adventure — coupled with dark storytelling, strong descriptions, and captivating character development that balances emotion with duty." — K.C. Finn, USA Today best-selling author
• Crown Prince "is one of the best fantasies I've read. I've already bought the next four books! High fantasy, loaded with rich worldbuilding. Natharr is gifted with 'sight' — an imperfect ability to glimpse the future. He flees with the king's newborn heir and a protective wet nurse, a strong-willed woman, Darshelle. They enter the Ancient Wood, [which is] populated by strange creatures and beings to keep the child safe until he [can] claim the throne. His relationship with Darshelle and the prince [depict] a man struggling between duty and the love of a family he never thought possible. A fascinating world, peppered with wonderfully unique creatures with distinct personalities — some helpful, some deadly. All nuanced, multilayered, and thoroughly believable [setting] the stage for when duty requires Natharr to leave them behind." — D. Wallace Peach, author, The Shattered Sea Duology
