Giant Slayers
by Jeff
Altabef & Ken
Altabef
Genre: YA Historical Fiction/Fantasy
Release Date: September 20th 2016
The Kingdom or the Girl?
Demons attack him.
Spirits protect him.
A seer foretells his shocking destiny.
In a primitive land filled with magic, witches and giants, a sixteen-year-old
musician named David is summoned to chase away the nightmares haunting the King
each night. But more than bad dreams trouble the King. Demons torment him, and
David will need more than music to break the curse.
Demons are only the first sign of a deeper and darker evil that plagues the
countryside. Bent on revenge and an insatiable thirst for power, the Witch of
Endor and a giant named Goliath lead an invading force against the kingdom.
King Saul’s army is crumbling and only a champion can save them, but who would
be fool enough to face the giant?
Princess Michal is frustrated by the constraints of palace life, but David’s
arrival makes things infinitely more interesting. She finds herself drawn to
him, but the King strictly forbids her from having a romance with a poor
musician. Only by defying her father’s wishes and risking her freedom do they
have a chance to be together.
Armed with just his sling and his love for Michal, David must prove his worth
by defeating Goliath against impossible odds. Worst of all, he must choose
between saving the kingdom or being with the girl of his dreams. He can’t do
both.
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We were inspired to write Giant Slayers
after Jeff attended a spiritual retreat, where he studied the David and Goliath
story in detail. Before the retreat, we didn’t know that much about the tale.
Sure, we knew about the sling and the giant and maybe the five stones that
David selects to face Goliath. But we didn’t know about the war between two
kingdoms and the Battle of Champions that would decide their fate, and we
didn’t know about the love story between David and the princess Michal.
After that weekend, we teamed up to
bring this tale to life, but we didn’t want to make it into a simple re-hashing
of the Old Testament story. We wanted to write a novel that readers, who know
nothing about the biblical story, will enjoy, and luckily, this story has it
all: young protagonists, an unlikely love story, a war, witches, demons, and a
giant. We couldn’t ask for more and we used all of it. While Giant Slayers
retells one of the iconic biblical stories, we offer a fresh take on it that we
promise will be different from anything else you may have read about it.
About
the Authors
Jeff Altabef lives in New York with his wife, two daughters, and Charlie
the dog. He spends time volunteering at the writing center in the local
community college. After years of being accused of "telling stories,"
he thought he would make it official. He writes in both the thriller and young
adult genres. Fourteenth Colony, a political thriller, is his debut novel. Jeff
has a blog designed to encourage writing by those that like telling stories.
You can find his blog, The Accidental Writers Workshop, on The Patch. Jeff also
rights a column for The Examiner under the byline - The Accidental Writer.
Ken Altabef- As a Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
member, my short fiction has frequently appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy
& Science Fiction. I also had stories in Interzone, Buzzymag, Abyss &
Apex, Unsettling Wonder and Ominous Realities.
ALAANA'S WAY, my 5-part series of epic fantasy
novels is published by Cat's Cradle Press. Described as "cutting-edge
fantasy from the top of the world" the arctic setting and unique
characters will bring something new to even the most jaded fantasy enthusiast.
You can preview this work and others at my website www.KenAltabef.com
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