This novel is intended to be an anthology of three separate novels, two of which were previously published, and a third that had not been finished or seen publication.
The first two in the series – Lola the Buhund and the Empty Sky and Lola the Buhund and the Father of Discord – were originally published by another company from 2017(Book One)/2019(Book Two) to December of 2022. The pandemic has taken its toll on many things, and my contract with them was one of them. We parted ways amicably, but it left me at an odd crossroads.
As a young adult series, it follows the adventures of Hikaru Lola, a young Buhund from the world of Lumea. Her journey began at a time when Lumea’s skies were barren and the entire planet had lived in the dark for over a decade, but she quickly finds herself embroiled in a plot to stop a despotic monarch and to fell an ancient evil spirit intent on destroying reality.
To put it as simply as I can: Lola was my dog. She was the inspiration for this series’ protagonist, and I lost her to sudden onset heart failure in October of 2021. I suppose these stories are my way of letting her memory live on.
"The World of Lumea exists in a time and place different than our own. A once thriving world filled with many cultures, creatures, and forms of magic; for the past decade and a half the world’s skies have been barren. There is no day, and merely a starless and moonless night that goes on forever. Few crops grow and the world is in a state of scarcity as many nations slowly fade from existence altogether. The powerful spirits that once guided the world seem to have fallen silent.
The nation of Prithvi, however, still perseveres against the consuming darkness. Previously a cultural hub, the denizens of the nation struggle as the Prithvian royal family grows more hard-hearted with the passing days.
However, near Prithvi’s southern end in a desolate wood a young Buhund (farm dog) named Lola lives in the company of a poor carpenter. Merely two years of age, she has never seen the sun or the moon. Unbeknownst to her, the path that lies before her may lead straight to them…"