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Bound in Strength: Stance Upon Heartache

The Mejuarian Book 2

by Zola Blue

Genre: Fantasy

For god-like creatures named Mejuarian living on planet Ercutis, their world was near perfect.

Mejuarian, a cross between an animal and godly beings, have a splendorous village where everyone gets along. They live in a hierarchical society, and everyone loves their king and queen. A near utopian life that allows all Mejuarian to rise to their most extraordinary levels of consciousness. That is until they discover using systems much like our own, an asteroid is on course to decimate their village and erase their long history. Short notice, they plan to move all inhabitants, along with those bound to them by their magical powers, to the other side of their planet and reside in the lands of their longtime ally and trade partners, the Dragonors.

Very upsetting to many Mejuarian mothers and fathers having mewlings is that their ancient tradition of birthing nests on an ancestral altar would be away from their homes.

However, all seems to go as planned, and they depart with all twelve ships successfully. One ship dedicated to moving the birth alter intact with nests placed on it trails the fleet. Unfortunately, the Mejuar scientist's slight miscalculation allowed for the meteor's early arrival. A shockwave forces the underpowered, overloaded ship carrying the nests to crash land. Before its descent, a piece of the broken altar is dragged into space, and two of its occupants

On earth, a family torn with grief after the loss or their mother tries to enjoy a day of convalescing by a local lake. Hubert, the local veterinarian with his two children Ren a teen, and Brooklyn, his baby sister, are exploring after a picnic lunch. Ren discovers the charred nests and is curious as to what they are. Hubert also becomes interested in the unusual possible chrysalids. The inquisitive vet takes the nests back to his facility and uses the extent of written and photo journals available to him in 1960. He is unable to identify them and ponders, what are they?

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The Four: Destruction of Honor

The Mejuarian Book 1

A masterful race of magic users called Ecrutians once lived on earth. They held a divine eminence over humans, using them as pawns in a game of chess.

As the old ways were no longer accepted by most, Ecrutians grew soft and lackadaisical and allowed attitudes of pride and self-importance to consume them. A lust for power overtook many with aggressive natures for destruction and harm to others.

Rebellious Ecrutians created long-distance teleportation enchantments, and this once peaceful race of spellcasters began to explore other planets in search of others to dominate with their magic.

Thie, one of the most powerful Ecrutians, had natural abilities that gave the creation of life. His staff of gnarled, twisted wood infused with magical enchantments, too, held terrible spells.

To maintain order and preserve Ecrutian life, Thie decides to join with three other powerful magic users to form one fearsome magical force so their lands might be saved. He chose Lotus, Os, and Irenia, three supernatural beings that couldn't have been any more different from himself.

Lotus, an Ecrutian sorceress, had a pleasant countenance, flirtatious manner, fanciful demeanor, and a festive quality. One of the most adored sorceresses in the village, she worried over the deterioration of their kingdom.

Os, burly and over eight feet tall, was a formidable force. Dark eyes with no pupils, he never smiled, and a scowl on his face always intimidated. A warrior in his soul, he fought deadly battles against other warlords.

Irenia, an ancient wizardess, clumsy, awkward, and limited social ability, always made other Ecrutians shy away from her, but she loves peace and cherishes the life of all creatures. All love in the village diminished, and she sought for the return of harmony.

The Four unite into one being named Thire-los. Joined power directed through Thie's staff is unstoppable. All Ecrutians live under their rule or suffer the consequences. Under their leadership, as Thire-los, kingdom order is soon restored. However, restlessness consumed the great entity, and the four began to fight within.

No longer can Os live under such scrutiny by Thie, and he is cast out by the sorcerer and banished to earth to live out his life as a meager human. Without the four, order quickly returns to chaos. Irenia watched nature turn to decay while Lotus suffered heartbreak at the loss of Os, her true love.

As all Ecrutis falls to ruin and despair, Irenia and Lotus hatch a plan to reunite Thie-los.

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Born in Florida, I am a resident of the US, but now I reside on a lovely island in British Columbia Canada with my mother and two dogs, and one cat. During the early years of my life, I worked in the business industry, thus reaching my goal of obtaining my degree in Business Management.

I love to read, and over my lifetime, I have probably read hundreds of books. Now that life has given a bit more time to concentrate on my personal life, I am following God and writing fun, fanciful fiction stories, which blend over into the fantasy realm.

I hope that each time I put words on the paper, it makes you want to read it. I always hope someone has fallen in love with my words and want to continue reading them.

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Writing is what I genuinely love, and I am so thankful to God that he has allowed me to pour out stories that I believe he moves me to write. My husband and little puppy Xena are my muses, and I am so glad those around me make me smile.

Stories of hope and happiness, with a little bit of hardship thrown in, are my favorite works. I write stories that are fantasy in nature, though a bit of pain must always come into the hero’s life. My works are written in this form because I believe that also, as in life, there is joy at the end of all the pain. I bring this belief to my writing because it is the philosophy of my own life since I have a strong faith in God’s grace.

I am always trying to try to create unique stories and design my characters from my own creativity. Since so much has been written by others, it is sometimes hard to develop stories not copied so many times over. When I am writing a nemesis, I always try to make him/her or it, uncommon from the many other characters or events in great books already published. That is, I hope to write a bit “out of the box; so it might take me weeks to find the perfect antagonist, protagonist, or inciting incident. Too, ideas come to my mind sometimes when I am reading the bible, or just reading, working, in the middle of doing my housework, and even at times, I wake up from a hard sleep with the answer to a delimina I am having with a character. Subject or book idea.

Most of my stories are high fantasy, with a bit of urban fantasy included. I try to write stories filled with imagination, wonder, and beauty since writing about real life is boring, in my opinion. Splendid sceneries, magical powers, spiritual influences, and senses we lack in, I emphasize in my books. The creation of unique and mystical creatures is one of my fortes, and in my latest series, I have birthed wondrous beings, unknown in much to today’s fantasy genre.

The Mejuarian Series

Colorful creatures, created by their god deity's breath, and a single drop of an earthling mammal or animal, Mejuarian came to life. These beings have the hues of the rainbow, each one a union of two colors; they are part Erctis god and part Muddied bloodlines, their appearances were no longer pure, and the once perfectly designed creatures were no longer what they once were. Some could be all Ercutian, human, in appearance, with canine ears and graceful tails, or some others now have partial godly faces, lovely feline type eyes, and muzzles. On the other hand, others might have small beak noses, bird legs, and no tails, and large burly bodies of black bears with sparse fur and tiny tails. Personally, all of the Mejuarian are not beautiful and might be odd-looking creatures, but they all have confidence in their peculiar appearances.

This series was created by a thought that writing something playful and fanciful for middle grades and even those older who need to know that we sometimes have to look beyond ourselves for answers. We are similar to Mejuarian in many ways. They are actually demigods (I am not saying that we are demigods) with great power who don’t realize that they have powers beyond physical and science. The concept that Mejuarian are similar to all of the world I have put in the series. We are different, and like the Mejuarian, I believe we should be prideful of our appearance, like the haughty beings, regardless.

These strange beings encounter many adventures, new places, and gain new friends throughout the series. Life is not static, and these lazy, contented group of beings need to learn that. In the Mejuarian series, the beings will grow out of their cozy wellbeing comfortable lives by hardship, of course. And like I believe, they will emerge, stronger, happier beings after all unfortunate circumstances.