Help me welcome back Lisa Pelissier as she shares another of her books with a theme we can all understand -- the longing for freedom.

The second book in my fantasy series, The Illumination of the Siann Dha, was released yesterday, November 5. In the first book, four very diverse characters came together, driven by their own needs and goals, and ended up saving their world from certain destruction. Now, in Book 2, Untethered, those whose plan had been to destroy their world and escape to start a new civilization are adrift in the cosmos outside of the enclosed world of Gannoir.

Inside the skyboulder, an enormous spaceship carved from rock, the joint masterminds behind the scheme to destroy Gannoir are forming a new plan. Among those they’ve taken out of the world with them are Dynny, a gnomish, intellectually disabled man; pregnant Mailu, who is mostly dead; and Xylo’s grandson he’s never met, Talag.

Will elderly Xylo, petulant, anguished Tass, and true-blue Talag be able to bring the skyboulder home before it’s too late? Will Xylo get justice for the wrongs that were done against him and his family? Will Tass be able to bring her sister Mailu home safely? Will Talag succeed in saving himself and Dynny despite their desperate circumstances?

This series is a look at the destructive nature of sin. Tass’s angst stems from being abandoned by a mother who never loved her. Xylo and Talag’s family has been destroyed by greed and the lust for power. In the depth of their own pain, they all have to wrestle with their own tendencies to sin against others. Some of them are victorious, choosing right over wrong most of the time. Others give in to the darkness, which appears as a physical force that has invaded their world.

I believe there is value in writing from a place of darkness and anguish. For most people—maybe all—darkness and anguish are present in their lives. Periods of hardship ebb and flow over time, but it’s important to stop, point, and say, “that is evil” and to stand against it, even when it seems that resisting the evil is impossible. One of my characters decides it is in their best interest to join forces with the evil to get what they want. Another resists from the get-go, but may still be destroyed by it nonetheless. Ultimately, the goal of portraying the darkness is to point out the power of the light to dispel it. That is the hope for this four-book series.

What is Untethered About?

Justice is all Xylo craves. His enemy has escaped into the unknown, taking nearly 40 others aboard the skyboulder-among them, the grandchildren Xylo never knew he had. Determined to bring his enemy back to face the consequences of the destruction he's wrought, Xylo embarks on a mission that will lead him to the unexpected-for better or for worse.

Twelve-year-old Tass has never felt more alone. Her only friend is dead, and her sister—whether alive or lost forever, she doesn't know—has vanished aboard the skyboulder. Desperate to find her, Tass faces a perilous journey, torn between saving her sister and losing herself along the way. Can she survive the search without sacrificing her life... or her soul?

Talag has always been an outsider. When his grandfather chose him to board the skyboulder, one of the few selected to create a new world, Talag was left confused and out of place. Now, with his unlikely companion—an elderly, intellectually disabled man named Dynny—Talag must confront his family's dark secrets and his own role in their legacy.

As dangers mount, can Talag and Dynny find a way to save themselves before it's too late?

Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DJRQDV48

And the series here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFMTBJPL

About Lisa:

Lisa Pelissier lives in Oregon where she is a homeschool mother of four and self-published author of five middle-grade fiction novels, as well as two early-readers' chapter books and a YA fantasy novel. Lisa owns SneakerBlossom Books, offering Christian, classical homeschool study guides and curriculum. She also works as a freelance copy editor, copy writer, and virtual assistant. She blogs at Eleventh Willow (at the SneakerBlossom website), a site she and two friends started for Christians parenting the mentally ill. In her spare time Lisa enjoys making art, playing the piano, and singing.

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