Welcome to the Kuro-Sil Virtual Tour featuring Michael Small, running from October 14th through October 21st!
Kuro-Sil is a stand-alone novel, and this book marks the debut of author Michael Small! A YA novel that blends elements of science fiction, space opera, and contemporary fantasy, Kuro-Sil is a novel with appeal to a wide range of genre readers!
Guest posts, interviews, podcast appearances, and reviews are being featured, so be sure to check all of them out and discover a great new author and novel!
The Favorite Elements That I Love to Read in a Book
By Michael Small
I like many things not just limited to books. I like fantasy
and adventure. I love great fights and battles. I love the hero's journey, the
rising scale of danger and action, and the growth of characters over the course
of their journey. I love the complex histories and magic systems many modern
stories have employed.
If they can create a compelling world, and can keep their
continuity in line, the results are amazing. They can be a bit convoluted at
times, especially if the books are long, but the amount of creativity people
exert when creating their own worlds is fascinating, and I love delving into
those alternate histories. (Good music in movies, shows, and video games are
another great thing I like. I love soundtrack music).
One of my favorite things I like in stories that I don't see
done very often is anything related to aliens and monsters, especially if they
are treated as people. For example, one of my favorite franchises is the video
game series Mass Effect, which has tons of aliens with immense histories, and
the characters they made from those species were incredibly fascinating and
oddly likable. Despite them being alien, they all had their own desires and
drives that made them seem not much different from us humans.
But that's just an exception. I personally don't see many of
those kinds of stories out there. I see many cool monsters in fiction, such as
lizardmen, and I wonder why they always have to be villains, at least in most
cases. Why are they just background characters that seem like nothing more than
window dressing, and seem to contribute nothing in the greater scheme of the
universe, while humans take all the glory? Or why do many fantasy stories have
primarily humans, maybe with one non-human species thrown in there?
I think fantasy and sci-fi can be so much more than just
having humans as their central characters. Star Wars, for example, has many
cool and creative alien creatures, but I feel like many of them are just there
to be eye candy and nothing more, while the main characters are, for the most
part, humans, at least where the movies are concerned.
Also, what would it be like if they were friends with someone
like a young boy? I always dreamed of being in those worlds, so I can meet
these interesting creatures. So I decided to make my own story based on
childhood imaginations of mine, taking inspirations from various other stories
I like to craft my own world.
I think it's a funny idea of fantasy and sci-fi monsters
being forced to parent human children, and becoming a close-knit family in the
process. I think it can make for a story that is equal parts exciting,
humorous, and touching. I want my aliens to be both menacing and powerful,
creatures that shape the fate of the universe, and ones you shouldn't treat
lightly, but also alluring, bombastic, and full of life, so that they can make
an impact on readers.
Coming up with many different alien species was a ton of fun, and I hope people like the alien creatures I have in the center of my story.
About the author:
Michael Small didn’t plan on becoming an author. He initially wanted to be a video game programmer, though he couldn’t wrap his head around the subject. But he always had a story to tell, and seeing how woke messaging had started infesting modern entertainment, he dropped out of college in 2016 and taught himself how to write, spending the years since creating his own world, which became his debut novel Kuro-Sil: The Book of Humans, Reptuuls, and God.
Michael is a Christian and goes to church regularly, using his faith to inspire his stories. He is also an avid gamer, and has been playing video games since he was three. He mainly likes pop culture stuff like movies, tv, and more recently manga, but he likes to try many things, like going on walks and drives, and working out (though he’s not a pro at it).
He is currently thirty years old and lives in Washington state.
Book Synopsis for Kuro-Sil: The Book of Humans, Reptuuls, and God:
I am the Chronicler, hear my story:
In the year 5027, humanity will be enslaved by an alien race called the Reptuuls.
But what if I told you a young boy befriended their oppressors?
Orren Hawkins is a boy with a dream: to make friends with the Reptuuls, no matter the cost. It won’t be easy due to the Reptuuls hatred of humanity. But by the grace of a long forgotten God, Orren has found two great and unusual friends, and they must learn to work together to rescue enslaved humans, as part of their destiny to unite man and Reptuul under God.
There’s just one problem: Orren is himself a drulak, a slave of Reptuuls. Can he still accomplish his dream?
Will you dare read the true story of a forbidden friendship no government wants exposed? Then welcome, one and all, to the legend of the Kuro-Sil!
Website: https://thekuro-silchronicles.com/
X App (Formerly Twitter): @officialkurosil
Tour Schedule and Activities:
10/14 Tami Wylie10/17 Jeanette Jensen
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