In 2021, I plan to publish my fourth book and third full-length novel in the Kingdom series of Kingdom Fantasy. The title is called Deliver Us: A Kingdom Fantasy Novel.

After Sondra and Harold Saturn bail the Little Match Girl and Alice of Wonderland out of jail, they learn the fairytale world of Kingdom is in peril. A trio of witches is killing and cursing the fairytale people, and the royals haven’t been able to stop them. But instead of heading directly to Kingdom, the Saturns are charged with traveling well beyond Kingdom’s borders to convince a sorceress of supreme power to aid them. Harold is excited to see this new location, while Sondra has a secret wish she wants the sorceress to grant.

Back in Kingdom, the witches continue to spread terror and put the queens’ loved ones at risk. Time is fleeting as the hags grow in power and malice. Even if Harold and Sondra succeed in their task, will help come in time?

In Deliver Us, the third book in the Kingdom Fantasy series, a progression of quests in exotic locales will bring together a small—but familiar—group to confront merciless opponents. Curses, powerful artifacts, transformations, murders, animated tattoos, and proper manners all combine toward a thrilling conclusion in which those who confront the evil must find a way to defeat the witches or lose their souls.

Deliver Us is the third novel in the Kingdom Fantasy Series started with Kingdom Come and continued with On Earth, As It Is. The three novels may be read in any order for they are all standalone stories, however, chronologically Deliver Us is the latest in time. If the above description interests you, start with Deliver Us. I provide background of the prior two novels at the start of the story to give you context.

The third novel will be slightly shorter than the other two but full of both reimagined fairytale and new characters. You’ll find a spunky Cinderella, combative Red Riding Hood, and talented Beauty (of Beauty and the Beast) here. I enjoyed playing with tropes and conventions in the first novel, and deepened the characters in the second offering. This novel focuses on broadening the world. If the first book is plot-heavy and the second is character-heavy, this one is setting-heavy. I would pitch it as a mixture of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

My main characters, Harold and Sondra Saturn, are happily married and living in a suburb in their starter home three years after the events of On Earth, As It Is. Their only unfulfilled desire is they don’t control their ability to go to and from Kingdom. One evening, they receive a phone call from Valencia—better known as the Little Match Girl—who was arrested trying to break into Harold and Sondra’s old condominium in an attempt to find them. It’s up to our suburban heroes to bail her out. Valencia’s not here on a social call, however. Something is wrong in Kingdom, and she needs the Saturns’ help to complete a quest.

If you favor the idea of fairytale characters interacting with each other and making tough choices, you’ll like Deliver Us. The novel stems from concepts like “Would fairytale princesses be in favor of capital punishment?” or “What if you were married but destiny indicated you had the wrong spouse?” and other ideas.

As evidenced by the questions above, Deliver Us is intended for adults because of the nature of its themes, but the book has no gratuitous violence, excessive profanity, or explicit sex scenes, and may be read by a teenager. The violence is always fairytale style, and the sex and profanity are likely less than you’d read in a typical, mainstream YA novel.

I hope you’ll consider reading Deliver Us. I’ve worked hard on it for years, hiring professionals in their fields, to bring you the best in entertainment. I want to take you somewhere different while never leaving your house. I think you’ll be pleased with the journey.

The Deliver Us page will be the permanent landing page for the novel instead of this transient blog entry. Over time, I’ll add subpages, stories, and art.

Pre-orders are up now and the book available for purchase on April 20, 2021.