Welcome
Adventurers! Today I have a special treat for you. I have guest
blogger and fellow author.H. C. Beckerr. Hi, everybody! How are
your adventures progressing?
Tell
my adventurers the name of your book and about the world you created.
Glad
to! The entire story line encompasses two books; HILL
OF GREAT DARKNESS
and SHADOW
OF TUNGUSKA (Hill
of Great Darkness Book II, The Final Chapters). This
entire story takes place here on Earth, as well as in space, in the
year 2037. It is the world of the immediate tomorrow. And, it is the
story of a dark and dangerous knowledge. This knowledge is gained
accidentally by not only scientists, but also by high-level
government officials who plan to use this dark knowledge to gain an
edge over the other nations. The single-most important character in
the story of a thousand generations is Simone Sytte (She is
constantly
pronouncing her Ugandan name to interviewers as ‘See-yet-tea’)
At
six feet seven inches tall, Simone can be quite imposing. However,
her demeanor is anything but hostile. Um…unless provoked. Ugandan
by birthright yet she is also a citizen of the scientific community.
She, along with Dr. Jon Armone have developed a new drive system for
interplanetary spacecraft based on gravity. It is the maiden voyage
of the privately funded spacecraft Magellan
testing that new drive system that unearths (literally) something on
our planet that propels them well past their target of a Martian
mission to a parking orbit around the ringed giant Saturn. All in a
five second test from a high Earth orbit. A classic sci-fi story (as
a Christian author, I call this genre Chri-fi)
that
is both Biblically sound and
accurate.
What
inspired you to write about this character?
I
wanted someone to represent not only my faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ, but also, in real-world application, represent my failures as
I follow Jesus. It is a very real representation of the Christian
walk with all the unglamorous misadventures.
How
long has this character been in your thoughts?
2005.
Yup, that’s right sports fans, that was the first thought I had of
this Ugandan beauty. She is a conglomeration of three people
actually. An African lady (I have long since forgotten which nation
she was from) that I had worked with at my church. It was from her I
developed Simone’s language and accent. Then there was another lady
from my church that I molded Simone’s unshakable faith from. And
then there was STAR
WARS EPISODE II.
That
is where Simone got her height and physical beauty
(for all of you sci-fi fans I am referring to the rather tall, sinewy
Kaminoans).
What
is the one trait you wished you shared with your main character?
Her
unabashed, unreserved faith and love for the God of the Bible.
Nothing could deter or derail Simone’s faith. And yet, with the
faith she possessess,
she still fails in her walk with Jesus sometimes. I’ve got that
part nailed down pretty good. How about you all?
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