BIO
Trenton Anthony is a writer, artist, and musician originally from Staunton, Virginia. After earning a B.A. in English from Virginia Tech, he moved to Wake Forest, North Carolina, to earn a Master’s in Ethics from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Fantasy fiction has been his constant companion, so he created an adventure of his own in the Speaker Trilogy. He hopes that Neu-Ka will fill his readers’ lives with light, now and always.
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Photo by K Brown
SPEAKER OF MA'ILA
Speaker Trilogy book one
Inside a dark, dead volcano, the Hkusi military prepares for war. There, Jharroz faces an important day in his mage training: the rite of Ya’at khu ma’tika, where he must kill a man to become a weapon just like his father, Khatsik the Finisher. Will Jharroz rise to glory at the right hand of the emperor, or will he heed a different voice, one that is calling him toward another life, another place, and another self?
Follow Jharroz on a dark and winding journey, full of adventure,
self-discovery, friendship, and love.
SPEAKERS OF ELOR
Speaker Trilogy book two
War is churning on the face of Ma’ta. How can the speaker Jharroz hope to stave its bloody tide? Beckoned by Empress Elek to a sacred council at Itik, Jharroz and his son An’harek embark on a journey to help her. But how will these two Elorean speakers bring light and life when darkness shrouds their quest?
Come on an adventure with Jharroz and his companions across the Keeran sea.
And pray to Neu-Ka they make it out alive.
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SPEAKER AND THE HATAKA
Speaker Trilogy book three
Danger is in the air as Topal leaves her cottage in Elor for the cliffs of Imdakan. The Eyes of Ravuhima are training her to become the prophesied Hataka, ushering in a new age of peace on Ma’ta. While she enjoys a bit of freedom, she misses her family, and she can’t quite shake the feeling that something is amiss.
Explore the intriguing foreign land of Imdakan alongside Topal, Jharroz, An’harek, and all their friends. But stay on your guard, for things are not quite what they seem.
MY WRITING STORY
This journey has been a long one. That's not to say it hasn't been fun! You could be the next me!
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It all started with an idea of a mage living under the rule of a highly militant, vengeful nation. I wanted my main character to have a goal, or some kind of conflict to overcome from the beginning. I chose what might be just another version of the death/life or good/evil trope.
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The next thing I did was draw a map, figure out how the world he lived in actually operated. Do they have technology? Is this part of the real world? What langauge(s) do they speak there? What kind of impact do the linguistics have on their culture and vice versa? Is there religion? What are the politics like?
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Then, everything just seemed to flow. I had a point to make, however subtly, and I tried my hardest to make it poignantly and beautifully.
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The actual nuts and bolts came afterward: find a publisher, copyright my work, get an editor, and find/hire a graphic designer. Then, all of a sudden, BOOM! My book is live! Pick one up today!
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