The Wonderful Journey and The War Within Paperback – March 2, 2026

In a world of beauty, mystery, and wonder, much like our own, the myths of old have become regarded as just that: myth. Through human nature, progress, or the simple passage of time, mankind has become confused and in search of a story that best makes sense of the world they inhabit. There is one voice who seems to captivate the hearts and minds of all around with promises of freedom and peace.During this time, a man named John is born into a land of peace and prosperity, and in all things that he pursues he finds success. But are things always as they seem at a glance, without inspection? Questions of what is true and what is a façade arise within him and are left unanswered as civil unrest begins to brew. Torn between two sides and not knowing what is true, he lives on the run and constantly alone, but he cannot in good conscience fully leave the conflict, for there is a duty within him. In his travels and in his hiding, he must fight man, beast, demon, and himself, for he is always and ever only a step away from being the very monster he hates.Follow a prideful and fearful man who is no hero as he discovers, through both the simple and the magnificent, what is true. Perhaps there is more than can be seen? Is the source of conflict birthed from its suspected place, and are the foundations built upon just shadows?Through struggle, triumph, war, peace, loss, and love, the beauty of life is uncovered not in great searching but in honest living. Placed into extraordinary circumstances, it is through the very ordinary that he begins to understand the journey of life. With this realization, the responsibility and urging are upon him for both the war without and the war within. Looking out over the horizon of life, he must decide what to do as the sun descends toward its setting. Read more