Distant Sounds of Thunder

Seventeen year old Jessenia Olivier lives a comfortable life on her family's herb farm on the island continent of South Aber. Her increasingly bizarre dreams become real when the farm is attacked by giant mythical monsters led by a green skinned brutish figure on horseback whose very presence seems to distort both time and space. To her utter astonishment she shoots fireballs from her fingertips to kill or chase off the invaders. A visiting craftsman, Tahlequah San’to Marcus tells her family that she is an Aesmae Celina, a woman of fairy tales with magical powers.This is the story of her attempt to unite the scattered Aesmae Celina, most of whom are ignorant of their Power, into a fighting and defensive force capable of saving her planet, Rhivanna. Ten immortal and evil Demigods fighting under The-One-The-Only, a power hungry, foreign God, seek to wrest control of Rhivanna from The First, its rightful and beleaguered deity. Jessenia and her friends Mollybrett, Arlavonne, Augustana, Lisabeth, and Carolyn begin a remarkable journey, which very well may be their last.

About the Author

Murray W. Nabors, Ph.D. is a Professor of Biology with a research interest in genetic engineering. He is Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Missouri Western State University. He grew up in Oklahoma and is a graduate of Yale University and Michigan State University. He lives with his family on a small farm near Saint Joseph, Missouri with numerous dairy goats, horses, cows, cats, and other animals. His publishing credits include a college Botany text; a book of romantic western Christmas stories; three novels about the Oregon Trail; a self-help book, The Magical Dozen; and The Adventures of Terrence the Tabby Cat: Terrence and the Terrible Jack Russells.

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