Tom Mackenzie is a beaten man, a man that has lost all hope, his ministry destroyed, his finances in shambles, his marriage at a breaking point. He has bought the lie that his past failures cannot be redeemed and that God has forsaken him. Now he is trapped by a raging fire storm in western Wyoming because of a fateful decision to end his own life, unknowingly renewing a spiritual battle for his soul that began long before at the fall of mankind in Eden in the heavenly realms of the angelic gatekeepers.

“You must see through my eyes, Hannah. Not the imperfections, but the true reality. You must see through the mirror that is the eyes of your creator.”

He takes the wood from the water and takes a towel and gently dries the wood and I see that the fire scars are no longer visible. He holds the piece of wood up to me.

“Now what do you see?”

“Nothing but a piece of wood that you have cleaned.”

He smiles with a low laugh. “It’s okay. Let me work on it a bit and then you will see the life that is hidden within,” he says and picks up a small carving knife.

“Come with me and let’s talk in the garden.”

I follow him through the room and out into a veranda that lies under the shade of several large oaks and surrounded by beautiful flowers. He sits on one bench, and I sit on the other across from him. He immediately leans over the wood and begins to shave oȅ portions of the bark with the knife. I sit uncomfortably with my hands in my lap, not knowing what to do or say. For a few minutes he carves on the wood as if I am not even present and then without looking up, he says, “You have a story to tell child. So, tell me. Tell me everything.”

“Where do I start?” I ask.

“It’s usually good to start at the very beginning.”

There’s a revolution of which you have never heard. A mysterious battle between forces of good and evil rages in the shadows. It has been going on for centuries, maybe even since the beginning of time, yet your history books know nothing of it. It is the source of every conspiracy theory and the inspiration for most secret societies. At its center is a tree that produces the fruit that supplies something so ubiquitous you might be drinking it right now.

Canon I: The Definitive History of the Barista Choice Society is the first attempt to write the action-packed origin story that has, till now, been told only through lore and oral tradition. A tale told by the anonymous, ever-vulnerable Narrator, Canon I details the perilous early days of the Barista Choice Society, as the FOUR, NAY FIVE struggle to save coffee, battle evil, and solve cryptic prophecies.

From sword fighting to swashbuckling to goat herding, there is something for every reader to enjoy. But beware, once you learn this book's secrets, you can never go back to the time before you were part of the revolution.

Cover design by Kat Braswell.

There are realms all around us that lay just beyond our reach, some more real than our own, others only shadows of the true reality. In one such world, the Shadow Realm, the souls of mankind are trapped in an eternal struggle between the dimensions of flesh and blood and the spirit realm. Within the Shadow Realm, fugitives live in hopelessness as the chains of death shackle them. This world is under the control of evil overlords who maintain their power through the Sahat and knights of Kratos. But there is hope. A light appears in the land from the power of the Bene Elohim that legend foretold has the power to remove the chains of death and free mankind. A young fugitive finds the light and embarks on a quest in search of the truth to expose the Shadow Realm for what it truly is and win freedom for his people.

There’s a revolution of which you have never heard. A mysterious battle between forces of good and evil rages in the shadows. It has been going on for centuries, maybe even since the beginning of time, yet your history books know nothing of it. It is the source of every conspiracy theory and the inspiration for most secret societies. At its center is a tree that produces the fruit that supplies something so ubiquitous, you might be drinking it right now.

Canon I: The Definitive History of the Barista Choice Society is the first attempt to write the action-packed origin story that has till now been told only through lore and oral tradition. A tale told by the anonymous, ever-vulnerable Narrator, Canon I details the perilous early days of the Barista Choice Society, as the FOUR, NAY FIVE struggle to save coffee, battle evil, and solve cryptic prophecies.

From sword fighting to swashbuckling to goat herding, there is something for every reader to enjoy. But beware, once you learn this book's secrets, you can never go back to the time before you were part of the revolution.

Cover design by Kat Braswell.