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"Spero is an imaginative fantasy that subtly instructs, entertains, and intellectually provokes the reader. It is fascinating reading. I'm definitely hooked on this series." Jean Heimann at Catholic Fire.
"...intelligent as well as inspiring..." Terry Barga at whattodoabout.com.
The first book in the Birth Pangs series, Fidelis, is Latin for faithfulness. The second book,
Spero, is Latin for hope.
Spero is an exploration, in fiction, of what hope is and why we need it. It is an exploration of what things are good to put our hope in and what things aren't. In the America of the future portrayed in the Birth Pangs series, all of the things that people have traditionally put their hope in have been brought low. There are no government agencies, no schools, and not even churches. In the face of daily perils, people have to figure out how where they are going to place their hope in dealing with them.
In the end, there is one daily peril that surpasses them all: death.
Spero is about people- even good people- putting their hope in lesser means to tackle lesser problems and being confronted with the consequences.
Spero is a 'discussion' about our chief problems and what solutions, if any, are available to resolve them.
Well, after inviting a bunch of folks to populate the fantasy role playing game based on the “Birth Pangs” world, the game broke, and broke hard. I was forced to reinstall and rebuild the thing from scratch. That could have been bad… but it only took about three hours of work time. *phew* Now I have to re-invite those people again. Link to the RPG: www.birthpangs.com/rpg.
Also, I installed and formatted a forum for discussion of the book, the series, and the RPG: www.birthpangs.com/discuss
Things are coming along.
