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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The Arrow Bringer by Lisa Mayer

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The Arrow Bringer 
Book one of the Alethian Journeys
Lisa R Mayer

releases March 2019
Write Integrity Press
E-book $6.99
Print $15.99
Buy on Amazon


About the Book
Evie could’ve saved Aletheia. Now it might be too late.
Evie Lewis has just been diagnosed with leukemia at sixteen and given precious little time or hope. A powerful being called the Arrow Bringer offers her a choice: to spend her last days in peace, or save Aletheia. 

She chooses poorly. 

But when Shawn Lawrence—the closest person she has to a friend—goes in her place, Evie must save Shawn and race to fix her mistake as a shadow falls over Aletheia. Even as leukemia consumes her body, a new enemy and more imminent perils pursue her. And she must endure all to save Aletheia while keeping her darkest secret: that the destruction of Aletheia is all her fault. 


About the Author
Lisa Mayer loves Jesus and his people very much. She takes to heart, "Love the Lord your God with
all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself."

She loves her husband Rich and her furbaby, Scooby. She loves her family and friends. She loves writing. In her free time, you'll find her curled up in her superhero pajamas binge-watching her favorite TV shows or movies, catching up on her reading list, or playing Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. She loves bike-riding, adventures and traveling. She crosses something off my bucket list every year.

She’s a total nerd and not afraid to be different. She has anxiety and OCD and is a proud mental health warrior who wants to break the stigma of mental health.

She writes because she loves it, but most of all because she loves Jesus and her readers. She hopes her books will reflect who she is: someone who wants to inspire others and make a difference. She hopes they give you a serious case of the feels, and that they make you laugh. Most of all, she hopes they help you know just how much Jesus loves you. 

A Brief Interview with the Author
What do you love about your first book?
There’s a quote that really resonates with me—a Writer is a World trapped in a person. The Arrow Bringer is the first time I opened my heart wide enough for the whole world to fall in. It’s a terrifying thing—to put your words on a page. Because in those words, in those characters, in that story… is me. My doubts and fears, my hopes and dreams, my sense of humor, my relationship with God. Within those pages, you’ll find everything I am within a story that I wrote and dedicate to you with love.

Tell us something you learned about the story in your research.
The thing that surprised me most as a writer was that I could write a scene I didn’t plan on or didn’t see coming. I would plan everything to go or be a certain way, and then suddenly—BAM! It’d be something else entirely. What also surprised me was how much of my heart and soul I poured into my characters. There’s a lot of me in them, and sometimes even the person I’d like to be. I would actually find myself learning from them and be inspired by them. It’s true that there’s a world trapped inside me. And sometimes the person who’s most surprised by that… is me.

Introduce us to the most difficult character.
There is one character who demanded more from me, and that was Liana. Liana started off as a minor male character named Lian. He didn’t have much of a part, and he’d pop up from time to time. Then someone pointed out to me that my book needed another strong female lead, and so Lian became Liana. And the more I got to know her, the more I loved her. She’s honestly strong in a way I wish I could be—speaking my mind, not caring what anyone thinks, and being completely herself all the time no matter what it means. She’s now one of my favorites, and so much more interesting as a girl.

What do you hope readers will say when they've finished the book?
I know that allegory is not that popular. I really hope that readers won’t just see the allegory. I’ll hope they’ll see that The Arrow Bringer is a story about them. That life is messy and complex, and yet it is beautiful. That we all have a special calling, we all matter, and every single one of us is irreplaceable. I hope The Arrow Bringer will challenge them, inspire them, and make them laugh. Mostly, I just really hope they’ll like it.

What are you reading now?
I am currently reading The Mortality Doctrine series by James Dasher. I love young adult novels and have a whole bunch of them on my shelf to read.

What's next for you?
I’m looking forward to the release of the next books of The Aletheian Journeys series. Two are already done and one more I’m about to start editing. Now comes the hard part—marketing. But what I really hope to do is connect with my readers. I hope to meet them, get to know them, and be part of their lives.

Social Media links:
Twitter @LisaRMayer2019