JASON TESAR

THOSE YOU DESPISE: THE AWAKENED BOOK 7

The fractured Temporal Realm is consolidated, with ancient and modern cultures now forced to contend for a single world.

Nothing stands between Kael and the last of the Wandering Stars, yet his location may be obvious to those watching from the Eternal Realm, making his presence a danger to everyone around him. With his allies and family centralized in Orud, and the city under threat of imminent assault from the most dangerous and technologically advanced enemies, Kael must decide whether to stay and ambush them or leave to confront them alone. Which is the wiser path? The answer depends upon his interpretation of an ancient prophecy and the depth of his faith in it; meanwhile, the lives of everyone he loves hang in the balance.

In book seven of the bestselling Awakened series, Jason Tesar’s epic saga forges a new world from the remnants of three disparate civilizations, fusing the genres of sci-fi, fantasy, and military fiction.

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In late 1998, I made my first attempt at writing, managing to complete a whole scene before returning once again to reality. A year and a half later, a spontaneous nighttime conversation with my wife encouraged me to take my writing seriously and to keep on dreaming. Over the next seven years, I carved time out of the real world to live in an imaginary one of epic fantasy and science-fiction. The fruits of this labor would later become the first three books of the Amazon bestselling AWAKENED series. Read more …

I love creating stories. Imagining landscapes and the civilizations that fit into them. Building characters from scratch and designing the events that will shape their lives. Weaving storylines together to produce just the right mix of drama, action, and suspense.

In order to share these stories with other people, I have to get them out of my head and into the world. This also means writing, editing, formatting, cover art, publishing, and marketing. From the creative to the technical, there are so many facets of being an independent author. And it’s the variety that keeps me fascinated—that engages so many parts of my brain. I plan to share my stories—in one form or another—for the rest of my life. But what turns this hobby into a profession is you … the reader.

There are lots of ways to support what I do. To make it easy, here’s a list of ideas.

I began writing technical documentation in my professional life around the same time as writing fiction became a hobby in my personal life. Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked in a number of roles in engineering-intensive manufacturing and service environments—as an assembly technician, process engineer, quality manager, and quality management system (QMS) consultant. These experiences have shaped my technical writing skills and given me a broad, multi-faceted perspective of documentation system design and the need for instructions to be simple, accurate, and easy to maintain. Read more …