Synopsis
By using the energy of the land, some humans have found they can develop extraordinary abilities. At the age of seventeen, these warriors, magicians, chemists, and psychics are allowed the opportunity to train at the Academy, increasing their opportunity for a well-paying career. But there’s a catch. They must fight beside the Army if requested by their king. Most aren’t concerned by this, as the current treaty has prevented battle for nearly seventy years…but that’s about to change. Of four roommates with interwoven stories, Cleve Polken takes focus as a hostile warrior who feels more comfortable in a duel than a conversation. Never getting past his parents’ death, Cleve has developed a crippling fear of psychics, for some may have the power to resurface the torment he buried within himself upon his parents’ passing. Cleve’s forced to face this fear head-on when he discovers that not only is one of his roommates a psychic, but that he has an overwhelming attraction to her, which he quickly attributes to a psychic spell, nothing more. By the time an army of savage, reptilian men called Krepps become involved in the war, all hope of resolution without battle is shattered. In this powerful army, one born with the inability to smell doesn’t have the same feeding urges as his fellow Krepps and is outcast because of it. He finds himself with an unlikely ally in the middle of a crossroad, trying to find a way to reunite with his sister. Little does he know how much his choices will twist the fate of the war and alter the lives of the four human roommates forever.
About the Author
B.T. Narro was born in 1985, in San Francisco, California, where he still lives.
He has a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of California Riverside.
He loves intricate stories with surprises, humor, romance, but above all, deeply developed characters and worlds that are so real they seem to live on once the novel is finished. This is what he strives for as a writer.
Narro's passion for fantasy started in elementary school. He had a lot of great teachers, one of which was his sixth grade English teacher, Rick Riordan (author of the Percy Jackson novels). Narro was fortunate enough to have Riordan read and provide feedback for Narro's first fantasy manuscript, which he completed in college. (It was terrible, but Riordan was very helpful and nice about it.)
In high school, Narro started having a difficult time staying awake through class, which was strange considering how he slept about eight hours a night. By senior year, he couldn't go a day without falling asleep at least once, and a friend jokingly suggested that he might have narcolepsy. But Narro went to see a doctor anyway, just in case his friend might be right. Sure enough, after a hospital sleepover study, Narro was diagnosed with narcolepsy.
In terms of writing, Narro likes to outline the entire novel before writing the first draft. He loves to write and hopes to have the next book out before the end of October.
Bastial Energy is his first published novel.
For news on B.T. Narro's books and the Rhythm of Rivalry series, go to: btnarro.com
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