The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky (Paperback or Softback)

A thought-provoking look at the line between faith and fantasy, fanatics and followers, and religion and reason.

• GOLD MEDAL: Florida Authors and Publishers Association - 2015 - Adult Fiction: General
• FINALIST: Readers' Favorite Book Awards - 2014 - Fiction: General
• WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Fantasy
• WINNER: Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence

Helena and Jason, two damaged souls and children of the Republic, are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena's home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.

But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever... and perhaps their world as well.

EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a compelling literary saga of a young girl plucked from the sea under mysterious circumstances, from the multiple-award-winning author of "The Seekers" series, Along the Watchtower, and The Time That's Given.

AUTHOR: The urge to write first struck David at age sixteen when working on a newsletter at a youth encampment in the woods of northern Maine. It may have been the wild night when lightning flashed at sunset, followed by the northern lights rippling after dark, or maybe it was the newsletter's editor, a girl with eyes the color of the ocean, but he was inspired to write about the blurry line between reality and the fantastic. Using two fingers and lots of white-out, he religiously typed five pages a day throughout college and well into his twenties. Then life intervened. When he found time again to daydream, the urge to write returned. David now lives in the Great Northwest and anywhere else that catches his fancy. He no longer limits himself to five pages a day, and is thankful every keystroke for the invention of the word processor.