2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in the Paranormal category!

When Dorothy Dizon meets the mysterious Adrian Rosario and his alluring knowledge of Filipino history, her life takes an unchartered detour. Dorothy's true calling is connected to the hidden history of the Philippines, but Adrian reveals little to keep her safe from enemies of his blood-eating secret society.

Together, they experience a paranormal journey that brings them to the brink of a new enlightenment.

Enlightenment, Book One of The Bathala Series explores the forgotten history of the Philippines through first-person perspectives of Filipino characters who live on the opposite sides of the truth.

A novel for fans of Stephenie Meyer and Rick Riordan!

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Finalist in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Paranormal category!

Reno Ursal, author of The Bathala Series, grew up in Rogers City, Michigan and received a B.A. in English from The University of Michigan. The son of Filipino immigrants who worked in the small Northern Michigan town as doctors, Reno found refuge in reading English classics written by Shakespeare, Jules Verne, C.S. Lewis and Mark Twain. At Michigan, he became exposed to more authors like Maxine Hong Kingston, Peter Bacho and Amy Tan. While his English classes Enlightened his literary repertoire, he became a fixture in Ann Arbor & Detroit at nightclubs and on the radio! In 1996, he received the U-M Lifetime Achievement Award for his involvement in the Filipino American & Asian Pacific American community. His work with Fil-Am and Hmong youth are memorable moments at Michigan.

After college, he moved to the SF Bay Area where he met his wife, Lynette, while working for indie music label Classified Records. They settled in Mountain House, California to raise their three children. He started writing The Bathala Series while in Mountain House, inspired by his niece's life story. His Filipino American writer's voice is new in Young Adult paranormal fiction, a voice representing thousands of Filipinos living in the shadows of America. Knowing that the Fil-Am population is not a monolith, The Bathala Series combines the forgotten pre-Spanish history of the Philippines with modern-day fantasy elements of the Young Adult paranormal genre. Enlightenment is Book One of a scheduled seven book series!

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