Seth Kathigen

I was born in Oregon where I lived a fairly unremarkable life. I was the youngest of two older brothers and the runt of the family. In school I hated each and every one of my English classes and dreaded the inevitable book reports. I guess life has a funny way of turning things around on us doesn't it?

I have been training in the martial arts for over 20 years. I first began with Korean Tang Soo Do earning my third degree black belt. Later, while in collage, I trained in both Kodokan Judo and Aikido. Then after few years I began my family. We were poor as most beginning families are and as a cheap hobby I began to writes stories as a way to escape mentally. I joined the military (USAF) at 25 and while there I studied Krav Maga and taught my fellow airmen defensive tactics while deployed to the middle east. But when I returned home, that was it was when I found Nakamura Ryu Batto Do (Japanese swordsmanship) and my soul knew it had found it's home.

Ever since I was young I was always fascinated with medieval Japan and Samurai(after I watched the third ninja turtles movie). I started to read all the books I could find on the subject. My love of Japan and its history combined with my martial arts experience inspired me to write the "Samurai Prodigy Trilogy". After reading virtually every samurai fiction and historical book out there, I had become frustrated at how few books there were on the subject. So I decided I was going to fix that little problem myself.

Originally Divine warrior was supposed to be just a single book but after I let my imagination take the reigns, it turned into two books. Then with the promptings of several friends who were kind enough to read through my various rough drafts, I was encouraged to expand the story into a third book.

I feel truly blessed to have been born into this life where I can so easily share my passion for a foreign culture and lost time with the masses. My sincere hope is that, through my books I can inspire a love for reading and a fascination with the world that may have gone undiscovered otherwise. Just as this had once been done for me when I was first introduced to "Shike by Robbert Shea". My current path in life was first awoken when I read those books as a curious teenager.

-To Mr Shea, thank you for a lifetime of discovery.-

-To all my current readers. Thank you for all your support.-