Tales of Erets

by Brian France


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 4/20/2006

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 240
ISBN : 9781425928438

About the Book

Tales of Erets is a story about the change of a person’s soul that comes from a difficult journey. When a person goes through adversity, that same person will grow and learn so that they will handle the next adversity better than before. This story of a man named Emuoy is one such story.

Emuoy is a hard working dirt farmer who has always had problems in his life. He is both cynical and pessimistic. In this story, Emuoy takes a journey to learn that life is not so bad. In fact, he finds out that life is actually pretty good.

He has a friend Tafnam who is always happy and tries to let Emuoy know the joy of life. Emuoy isn’t interested in anything that Tafnam has to say on the subject, at least not until the end, after Emuoy’s journey.

The story starts where Emuoy is about as far down as he can get, or so he thinks. He is about to lose everything. Through strange magic Emuoy gets sucked into a different world where he finds that he can have more troubles than he ever thought possible.

First he finds dangerous plants in this new world which cause much pain. Next he encounters a people who have very treacherous and deceiving ways. He also learns not to do things that he knows are wrong because the consequences that result are far worse than the consequences of just simply doing the right thing.

Emuoy gets into fights and almost gets killed several times in this new land. There is a magical beanbag that keeps Emuoy safe from all the new dangers of his journey. In places where you would think Emuoy would die, somehow he scrapes through.

Emuoy meets all kinds of wild and fascinating characters on his journey.  One is a crazy man that lives in the desert and eats bugs. Another is a brilliant teacher that teaches Emuoy things just when he needs to learn them. Then there are all the crooks and murderers that proliferate the magical land.

The magic and the wonder of this story seem to scream out to be told. People that read this will be left with a sense of awe about their own existence. In the end, readers may be asking themselves some of the same questions that Emuoy was forced to ask himself.

The story is about all of our journeys in life, as well as about all the struggles we all face.  It is a story not about magic, but rather about the secret on finding the joy within all of our lives. In the end, Emuoy learns that you can go through life with joy instead of pain.


About the Author

Brian France grew up in northern New Mexico.  His interest in writing began many years ago when he wrote a winning short story that was submitted for a contest aired on a syndicated radio program out of Albuquerque.  Since then, he has continued to write on the side, having submitted an article, “Lane splitting 101” to Motorcycle Online regarding riding a motorcycle through congested rush hour traffic while in Tokyo.  The author lived and worked for a year in Japan as an engineer.  Tales of Erets is his first novel, although he is currently working on a second novel entitled, The Old Man, which is about a love lost during the tragic times of World War II.  Tales of Erets arose from the author’s love of fantasy as a youth and this novel is geared especially for that age group. Today, Brian lives with his wife in the mountains of Colorado.