Author K.P Ambroziak’s unique take on vampires, zombies and angels is just what fans of fantasy are looking for. The new direction that she takes us on with theses characters is an adventure definitely worth the read. Enjoy!
The Fifth Empire (The Journal of Vincent du Maurier)
K. P.Ambroziak
Genre: Mythology & Folk Tales | Fantasy | Science Fiction
In 1216 BCE, Vincent du Maurier was promised an eternal life. Today, in 2052, he faces extinction as the outbreak of the living dead threatens his sustenance. When he finds one of the last human survivors, a pregnant girl, he decides to save her. For both the human and vampiric races, he must keep zombies from eating her flesh and vampires from draining her blood. Hoping to outlive the pandemic, he chronicles his attempt to salvage humanity … and himself.
“The Journal of Vincent du Maurier” is the first book in The V Empire trilogy.
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The Fifth Empire (The Harvest of Vincent du Maurier)
K. P.Ambroziak
Genre: Mythology & Folk Tales | Fantasy | Science Fiction
The second book in THE FIFTH EMPIRE trilogy, “The Harvest of Vincent du Maurier,” continues to tell the story of the vampire’s struggle to keep humanity alive. Living in the hill town, building a life from whatever they can find, the small clan remain vigilant in their fight to ward off the dead. But Vincent is soon confronted with insurmountable challenges that just may prevent him from saving the only thing he has come to love: Evelyn’s blood.
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A Perpetual Mimicry: A Novella
K P Ambroziak
Genre: Literary Fiction
A fire angel is thrown on earth to rot in the decaying body of a man. Plucked of his graceful form and rejected by his maker, he finds himself a helpless captive of the physical world. Finding love, art, death and salvation, he learns what it is to be human. Unfortunately for him, one of these proves to be the very cause of his exile.
Here is an excerpt from a conversation with K. P. Ambroziak about her novella, “A Perpetual Mimicry.”
Lon K. Montag: There are several classes of spiritual beings in your story, including humans, seraphim, fire angels—and there’s some interbreeding going on between the humans and seraphim and their offspring and the fire angels.Can you explain a little bit further the distinctions between the celestial beings (e.g. the seraphim and fire angels)?
K.P.: I wanted to create a being that was neither human nor heavenly but rather an ulterior entity. The Fire Angel is an invention of a psyche or a soul that exists outside of the heavenly sphere. It is a being that is forged in the gaseous atmosphere of a fixed star, and is bound to that star. The Fire Angel has wings, as angels in Heaven do, but its plumage is the core of its identity, which is why Ani and Simon ache without them. My inspiration for these beings is Lucifer, the light bearer. I always wondered if he had his wings plucked when he was tossed to earth.
Lon K. Montag: There are a lot of very fantastic and surreal things happening in “A Perpetual Mimicry.”We have bodily possession, soul-devouring, and time travel, to name a few.Did you have one underlying cohesive metaphysical structure as you were creating this—I mean, did you reason out in advance how this universe you created was going to operate, or did you just let the story take you wherever it wanted you to go?In other words, did you have rules binding what could and couldn’t happen, a priori, or did they develop as the story unfurled?
K. P.: I didn’t reason out in advance how the universe was going to operate because I didn’t want to give my fantastical world any predetermined rules. However, certain elements developed as the story did. I wanted each of the surreal happenings to be unburdened by logic, I wanted them to serve the story rather than any one metaphysical structure. Perhaps this is risky, and even impossible, because I am dealing with the fantastic, but I believe in Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory. The surface is not where the true meaning of the story lies, but rather its crux is lying somewhere beneath it and hopefully shining through. This is lovely for both a writer and his reader because it opens both to more than one meaning or understanding of a story.
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