Hello everyone,

Big update! My fantasy novel, Anthemia: Kingdom of Heroes, is coming out on May 1st! It is going to be available through Amazon as a paperback, ebook, and through Kindle Unlimited. The preorder for the ebook is also live. I’ll include the link at the end of this email.

It still feels surreal I've gotten to this point. I love the fantasy genre, but I always wish there were more Christian authors publishing in it.

So, in the words of Toni Morrison, "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." And that is precisely what I've done.

Anthemia: Kingdom of Heroes stays true to the conventions of the fantasy genre, but also holds to Christian themes. It's a story with the gospel at its center, that displays God's power at work in the church through allegory. That being said, I'm very excited to get this book into the hands of readers, and to see this story move in the hearts of readers!

In addition to getting this novel out, I’ve recently started a new full-time position working as an instructional assistant at the local middle school, and I’ll be working at a local camp through the summer.

I’ve very blessed for the success my work has been seeing lately. God is good, and I encourage you to keep pressing on in your endeavors. If Anthemia: Kingdom of Heroes sounds like your kind of book, mark your calendars for May 1st, or even preorder the ebook now. If you enjoy it, reviews on Amazon and Goodreads are super helpful in helping this book get to the right readers.

God bless,

Stephen Ritchie

P.S.- You can preorder the book here: https://a.co/d/1e0StnD