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Ron Almquist’s New Novel Sends a Prophecy-Born Hybrid Prince Between Sea and Surface
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Ron Almquist has published a new novel, "The Neptunian Hybrid Prince of Prophecy: A Mystical Topside Leagues Deep Tale A Deep-Sea Topside Story," a fantasy set in the ocean depths built around a five-thousand-year-old prophecy tied to Neptune.
The book is published through Fulton Books and is available in paperback, priced at $22.95, as well as through major digital retailers including Amazon, Apple’s iTunes Store, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble.
The story centers on a sea sovereign’s law barring contact between the underwater realm and the surface world. According to the publisher’s synopsis, that law is deliberately broken, and two people from separate worlds, chosen by fate, come together to produce a hybrid child: a half-royal prince capable of moving between both realms. The narrative follows the consequences of that violation and the prince’s role in fulfilling a prophecy set in motion long before his birth.
"Through this narrative, I sought to explore the intersection of destiny and choice, to ask what it means when an ancient law must be broken for a greater truth to emerge," Almquist said in the announcement. "The hybrid prince represents possibility itself: a bridge between worlds that were never meant to meet, yet always destined to collide."
Almquist’s background is in visual art rather than fiction. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Drake University and has spent years as a member of The International Society of Marine Painters, Inc. His paintings, drawings, and sketches of maritime subjects have gone into commissioned and private collections across the Midwest and Florida, work the publisher’s materials describe as drawing out the overlooked detail in maritime scenes. His artistic sensibility developed through years of maritime painting infuses the narrative’s underwater depiction.
Media inquiries can be directed to Fulton Books’ Author Support team.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees this as part of a familiar pattern in genre fiction right now: prophecy narratives built around a hybrid figure who literally embodies the joining of two worlds. Whether Almquist’s painter’s eye for the sea gives this particular version a visual texture that sets it apart from others in the genre is something only readers who pick it up will be able to say.
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Maxine Electra has published a new novel, "Beyond The Twisted Tree," which follows a woman named Cori through the collapse of the secure life she once had and the unexpected path that opens up afterward, according to the announcement. The book is published through Fulton Books.
The story centers on Cori losing what she believed was a settled, contented existence, only to find that the loss itself sets her on a different course. The announcement describes a turning point in which Cori travels up a hill beyond a twisted tree and finds what the publisher calls "eternal happiness" on the other side, a narrative device that gives the book its title. A listing for the book categorizes it as juvenile fiction.
Electra lives in Arizona with her husband, dogs, and visiting children and grandchildren, and the announcement says her surroundings and her interest in music inform her writing. "I’ve always believed that life’s most difficult chapters often hold the seeds of our greatest joy," Electra said in the announcement. "Cori’s story reminds us that when one door closes, we must have the courage to look beyond the twisted trees and discover the wonders waiting on the other side."
The book is available at bookstores and through the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play, and Barnes and Noble.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees these loss-to-transformation narratives as a steady presence in independently published fiction, and what distinguishes one from another is usually in the specifics of the character’s journey rather than the premise itself.
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Meggan Barrett has released a new memoir, "Barn Side or Seaside," drawing on more than twenty years of nursing work with children and adults facing serious medical conditions. The book is published through Newman Springs Publishing.
Barrett was born in Jamaica, the third of five children, and later immigrated to the United States, where she built a nursing career centered on vulnerable patients. According to the announcement, she spent eight years working with pediatric patients and twelve years with adults, experience she says shaped both the clinical and emotional understanding at the center of her writing.
The work explores how families navigate unexpected health emergencies and the critical contributions of medical professionals during those critical junctures. Barrett’s stated aim, per the announcement, is to dispute common misunderstandings about disability, emphasizing that differences should not be pathologized, and to argue that dignity, respect, and community support are central to recovery and belonging.
"My years caring for children and adults with serious medical conditions taught me that every person deserves dignity, support, and the belief that they can overcome the odds," Barrett said in the announcement. "I wrote this book to inspire families, educate communities, and honor the remarkable strength I’ve witnessed in my patients and their loved ones."
The book draws its material directly from her patients and their families, whom Barrett describes as having taught her as much as she gave them in care. "Barn Side or Seaside" is available through Newman Springs Publishing’s website, as well as major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees this as part of a steady stream of memoirs by frontline medical workers turning years of bedside experience into public advocacy for disability and illness awareness — a genre worth watching as more caregivers choose to write.
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