Tears for a World by Alexander Fernandez (VBB, excerpt, and GIVEAWAY) GFT

It is my pleasure to host a guest post by author Alexander Fernandez...I am delighted to have a fellow Californian visit and offer my thanks to him and his family for their service and sacrifice!

Q:  What do you think is the strongest attraction about the genre(s) you like to write in?

AF:   Greetings, thank you so much for having me! My novel Tears for a World has a fantasy setting, so that is the genre I usually prefer although I have dabbled in others. This question is interesting because I know people who loathe fantasy books, and others who are very loyal to the genre and that is all they read.

For many people, the power of books allows readers to be transported into other worlds. Stories provide a much needed escape from reality so we can relax, have fun, and be entertained by our favorite characters in amazing places. I believe fantasy fans are attracted to the genre because it gives them a break from modern life. These stories take place in new, unknown worlds with creatures and other abnormal things that are usually not found in books with modern settings.

Also, a lot of people love reading novels, comic books, or seeing shows and movies about characters with special powers. There’s a certain attraction about being able to wield magic, have super strength, or other amazing abilities left to the imagination. That’s what fantasy is about. It allows fans of the genre to enjoy the experience of those abilities while cheering on their favorite character, or even a villain.

As for me, when I read a story I prefer learning about people and places away from contemporary settings. I enjoy meeting strange beings and beasts, visiting odd worlds, and witnessing cool powers during a protagonist’s struggle. These types of stories provide a break from the mundane, which is why I love to write about things of this nature. I do, however, also enjoy modern stories with magical elements, supernatural, or other unusual happenings involved.

I remember growing up and being “forced” to read fantasy stories in school, such as A Wrinkle in Time and others. These books captivated me, and that’s how I ended up becoming a fan. Of course we read other genres in school, but the fantasy stories are what affected me the most. Disney movies as a child are what also brought me into the enthralling world of make believe. These stories all had fantasy elements, so when I wasn’t reading about them, I was watching and becoming an even greater enthusiast of the genre.

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Tears for a World


by Alexander Fernandez

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BLURB:

The holy artifact bonded around Marisylia Malludar's neck gives her incredible physical and magical powers—at a price. The bloody piece of vein is consuming Marisylia's body inch by inch, her skeletal hands and feet only the beginning of a slow death. A cruel sorceress and her assassins are on the hunt for Marisylia to steal the artifact. Religious fanatics, volatile and unstable in their blind faith, also seek her to exploit the vein’s most dangerous purpose—liberating the erratic Creator of the World, Lysielle, from her 1,000 year incarceration.


With the vein the key to Lysielle’s freedom, Marisylia must use her abilities to survive long enough to find Lysielle first. Then her most grim challenge awaits—deciding if the Creator has truly repented for attempting to destroy all life. To achieve global peace, Marisylia must discover faith in the unpredictable Lysielle or rely on her own instincts to set the world’s fate.

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EXCERPT

In a secret chamber deep in the bowels of her fortress, Synicia paced the length of the stone room, the vein dangling in her fingers. For the past hour she had been trying to think of a new experiment to obtain its power. Floating overhead, a conjured sphere of light painted her moving shadow on the cracked, dusty wall. Her high-heels clicked on the flat rock tile, the long dress rustled with every pass around the area.
Holding the vein aloft and using various incantations had produced nothing. She then tried to pierce it to release some of the blood for a potion, but that method only resulted in broken knives. Trying to tear the vein with magic proved futile as well. The shard of earth had ripped the thing from Anessil’s body, but the weapon turned to dust the instant Synicia removed the vein from its tip.

What could she try next? She had to have this power. Fantasies of increasing her status and conquering more lands swam in her head. Synicia had no idea who Anessil was, nor did she care; she only desired the woman’s level of skill and strength. But the stupid vein taunted her. It laughed at her misfortune. It teased of unimaginable might she would never have.

Synicia cried out in rage and threw the vein against the wall. It hit with the sound of a wet plop and lay on the floor. Throwing herself on the ground, she scooped up the vein and shoved it into her mouth. Fighting off nausea and dry heaves, she swallowed the thing and sat still, waiting for something miraculous to occur.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links: 

Alexander Fernandez was born in Santa Monica, CA and grew up in Rancho Cucamonga. Currently serving over 20 years in the United States Air Force, he lives with his wife Helem in Rocklin, CA.
Alex has been writing fantasy stories since early childhood for both school and for pleasure. He hopes to make a lasting emotional impact in his readers. He thrives in the exhilaration of creating memorable characters and adventures that become a part of the reader’s life.



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