Portal Slayer: Beneath the Shadows Blog Tour: Author Guest Post + Giveaway

 

 

Welcome to the Blog Tour for Portal Slayer: Beneath the Shadows by S.L. Dooley, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Portal Slayer: Beneath the Shadows 

Series Realms of the Periferie #3 

Author: S.L. Dooley 

Publisher: Torn Parchment 

Release Date: December 2, 2022 

Genre: Fantasy (clean)

Darkness comes in many forms.

Raelyn is about to encounter them all. 

 

Hidden away in the Schade Catacombs, a single portal remains in Alnok. And, pushed to near defeat, Cosyn has unleashed all his forces, taking Earth to the brink of a world war. Raelyn, in the midst of her own debilitating doubt, finds a new ally. But when no one will follow, she strikes out on her own, determined to reach the catacombs and close the portal. Only then can she finally return home. 

In the far north, her mentor and guide Kade, wounded and desperate, leads a band of soldiers, also on a path to the catacombs. 

As an impenetrable darkness falls on the realm of Alnok and Earth’s annihilation seems inevitable, Raelyn finds nothing is what it seems. Her calling, her newfound skills, even her reason for being in Alnok are shrouded in uncertainty. 

But she must uncover the light in the darkness of Alnok, and her own heart, to locate and destroy Cosyn’s last link to Earth. If she fails, she will have no home to return to.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

S.L. Dooley is a fantasy author looking for a neverending story to go boldly through the wardrobe into another adventure. She's a wife and mother of two grown kids. She lives in Texas where she collects old books and new journals.

Connect with S.L. by visiting sldooley.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.

GUEST POST

When Faith Meets Fantasy
by S.L. Dooley

I often taught my children using stories, or analogies. I helped them understand the importance of a clean bedroom or later, the use of discernment when choosing friend, by telling them a story in which they could relate. Jesus used parables to teach deeper truths to his disciples and followers. Using words they could understand and examples that made sense, he revealed deeper truths. In a similar way, I helped my kids “see” what I was teaching them through story.

My children are grown and starting families of their own, but I’m still telling stories. In lands filled with castles and evil kings, giants and magical portals to other dimensions, I take the reader on a journey.

Stories come naturally to humankind. We are created in the Author’s image, and as “sub-creators” and specifically “sub-storytellers” it’s not a stretch to write stories about the fantastical. Could we even dream up some of these mythical creatures or magical worlds if we weren’t God’s creation? Our own imagination is launched into the outer reaches of our understanding. God’s word speaks of talking donkeys and wall that crumbled at the blast of trumpets. When I write of a journal that can be used as a weapon, or a tiara worn to help the wearer see with not just with her eyes, but her heart, God planted the seed of my imagination long ago.

J.R.R. Tolkien had a superb view of the fantasy genre: “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”

Fantasy offers the reader a little time to unplug from our world and enter someplace magical and enchanting. To link arms with characters who are charged with slaying dragons and meeting with elves. But in the end, stories, analogies, parables, are all mechanisms to achieve one end: to glorify God and point to his Son, Jesus.

 

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TOUR GIVEAWAY

(1) winner will receive a copy of the Realms of the Periferie trilogy, tea, and a mug!

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight December 12, 2022 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on December 19, 2022. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

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