![]() In an age that is often grotesquely inhospitable to children, they feel almost transgressive. Something they thought belonged only to the past is rampaging through their imaginations and it’s exhilarating. But these books have modern pacing and are out “in the wild,” so families are having a kind of Jurassic Park-like experience. A friend described them as holding classic virtues that feel old-fashioned and like museum pieces-trapped in amber-because they are so strongly associated with the past in classic literature. The “Green Ember” stories are called “classic,” and “vintage.” How do you breathe new life into “old” tales and why did this become important to you as a writer? ![]() Smith sat down for an interview about his books, his faith, and the importance of storytelling. Smith’s dystopian world of hero bunnies and their enemies is well worth sinking into this summer. He must crush them each in turn…You are doomed unless you come to our side and drink our cup.” But the bunny King and his followers will not drink, and it is this determination for goodness that ends in an ultimate reward.Īrchetypal and reminiscent, a survival story as ancient as time itself, S.D. ![]() Every ruler has obstacles placed by fate and enemies in the path. The dragon king scoffs at this, “For your enemy even? You are so weak that you have pity on this criminal traitor who kills your beloveds?…This is why you cannot overcome. In the latest release in the series, “ Prince Lander and the Dragon War,” it is this goodness, this willingness to forgive and offer mercy to the enemy that provokes the enemy most. The weak and seemingly defenseless bunnies are abundantly complex, characterized by intelligence, wisdom, agility and their communities unite in the defense of a definitive truth a truth worth dying for, even in the face of destruction, betrayal and overwhelming odds. A devout Christian, Smith is unapologetic in his heroes’ morality. ![]()
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