When it came time to pick an Amazon category or two for Mir Maid, I had a difficult time. This story does not fall neatly into the category of “Christian fiction” as we know it today. The name Jesus Christ is never mentioned.  Some of the characters use “bad” language. There is sexual innuendo, drug use, human trafficking, and all of the characters are deeply flawed. There are no sermons, and some of the subject matter is quite dark. Yet, I will still call it Christian, and don’t plan on editing out the objectionable material any time soon.

Why Mir Maid is Christian fiction:

Because I am a Christian, and that influences everything I write.
It is Christian in the same way that Grimms original fairy tales were Christian. (Have you read them? I recommend spending a winter curled up with a good translation sometime). In Grimm’s tales, bible all stars were given to showing up in the woods and teaching a naughty child a lesson or two. They were generally morality tales that relied heavily on the biblical allusion.
Because it is a redemption story. It is a story about a King and his Bride. The story of the King and His Bride is THE central theme of scripture.
I did include the requisite amount of cheesiness, but you have to wait for it till the end.
Mir Maid is much less shocking than the Old Testament passages it alludes to (Ezekial 16)
The history of the peoples in this story are written with a mind to biblical framework:

The universe of Mir Maid is one that I have been writing in for several years. It all started as a Christmas story, about how the star of Christmas was the last survivor of a dying world, singing over the earth in its salvation.

The next story I wrote explained how some of the descendants of Cain left earth before the flood, using technology given to them by the Nephilim. (The descendants of Cain lived very long lives and developed some amazing, biologically based technology of their own.) They settled on several different worlds. On a high gravity world, they grew to be the Paruud race. On the water world of Mir, they came to an uneasy peace with the unfallen race already occupying that worlds oceans.

In Kalendriel’s Song, occurring just before the Christmas story, we learn how the humans on Mir became increasingly warlike and corrupt. They eventually released a virus that threatened to wipe out both the dirt and water  races. It is during this time that the Star Singer leaves Mir to witness the birth of Christ. Both races on Mir are saved and made into “One People” when a Sea King Joins himself to a woman of earth with songs of healing.