Lightborn: An Epic Fantasy Tale of Messiah

by Allen Martin Bair

What if Jesus Christ had been born in an epic fantasy world of knights, elves, orcs, and magic? Twenty years before, a powerful Necromancer was defeated by the combined forces of the world of Gaetera, but not before leaving a nation and a people shattered and cursed with a living death. At the same time, a young woman acolyte of the Divine Light gives birth to a son without a father in her convent cloister. Years later, a young unknown human man called Ission appears within the borders of the fallen kingdom devastated by war and necromancy preaching compassion and mercy on those who have been abandoned and cast off by the rest of the world as monsters and abominations. Rumors then begin to spread of feats of healing and miracles impossible even for the most powerful of those trained as priests or those trained in the arcane magical arts. As Ission’s controversial teachings challenge old prejudices and unresolved conflicts, he draws the attention of monarchs and commoners alike as everyone begins to ask the question, “Who is Ission?”In the battle scarred world of Gaetera, the answer to that question will lead either to another devastating war, or the rebirth of a people long thought lost to the Darkness. But the message sent to the world by him will change the face of Gaetera forever: The Kingdom of Light has come.

416 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Allen Martin Bair is a former pastor with the Old Catholic Church, and more recently an instructional assistant for students with moderate to profound medical and developmental disabilities in a local school district in Southern California where he lives with his family. He is a major science fiction and fantasy nerd, and has written twelve fan fiction novels from popular fandoms in addition to his original works. He grew up in the eighties and nineties with an undiagnosed case of Asperger's type Autistic Spectrum Disorder, and everything that goes with it, which wasn't recognized for what it was until 2009 when he received neurofeedback treatments which switched on the parts of his brain which weren't working quite right (and sometimes still don't if he's being real). He is near fluent in Ancient Greek, and has been an amateur linguist as well as a computer nerd that prefers using Linux OSes.Right now, he spends time at home taking care of his daughter and writing.

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Light shines in the darkness

Light has invaded. Whether you're a cursed tiefling fighter, or an undead banshee ranger, a goblin artificer, an orcish barbarian, human king, or an elven cleric, the light of the incarnate Creator cleanses and heals. His words speak love. His death brings life to eberon. His resurrection remakes the word. This is Christ, incarnate among the tribes and races from the lore of Dungeons and Dragons. This tale is well crafted, sincere, and glorious.