Third Life: The Ten Plagues Of Oluceps

by A.D. Honecker, John Koenig, Jeff Brown (Illustrator)

What would you do with the infinite power to make objects you picture in your mind into real, physical items?

For Atha, this question becomes very real when he visualizes a gun in his mind, only for it to fall from thin air only a moment later. It will take the rest of his life to figure out how to control his own limitless power, but only a few seconds to figure out what to do with the gun. Turning the weapon upon his abusive father, he slays the tyrant that has tormented him for years, only to find himself placed on death row by a corrupt government. He finds himself under the protecting of an old mafia leader, who instructs the traumatized Atha to conceal his power from the world, for fear of what would happen with its discovery. Eleven years pass as Atha awaits his execution date.
An escape attempt goes awry, and with Atha facing imminent death, a portal to another world opens, spiriting Atha away to lands unknown. Now, in this new world of Oluceps, a land of magic and monsters, Atha releases his power, no longer bothering to contain his limitless ability. Only, it seems his power may have a mind of its own. And it’s far more powerful than he ever envisioned. Now, the old and dark forces of Oluceps come calling for this powerful new human in their territory, but Atha has an insult on his tongue and a bullet in his gun to respond with.

546 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2019

About the author

I wasn’t always a writer. Well, not in the sense of 500 page books, anyways. I actually hated writing through High School. The soul-crushing philosophy of “Write what I tell you, not what you want” just never appealed to me. I did, however, always have this overly imaginative mind, to the point where I struggle to focus on real life. Straight out of High School, I joined the Army National Guard, and became a part of the world’s most elite team. Specifically, I became a 68W Combat Medic. I found my home away from home with my unit, and have never second guessed or even vaguely regretted this decision. In that time, something miraculous happened: I wrote one single sentence which would end up being the very first sentence in my Third Life novel. Instantly, I took my first Hiatus. Didn’t write another word further for three months. But it rolled around in my head, the many roads that one single sentence could lead. One day, I picked that notebook back up, and for a year straight, I wrote for roughly three hours every day, not taking one single day off for any reason. Honestly, it would be difficult to call it writing, for the characters took on lives of their own, and I was but the narrator. I started sharing the pieces in chapters with my friends in the military, and I’m still amazed to say they loved it. Before long, I had a whole book’s worth, and then a second, then started a third. One day, a friend came to me. He said, “Are you thinking of publishing any of this?” It all clicked. I realized I was, in fact, wanting to publish. What started out as a simply hobby to help myself and my military family pass the time (Yes, we worked hard. From dawn until dusk, every single day, sometimes much, much more) had evolved, had changed me. Suddenly my mind was able to focus during the college courses I take, as if I had finally started letting some of the creativity out to make space for learning. I sent what I’d put together out for critics (they weren’t nearly as happy with my work as my blood and military family) but I took the advice they gave, took some things out, put others in. After that, it was a process of get critics, sending the revised book out to beta readers, and repeating that same process over and over. I did that around four or five times before I was getting all the approving nods I needed to move forward. After two proofreads, reviewing a few different potential book covers and eventually selecting one, it all became Third Life: The Ten Plagues of Oluceps. Countless hours of work became one single bound series of numbered pages. Countless days filled with love and hate, success and failure, gain and loss, all those emotions helping me channel the proper feel of the story, breathing life into simple words on those pages. Countless weeks that I spent staying at home instead of going out, letting my mind run wild, painstakingly selecting which words I’d written needed to be discarded like rubbish. Countless months where I’d find myself in different parts of America, sometimes different parts of the world, seeing new things and experiencing new cultures that helped me understand how somebody like my very own main character would feel in a land that they didn’t understand. I wrote a book, but that book, in turn, created the person I am today. And now I have released that book to the world, ready and waiting for all the praise, criticism, and “bleh, can’t say I really liked or hated it” ‘s because I know that I’ll take it all in stride, reevaluate and adjust, improve and diversify, grow and overcome. Because like me, my work is guaranteed to still have flaws no matter how much I work to polish them away. But this book has taught me that I’ll never stop growing or learning, and I never want to. Well, I know this has been a bit long-winded, so thank you if you read this far. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. I’m happy to give away a few spoilers ahead of book releases to those of you so interested in

Reviews

[Paigelauren Forrester · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Fantastic Science fiction.

What would you do if you could just think up something and have it appear?
Not only that but to be thrown from one place into a whole new world.a world with contracts, magic and so many other things. I LOVE Altha he is a strong male character with a askew of emotions and abilities. The way this book ended made me groan out loud because I wished I had the next book to read. I will be following this series until the end.
Thank you to Netgalley/ Andrew Honecker/ BookGoSocial for the ARC In exchange for an honest review.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

An epic adventure that was so much fun to read. I had a hard time putting it down because I had to know what happened next.

The world building is fantastic. Character building on point. The fighting scenes were epic. It was like I had a video game playing in my head, it would make an awesome video game.

You really can't go wrong with this. It's enjoyable and easy to read and don't let the length scare you, so worth it!!

[Melissa Overby · Rating 3 out of 5]

The flow was not what I was expecting. I think it just didn't resonate with me as well as I would have expected. It's entirely a personal preference. The writing is good, and the plot is interesting. Just not my cup of tea.