蜜桃传媒 Communication Studies Professor Greg Spencer has completed his first novel, writing it from an idea he had filed away twenty years ago.
鈥淭he Welkening: A Three-Dimensional Tale鈥�, published by Howard Fiction, tells of four high school friends who discover what makes them misfits in Skinner, Oregon, makes them 鈥渇it鈥� to resolve a great evil that has begun to ravage an alternative dimension called Welken. At the same time a third story-line develops as another character reads aloud a novel she has been writing. The four friends must learn the meaning behind the convergence of the three worlds.
The word 鈥渨elken鈥� is Old English, meaning 鈥渇irmament, the vault of heaven, the place where deity resides.鈥� It is used in Shakespeare 12 times (spelled 鈥渨elkin鈥�), and Charles Wesley's first draft of 鈥淗ark the Herald Angels Sing鈥� was actually 鈥淗ark How All the Welkin Rings.鈥�
Though appealing to junior high-aged readers, it is anticipated that many adults will enjoy it as well. 鈥淭he Welkening鈥� is more complex than the Harry Potter stories, so it is hoped that Spencer's novel will achieve a wide readership similar to the Potter series. Spencer also wrote 鈥淎 Heart for Truth: Taking Your Faith to College.鈥�
Spencer will be reading and speaking about the novel at 蜜桃传媒, Hieronymus Lounge, October 28, 3:30 p.m. and Montecito Covenant Church, October 31, 9:00 a.m. For more information go to: http://www.thewelkening.com