Category: Themes

  • Escaping Cages: Theme in Sight Beyond the Sun

    One of the themes that Sight Beyond the Sun explores is the concept of escaping cages. The heroine, Kinsley Morales, is trapped in a physical cage after being abducted by aliens. The cage is luxurious, with every comfort and amenity she might need, if only she hadn’t been taken against her will. Although Kinsley resents…

  • Sight Beyond… First Impressions

    Seeing beyond first impressions is an important theme throughout Sight Beyond the Sun and an especially tricky moral for my main characters to live by. Raveno is working undercover against the tyrannical ruler of his planet (his father) and Kinsley is a double agent, pretending to work for Raveno. Both their hearts are in the…

  • Blood vs. Found Family

    One of the themes I enjoyed exploring in Sight Beyond the Sun was the bonds of blood versus found family. Both my hero and heroine struggle with the role they were born into. Kinsley has always felt misunderstood because of her love for explosives, and Raveno has always felt inadequate when pitted against his father’s…

  • Mortal Enemies to Romantic Lovers

    After a brutal career undercover, Raveno Hoviir is only one mission away from raising an army and saving the planet Havar from its tyrannical ruler. But when one of his captives claims to know a traitor under his command, liberating his people might mean betraying not just his king but also his heart.

  • Escaping Cages

    So much of Sight Beyond the Sun explores the theme of escaping cages—physical, personal, familial, societal—that it was important to me that details of the story’s setting reflect that as well. The planet Havar – Raveno’s home – is a subterranean civilization ruled by a military dictator and overrun by carnivorous plants that consume and…