When the Cell Door Closes: The Stories the Walls Never Tell
When the Cell Door Closes offers a firsthand look behind jail walls, sharing the human stories and hard truths those on the outside rarely hear.
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When the Cell Door Closes offers a firsthand look behind jail walls, sharing the human stories and hard truths those on the outside rarely hear.
When, in an absorbing story, these and other inimitable characters began to come alive in an intricate plot, I could sense that my maiden novel was turning out into a work of art on the Indian literary stage, and so I was desperate to live up to its completion in its poetic prose. Oh, how I feared death then, and what a relief it was as I lived to keep up with the muse to complete 'Benign Flame'!
Who would have thought that life held such literary possibilities in English language for a rustic Telugu lad in rural Andhra even in post-colonial India? The possibilities of life are indeed novel, and seemingly my life has crystallized itself in my body of work before death could dissipate it.
There are many fantasies about the ocean and each opens new views on the lore of the depths. In Sea Tales of Felae, Descent, a whole new twist on an ocean fantasy is presented.
For all who love Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion and the Hobbit, you will love this first epic fantasy by Bertron Hamill. Much of his writing style is reflective of J.R.R. Tolkien and this book takes fantasy to a whole new level.