Parable Book 1: Ravid

This project has been in the works for probably more than 20 years. It started as a single novel, but there was too much to put into a single volume. So I thought, "Why not two?" Still too much. So it's going to be three novels.

I already have a first draft of Book 2: Aviel. The thing is, it's already bigger than Book 1: Ravid. So will it end up as a trilogy? We'll have to see. If Aviel gets too big I may have to split that. Then Book 3: Mayir, which has a strong start....will that be only one volume?

One of the authors I admired when I was considerably younger started a new trilogy, but at last count there were more than 40 novels. I'm not anticipating that here. For one thing I'll probably be gone from this Earth before I can do too many more. For another, there's only so much material that doesn't lend itself to expanding.

Maybe spinoffs, but the premise of Parable can only go so far.

At any rate, Ravid should be available some time in April of 2026. Aviel, perhaps some time in 2027. Depending on things out of my control, Mayir might be in 2028. Considering the current demands on my time that would be an aggressive schedule to achieve.

I hope you enjoy Ravid. Either way please leave a review on Amazon.

Obviously you'll have to wait for the book to be released.

How can a moral thief survive?

Homeless and orphaned, Ravid must steal to live. But taking from laborers is just as abhorrent to him as pilfering from the poor. He could steal from the wealthy, if not for their hired guards. Desperate, he teeters on the verge of starvation.

When Ravid finds abandoned gold in a field, he takes the chance to reform. He sells his loot and buys the farm to legally claim the gold. But the life of a farmer is not what he expected. Crops fail, storms destroy his home, and his new neighbor keeps trying to kill him.

Ravid must choose: stay on the challenging, straight and narrow path, or revert to what he knows best. Or is there another way?