The Story Behind Erabon Prophecy Trilogy
I find it interesting that just living one’s life sometimes gives inspiration for stories. That’s what happened this time. My wife and I met with some friends of ours for dinner one evening. We had tried to get with them for some time, but it seemed other things always got in the way. Therefore, I was happy when things finally fell into place. It wasn’t anything fancy, just meeting at a local restaurant not far from our home. It wasn’t about the meal, but the time with friends that I was excited about.
Both, husband and wife, were good
friends and the wife had read several of my books before they were published,
providing some keen insights for my consideration. Yet, it was the husband this
night who fueled my inspiration. His personality is a little quirky. I can say
that because I think mine is also. Maybe it was that aspect or maybe just our
imaginations running away that night. At any rate, our conversation landed on
the concept of aliens. We started out with the usual topics: Do aliens exist?
Have they visited our planet? What is the probability they could exist and if
they did, why would they exist? Our thoughts and ideas went to wildly
ridiculous places as we debated whether aliens who visited Earth would be good
aliens or bad aliens. I can’t remember laughing so much. But then our ideas
turned a little more serious. That was quite the feat, mind you. Well, I say
serious. It was at least in that direction if not quite all the way there.
One of us asked a thought-provoking
question. I can’t remember which one of us asked it, but it was profound. I
would like to think it was my thought, but I must be honest and say it may have
been his instead. The question was the following: What type of God would aliens
worship? Hmm. Interesting question, don’t you think? We considered various
scenarios, and broached toward the ridiculous again, but we did reign ourselves
back so we could address the question with some logic. We had to ask ourselves
if we believed God was the God of the entire universe. We both agreed he was.
So, if that was true, then that would mean the God of any alien would have to
be the same God we also serve. That brought in a whole new perspective. I have
always used the phrase “truth is truth”—especially when trying to win an
argument with my wife. Needless to say, that did not always end well. Yet,
here, it was a significant thought to grapple with. Granted, these aliens could
be atheists, but if they had a concept of God it would have to match ours
fairly closely. While the names and terminology would likely be different, the
essence of the ideas about God and who he was would be very close if not
identical. That was sort of where we left it as we parted ways after a very
pleasant meal and enjoyable company.
Later, I thought about that conversation many times, and the idea for the trilogy began to morph in my mind. I would create aliens who were significantly different from us but still have the same inner desires and thoughts humans have. Even though humans and these aliens live thousands of lightyears apart, both can relate to each other if they set aside their outwardly differences and come to realize that deep inside all are the same.
An exciting trilogy where an astronaut, nicknamed Nuke and working on an interstellar gate, is accidentally thrown so deep into the universe there is no way for him to get home. He does, however, find life on a nearby planet, one in which the citizens look very different from him.
Although tense at first, he finds these aliens think he is the forerunner to the return of their deity and has been charged with reuniting the clans living on six different planets. What is stranger to him still is that while everything seems so foreign from anything he has ever experienced, there is an element that also feels extremely familiar.
He has to gain the trust from each alien clan and demonstrate through various acts that he is the one they have been waiting for so each culture can fully accept him and follow him. But for the aliens to accept him as the prophet to their deity, Erabon, he has to first accept it and believe it himself.
Book Information
Release Dates: Book One: Myeem: 23-Dec-2020
Book Two: Sharab: 06-Apr-2021
Book Three: Qerach: 01-Oct-2021
Publisher: Carpenter’s Son Publishing
Number of pages: Myeem/271; Sharab/249; Qerach/347
Link to books on Amazon:
Book One: Myeem: Amazon.com: Myeem: Book One of the Erabon Prophecy Trilogy (Erabon Prophecy Trilogy, 1): 9781952025129: Randy C Dockens: Books
Book Two: Sharab: Sharab: Book Two of the Erabon Prophecy Trilogy (Erabon Prophecy Trilogy, 2): Dockens, Randy C: 9781952025136: Amazon.com: Books
Book Three: Qerach: Qerach: Book Three of the Erabon Prophecy Trilogy (Erabon Prophecy Trilogy, 3): Dockens, Randy C: 9781952025143: Amazon.com: Books
Dr. Randy C. Dockens has a fascination with science and with the Bible, holds Ph.D. degrees in both areas, and is a man not only of faith and science, but also of creativity. He believes that faith and science go hand in hand without being enemies of each other.
After completing his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Auburn University he went on to graduate school at Auburn and completed his first doctorate degree in Pharmaceutics. He began his scientific career as a pharmacokinetic reviewer for the Food and Drug Administration and later joined a leading pharmaceutical company as a pharmacokineticist, which is a scientist who analyzes how the human body affects drugs after they have been administered (i.e, absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted).
Through the years, he has worked on potential medicines within several disease areas, including cardiovascular, fibrosis, and immunoscience to seek and develop new and novel medicines in these therapy areas.
He has also had his attention on the academic study of the Bible. He earned a second doctorate in Biblical Prophecy from Louisiana Baptist University after receiving a master’s degree in Jewish Studies from the Internet Bible Institute under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Congdon.
Randy has recently retired from his pharmaceutical career and is spending even more time on his writing efforts. He has written several books that span dystopian, end-time prophecy, science fiction, and uniquely told Bible stories. All of his books, while fun to read, are futuristic, filled with science to give them an authentic feel, have a science fiction feel to them, and allow one to learn some aspect of Biblical truth one may not have thought about before. This is all done in a fast-paced action format that is both entertaining and provides a fun read to his readers.
Randy’s latest books are in the Christian science fiction series, ERABON PROPHECY TRILOGY.
You can visit his website at www.RandyDockens.com or connect with him on Twitter, Facebook and Goodreads.
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