Rusty A. Biesele's Blog: Children of Sophista, page 13

Back Story for Book #1: Trevor's Death

"Trevor, oh Trevor. Look at you. Only moments ago, through the pain, you were telling me of the best parts of our friendship. All my playmates—so many have I had, all have died. I feel so ashamed—I should be the one to die. I could have saved you. A wave of my hand, a little fatigue, a little of my energy expended, and you would have been up playing with me. Well, perhaps not—the marauders left parts of your mom and dad hanging over there. Perhaps the pain and the human need for revenge would...

Book #2 Chapter 17's Illustration and Story

“Mummy, don’t go away! I’m mummy’s tool—a tool to make her the supreme queen. My name is Stefan. I killed mum—just like dad. I didn’t mean to. It just sort of happened. I used to play with my fairy doll, Tova. Now she is my love for real. She brought back mummy. But if mum isn’t all there, Tova, my love, will kill her again—she will be a pile of dust in my hands. I need your help mum—especially when Tova and I rule Earth. But don’t hurt me. Tova burns everyone who tries to hurt me.”


This illu...

Chapter 15's Illustration: Stefan --- How I Got Here

“A few weeks ago, I was at home—my safe home. Some days, I would go to a nice seventh-grade class with smart kids and have a nice nap. Most days I would sit home, drawing places that I had never seen but somehow I knew they existed. I didn't know that I was a fairy or that mummy was a very important fairy. Mummy had a fantasy bookshop with lots of big tables and I had lots of friends I had taught to draw. At night, I slept in a bedroom high above the bookshop and looked at the stars through m...

What is Life? Tova2's Perspective in Book #2

“Life. What is it? I’m not sure anymore. How can I be? I had a mom. Too long ago to remember. Now, my creator, Peter3, pleads for my life. He loves me. But not how he thinks. Perhaps if he understood the concept, I would be his daughter. What does the third clone of a fourteen-year-old genius know about love? My true love lies on a table---a giant bomb ready to destroy a planet full of people. We were made for each other---the lonely pair of a new species---none of these people can understand...

Introducing the Character Paul1

In book #2, "The Saeshell Book of Time Part 2: The Rebirth of Innocents," the character Paul1 is introduced. Off and on, he becomes a major character in the narrative and is distinguished by being the only Paul that is autistic. He also a brilliant 9 year old though sometimes a bit selfish. He is talented with computers and uses them to explore the world around him. Tonya, the Sophistan computer helps him to mentally experience the world without coming too close to it. However, he becomes the...

Gifted Renaissance

I'm sure people will be wondering about what a Renaissance scene is doing in a Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror book. Although I wanted to write a story with high tech/advanced science, I didn't want it to be a steely-cold sci-fi adventure or a fantasy having nothing to do with people's real lives. Though the characters in this story live a fantastic life that we can only dream of, I wanted them to remain living, feeling people we could care about. Paul25 is the ultimate feeling character becau...

Illustration for Chapter 8-1 Book #2

Here is Paul25 and Tova2 in trouble again. Looks like they are dissolving in hyperspace and getting sucked into a tunnel at the same time. That's got to hurt. This lovely illustration is by Matt Curtis. Click on it to enlarge it.

Rare Excerpt from Book #4, Chapter 20: The Stroke of Love

I am always reluctant to post excerpts from several books ahead of the current book. But I finally decided to post a little snippet for a couple of reasons. One is that I wanted to let people know that yes, the four books of the serial are already written. I know sometimes when a reader reads the start of series, much less a serial, that they wonder, "If I invest the time to read this first book, will I be left hanging? Can the author actually write the rest?" So I wanted reassure the reader...

The Terrifying Book #2 Chapter #3 Illustration

This is one of the more terrifying scenes in book #2. Tova whose life is ending---her life is a hopeless disaster with only long suffering pain between now and death---suddenly finds a path to a life more wonderful than any human can imagine. All she has to do is die now instead of die later. Most people would naturally chose to die later. So the aliens, her friends, the wondrous people with all the answers, kill her now. Instead of dying slowly from radiation poisoning (so bad, she is bleeding from everywhere), she experiences the horror of her friends killing her. Click on the image to enlarge it.

The Sophistans demolecularize Tova 

Book #2 Chapter #2 Illustration

Here is the first interior illustration that we have finished for The Saeshell Book of Time Part 2: The Rebirth of Innocents. It is an illustration for Chapter 2. As you can tell, book#2 is somewhat more intense. Click on the illustration to see more detail.

Paul17 blasts Luke2 and Luke3 for gross misbehavior