Chris Johnson - Author

Karen Simpson Nikakis grew up in a small town in NE Victoria, Australia, and spent her childhood riding horses through the Australian bush, which created a love of the natural landscape. Her working life was spent in the Education Industries where she undertook an MEd(Hons) in the purpose of dragons in fantasy, and a PhD in Campbell's monomyth applied to the female hero. Her studies woke an interest in the hero's psychological journey, which is often expressed through metaphor and symbolism. She coined the term Deep Fantasy to describe it. Karen has been writing full time since mid 2016. Her Deep Fantasy book, I Heard the Wolf Call My Name , is due out in early November. Synopsis: How do you go on living when your entire world has been destroyed? Jax and Matiu are just twelve years old and in bird-form when their island home blows-up killing everyone on it. Jax thinks he is the only survivor until he comes face to face with Matiu ten years later. The military needs shi...