Faye Hollidaye​
The Merely Mortal Series
A fictional series of novels inspired by modern and ancient mythology, religions, legends, and other supernatural and metaphysical themes and ideas. The main characters of the first-published novel are not necessarily in the other novels, but there is a common theme and common characteristics. These novels do not have to be read in any given order and are all stand-alone, though all the novels will be considerably more wholesome when the series is complete and all are taken together.
Pieces
ISBNs: 9781476085685 (ebook), 9781257039814 (hc), 9781257325962 (hc), 9781300529286 (paperback)
Laura, a young American girl, is plagued by a difficult physical condition that no one can explain. She's forced into a confusing and unfair life until a revealing visit from her long-dead twin sister Taurus, who is simply a pawn in God's plan. Then Laura's mysterious illness is replaced by a secret that she can only share with the one whom she marries.
Maryanne is visited by a man named Alex. He swears she's his wife, but she's never seen him before. Though he seems frightening and possibly insane at first, what he tells her really sinks in somehow.
Face's life is turned inside-out by Maryanne. He's kidnapped and tortured, then kept from his successful career in the city by a mysterious young woman whom he finds tied to a wooden chair in his childhood home. Who caused the wounds on the young woman and then tied her up to leave her for dead?
This is a story set between the physical and meta-physical worlds. It embodies not only the journeys of the characters, but also the author's journey as a writer and person. This brings more life and growth to Pieces than ever before seen in literature.
The Other Way
A story of ancient souls destined for greatness.
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Thousands of years ago in the eastern U.S., the Tebawa people live. The Tebawa believe that an individual must survive alone and without aide as soon as a child is capable. Children, or gabia, in the Tebawa forest either strive to earn a name or avoid one at all costs -- teaching and learning are forbidden, so it is unknown to gabia whether earning a name is a good thing or not. When a name is earned, a Tebawa either becomes Demiar, an elder, who is responsible for enforcing the natural order or reaches Ancestra through a natural ritual shortly after naming -- the latter is witnessed more often than the former, so gabia think that earning a name means death, or releasing of the soul to their disembodied ancestors.
Follow one gabir, or female narrator, as she survives in this brutal culture over the course of her life, then follow one tabir, or male narrator, as he stands up for himself and becomes one of the most powerful Demiar to ever live. These and other Tebawa perspectives combine in a third part of the book to create a wholesome view of this ancient culture and these two sani, or souls, who will be at the mercy of more than just their wills to live. To survive past their physical life, they must avoid Bardete, the true death, and thus follow and submit to the natural order at all turns, including living up to the names they have earned for themselves. However, sometimes, living up to a name one has earned is not as easy as it would first appear, and sometimes, names are granted too easily by others who see an opportunity to control.
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Coming July 2025!