by Dee Willson
Blood splatters cover the remaining words within view and I want to tear the paper from the bag and read more, but I won’t invade Tess’s privacy any more than I already have. These are her private thoughts, things she wanted to say to me herself. And I’ll wait. I’ll patiently wait until she’s ready to tell me how she feels.
Leaning in close, I dust my lips over her forehead.
“We have all the time in the world.”
Our connection is still laced with fog and nothing but a general sense of contentment comes through.
I start to panic. She’s recovering quickly. Her mind will be crisp and clear soon.
“I love you,” I say impetuously. “I’m so in love with you I’ve lost my mind.” I chuckle and sit back, suddenly hot.
A smile slinks across Tess’s lips.
I could love you too.
END OF BOOK ONE
Author's Note
The function of myth is to describe and encapsulate an event, truth, or memory of significance. Dividing myth from fact is proof. There are inherent problems with proof: technology, experience, perspective, interpretation. Not to mention politics.
While the world created in A Keeper’s Truth in regards to lost souls and Keepers is truly a figment of my imagination, there is a wealth of historical documentation, both folkloric and archeological, to support claims of the lost civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria. There is currently tangible proof of man’s existence as early as 250,000 BC, and who knows what tomorrow’s technology will uncover? If Lemurians were inundated by catastrophe spanning thousands of years, it’s possible that proof of their existence remains buried, undiscovered, possibly leagues under Earth’s oceans. Someday the story of Atlantis and Lemuria might cross the line from myth to fact. Maybe it already has and we just don’t see it.
As for human beings having souls . . . who am I to say?
Dee Willson
Acknowledgements
Writing is a solitary endeavor, a private relationship between a creator and her cast, yet riddled with an abundance of good fortune, research, learning, confidence, and sheer time.
My good fortune was in stumbling across the entrepreneurial spirits behind Driven Press and BK Publications. They not only saw what I saw in A Keeper’s Truth but invested their time and money so others could share this story. Suz, Sam, I am forever grateful.
Many books were important in researching this novel, and a vast amount of information can be found in The Lost Civilization of Lemuria by Frank Joseph, Bear & Company 2006; Atlantis and 2012 by Frank Joseph, Inner Traditions International 2010; Forbidden History by J. Douglas Kenyon, Bear & Company 2005; Destiny of Souls by Michael Newton PhD, Llewellyn Publications 2000; and Encyclopedia of Spirits by Judika Illes, Harper One 2009. Your work has changed me forever.
Writing is a constant learning process, so there is a special place on my bookshelf for The Time Traveler’s Wife. Audrey Niffenegger, we have never met, but I owe you a great deal of thanks. Your book taught me to be a better writer.
To spend years writing (and editing) a novel, one must have a certain balance of confidence, drive, and insane focus. All of these I get from an awesome collection of fellow writers, dear friends who make the journey extra special. Tanis Mallow, Rob Brunet, D.J. McIntosh, Pam Blance, Melodie Campbell, Rita Bailey, and Kent Rees, this road wouldn’t be the same without you. Thanks for holding my hand.
Lastly, there is time. Most have no idea how much time goes into writing, editing, publishing, and marketing a novel, but my family does. They’ve helped and encouraged me through every arduous step. Vera, I can’t imagine a better cover. Mom, you are the best cheerleader a girl could ask for. Dad, Georgia, John, Jamie, your faith in me keeps me going. Jeff, after twenty years I am still the luckiest girl in the room. To my daughters, Tess and Hanna, you are my everything.
I love you all.
About the Author
Dee Willson felt the writer’s call at fifteen, when she penned her first novel and received her first rejection letter to go with it. Over twenty years later, with two successful businesses under her belt (both with Canada’s largest book retailer, Indigo Books), Dee Willson rekindled her passion for novels. She joined a hard-core book club, published short stories and interviews, contributed to blogs, and wrote the novel A Keeper’s Truth, followed by GOT (Gift of Travel ). Dee is presently working on the second installment in the Keeper’s series, and Meant 2 B, a crazy ghost story riddled with fate.
Dee and her husband currently reside in Burlington, Ontario. They are building their dream home on the shore of Lake Ontario, where they expect to watch their daughters frolic in the lake, and possibly grow four heads. Visit her online at www.deewillson.com or on Twitter @denisewillson
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