Fiona Tarr Relic Seeker Vol.2 of The Priestess Chronicles

Fiona Tarr Relic Seeker Vol.2 of The Priestess Chronicles

Blurb: A young time-travelling, magic wielding Priestess and her gifted friends must retrieve an ancient Goth relic before it is used to change history.

This isn’t the Priestess Ariela’s first trip through time, but now she has friends along for the journey. When she arrives, she is alone, dressed as a servant, yet surrounded by opulence. Her guide and mentor, the Angel Raziel hasn’t given her a clue about her quest and she quickly finds herself serving a deadly enemy from her past.

Ariela realises that keeping her magical powers secret isn’t going to be easy. She is being hunted by a powerful magic wielder who is determined to destroy her and change history forever.  In the midst of a violent and intense battle to protect the ancient relic Brísingamen, once worn by the goddess Freya, Ariela calls upon the strengths and powers of her friends and a group of strangers. 

As Ariela gathers her allies, she realises her powerful adversary isn’t the only threat. She has been betrayed by someone she thought she could trust.

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Fiona Tarr Relic Seeker Vol.2 of The Priestess Chronicles

Fiona Tarr Talking About What It Is Like Writing In The Christian Genre

Before I wrote this article, Juneta asked me a question. She asked about what it’s like writing in the Christian genre and I had to really consider my answer carefully.

I am a Christian who writes fantasy and I struggled for a while understanding exactly what genre I was writing. Was it Christian Fiction, was it main-stream Fantasy, was it Historical Fiction or something else?

It took me a while (my whole first series really), but I came to understand that what I write is Religious Fantasy, yep there is such a genre. You see if I call myself a writer of Christian Fantasy, I usually upset a few strict, indoctrinated people and if I claim to write General Fantasy, I usually upset a few hard-core fantasy readers. So, Religious Fantasy kind of covers the mix of what I write.

My writing has evolved from the beginning in 2014 to now and I can see how finding my style and understanding what I was writing for has helped to shape the way I write and the audience I am reaching for.

I set out to write this new series The Priestess Chronicles without too much religion, but that was impossible for me. Every culture, throughout history has been shaped by politics and religion and it’s ingrained in every historical period I study.

Like this latest book, which is set in Goth culture, not black finger nails, velvet dress and tattoo kind of Goth, but ancient Goth. This is a time in history when Rome was in power, just as the Christian religion was gaining ground with the Emperor Constantine and Goth religion was still wavering between the ‘old’ gods of Oden, Thor and Freya and the new religion. So, you can see how I couldn’t leave religion out of the story.

It’s become easier and very comfortable to include religion in my writing and I really enjoy challenging the way we do religion in the modern world through my stories. We seek a spiritual place of peace and understanding, yet religion is used in all the wrong ways in our society to segregate, to wipe a brush over a people or a culture and I’m pretty certain that wasn’t what Jesus intended in his ‘Good News’ message.

It’s my hope that when I write, I share a little of my faith and a lot of grace so that people of all faith, culture and religion can read my books knowing I’m not choosing sides, in fact I don’t believe there are side, but that’s another story of it’s own.

It was hard at first sticking with what I believed I needed to write; religious stories for a contemporary audience. I had friends who really didn’t understand how I could ‘smudge’ the ‘word’ like I was and I think they thought I was on the wrong track.

If this has happened to you, then my tip is that you seek your own path. That you listen with your own heart and that you share the ‘Good News’ as you feel led. If you do so with an open heart and a sense of vigilance for His direction, then you’ll know if you are on or off track.

I hope you enjoy book 2 of The Priestess Chronicles. Relic Seeker is a fun, quick read that mixes time travel with magic/miracle and plenty of adventure.

Fiona Tarr Relic Seeker Vol.2 of The Priestess Chronicles