How far have you traveled during your life? Have you started out on the top of the world and slipped a bit lower? Or were you the one that started out at the bottom of the heap and clawed your way to the top? Just because you've started out in poor circumstances doesn't always mean that you'll end up there as Rory finds out in The Heir of Westfell, the first book in the newest series by Christopher Wilcox, Sr.

In reading fiction, we always look for someone we can relate to. It should not matter the age of the protagonist, but it should matter as to their humanity. Many a writer has, in these contemporary times, added flawed and damaged people with something decent about them so we do not become so repulsed by them, we can't stand to have them in our head. Unlike television, a book actually gets into your brain. It is there that we develop the image, the texture, the taste, and even smells and flavors if we are given such.

Think of your favorite action hero. Maybe he’s tall and broad shouldered. Maybe he’s a she with lightning fast feet. Your hero could even be wheelchair-bound and able to control the problem with his thoughts. No matter what your favorite heroes look like they have one thing in common—they get the job done. That’s the plan for Christopher Bartholomew in Tyler Blackwood’s newest novel, Seventh Dragon. Of course, he’s not dealing with your average threat.