About the Book

Book: Immortal Abyss (Duology Book 2)

Author: Katherine Briggs

Genre: YA Fantasy

Release date: September 17, 2024

Seize the throne. Seek the legend and conquer the Abyss.

Nations rise and fall in the aftermath of war over the Eternity Gate. The corrupted desert throne stands empty, and the Immortal Abyss awakens. Drought ravages the continent, and people long for the rebirth of a starpalm, who will rise from among mortals and end their judgment.

Orphaned at birth, Tol grew up hiding in the farthest corners of the desert, training under powerful rebel fire wielders. She now dedicates her life to the Rebellion’s cause to seize the throne and Abyss from the surviving dynasty and deliver both to the coming deity.

Chosen as the Rebellion’s messenger, she travels to reach sympathizers capable of identifying the starpalm. Familiar figures haunt her dreams, and her path twists with every step she takes. Can Tol fulfill her purpose and summon a legend? Or will her country perish under the judgment of the twin gates?

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Author Interview

1. What was your process to align your book with your target audience?

First, thank you for having me on the blog today, Katie!

To align a story with a target audience, you need to know your audience. Many encourage writers to pick one specific person—a real person—to write for to help keep your focus sharp. If you try to reach everyone, you won’t reach anyone, as the saying goes. Beyond that, I learned about the difference between demographics and psychographics from Author Media and the Novel Marketing Podcast. I find understanding someone’s interests, fears, and wants to be more unifying than their age, where they were born, or their economic status.

2. What was the most enjoyable part of writing your book?

For The Immortal Abyss, I really enjoyed the gifting system that came along with the overall worldbuilding of the story. Tol, the protagonist, can hold fire in her hands, and lots of it. In her country, the type of fire one wields depends on which Forms they have inherited. The four Forms are Magnificence, Temperance, Wisdom, and Justice. Inspired by Biblical and classical virtues or principles, I had so much fun fleshing these out as the story progressed.

3. How do you weave Biblical truths into your writing?

I want to seek what is Good, True, and Beautiful in everything I do, with God’s necessary help. Like real life people, the characters in my stories exhibit both tastes of heavenly glory and also sin. I want to weave Biblical truths into my stories by ultimately glorifying what is Good, even if the characters experience danger, peril, and darkness, which they do. I also want to paint the good and bad consequences of righteousness and evil honestly. Doesn’t evil sometimes seem like it offers a reward initially? And then what? In turn, does righteousness always bear fruit that we can immediately see? What will the characters do if it doesn’t? How do they maintain the strength to remain on the narrow path?

4. Do you have a favorite time of day you are most productive in your writing?

I think I am most productive in the morning, but I ultimately find that I accomplish the most when I go into a brainstorming, writing, or editing session focused on the immediate task at hand. Do I know that a character’s motivation isn’t strong enough? Let’s work on it! Do I know what I am supposed to write today? If I can get my head in the game beforehand, all goes better. If I am at peace with the rest of the day and my responsibilities, that is also a great help in allowing my creativity to relax and do what it does best.

5. How many books do you personally own?

We recently moved, and my books are piled in stacks by genre against the wall, so I am fully prepared to answer this question with rough estimates! It looks like I have about 55fantasy and science fiction books, about 90 nonfiction, 20 contemporary genre novels, 7 Bibles in various languages and translations, 20 used and unused journals, 25 classics, 10 books in my speculative TBR pile, and 9 books in my nonfiction TBR pile. I likely have about 7 cookbooks too. Voila! According to internet legend, you need to own about 1,000 books before it counts as a library, so I still have a ways to go.

Thank you for the interview opportunity, Katie!

~ Katherine Briggs

About the Author

Katherine Briggs crafted her first monster story at age three. Since graduating from crayons to laptop, she continues to devour and weave fantasy tales while enjoying chai tea. She, her coadventurer husband, and rescue dog reside outside Houston, where she classically educates amazing middle school students, teaches ESL to adults, and enjoys studying other languages.

More from Katherine

Hello friend!

Have you ever felt like no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t overcome something difficult in your life? Maybe it was a bad habit you wanted to outgrow, a closed door you wished to open, or a choice you needed to make.

Within God’s will, Jesus in Matthew 19:26 says, “With God, all things are possible.” (ESV)

This is why I wrote The Immortal Abyss. Like you, I have felt stuck in my limitations and circumstances. My protagonist Tol, an orphan, strives to carve a new life for herself by joining a rebellion and bringing reform to her corrupted country. But how can she serve her cause if she can’t overcome her weakness in her fire gifting?

Like Tol, we can’t rise above challenges alone. So, what do we do?

Ask God for help and thank Him for promising to never abandon us.
Seek friends who will reciprocate spurring one another on to persevere.
Remain focused on our purpose.

If you’re looking for an adventure fantasy that will encourage you to never give up on what is good, please enjoy The Immortal Abyss, sequel to The Eternity Gate and conclusion to The Threshold Duology.

Cheers to journeying across forbidden lands, meeting new friends, taming dragons, and overcoming the impossible!

~ Katherine Briggs

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