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Local Author to Release Young Adult Martial Arts Novel

A local author is taking his experience in law enforcement and martial arts in a different direction - publishing a book.

Phillip Humphries book "Legend of the Four Dragons Sword" is set to be released this fall on Amazon in paperback and the Kindle e-edition.  It is a fantasy style, science fiction book that starts in ancient Korea.  

"The story involves time travel, crime, hand to hand combat and sword fights," Humphries said.  "It is a blend of martial arts, history and crime noir."

Humphries has been involved in martial arts since he was a teenager and worked for 20 years in law enforcement.  He also writes an online martial arts advice column, and because of that, started the process of focusing his work around a martial arts fiction piece focusing on the young adult demographic." 

Humphries said the book too about eight months to one year to write.  "The hardest part was character development.  I had to come up with characters that would be attractive to young adult and teen groups," he said.

Designed to appeal to young adults, the four main characters are criminals involved with a lot of fighting and action scenes.  

By day, Humphries runs Lucky Buzzard LLC, a company that consults on martial arts, law enforcement and intelligence for the entertainment, writing and publishing community, and also assists with fight choreography for fim and television.  

"My background in law enforcement allowed me to weave a crime drama, although the book is entirely fictional," Humphries added.

"Legend of the Four Dragons Sword" will be available on Amazon.com.




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