Healed by Hope (31 page)
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Jim Melvin
Experience Jim’s other titles from Bell Bridge Books
The Death Wizard Chronicles
Forged in Death
Book One
Chained by Fear
Book Two
Shadowed by Demons
Book Three
Torn by War
Book Four
Blinded by Power
Book Five
Acknowledgments
Any and all descriptions of meditation in this volume were based on the Buddha’s enlightened teachings in the
Mahasatipatthana Sutta
.
Dennis Chastain and Margo McLoughlin . . . without either of you,
The
DW Chronicles
would not be.
Pat . . . especially Pat . . . but also Debra, Deb, Danielle, Hank, and all the other great people who make up Bell Bridge Books . . . thank you for reviving my series and also for doing such fabulous work.
To my five wonderful daughters, who have loved me throughout with such fierce loyalty, I love you back.
And Jeanne, my wife, you went above and beyond in all regards. May we meet . . . again and again.
About Jim Melvin
Jim Melvin is the author of the six-book epic fantasy
The Death Wizard Chronicles
. He was an award-winning journalist at the
St. Petersburg Times
for twenty-five years. As a reporter, he specialized in science, nature, health, and fitness, and he wrote about everything from childhood drowning to erupting volcanoes. Jim is a student of Eastern philosophy and mindfulness meditation, both of which he weaves extensively into his work. Jim lives in Upstate South Carolina in the foothills of the mountains. He’s married and has five daughters.
