Science Fiction + Fantasy Author
Bennie Walker
Bennie Walker is an award-winning author who blends sci-fi and fantasy elements in his fiction to showcase the unique perspectives of Black and other marginalized characters.Bennie wrote his debut novel, To Shatter a Mountain as a wedding gift to his wife, a novel that retells their unique love story, while also tackling the intricacies of interracial relationships within a society marked by inequality.
Book I of the Valley Rising Series
To Shatter a Mountain
Every three years, High Country issues a summons to select citizens of their mountain nation. The command? Brave the wilds beyond their borders to hunt for relics of ancient magic lost to time...For native citizen, Zaya Galloway, the summons is a chance to lift her family out of poverty. But for first generation immigrant Rowan Alister, it is a death sentence.Equipped only with a strange whispering stone, the pair must rely on each other if they hope to survive. But as they journey deeper into the wilds, they uncover a devastating truth about the summons.They must decide whether to return as loyal citizens, or use that truth to shatter the system entirely.