21 KILLERS - Powerful Stories of Anime, Graphic Novels, Reborn in New Novel of Epic Adventure

One day while sitting in class, author Kendall Uyeji got the idea of an assassin going around and killing other assassins that all represented something, and a book whose every chapter presents a duel to the death between his assassin and his opponents. He got his inspiration from anime, manga, comic books, children's shows, graphic novels, and from role-playing games he would play with friends. Thus, 21 Killers was born. It is, like the powerful stories of anime and the graphic novels of his youth, a book of desperate heroism, of scientific lore and magic technology, and a company of friends surviving an adventure that takes place in many places - representing a world re-animated into existence by war, in thousand-storey cities, in barren uncontrolled lands and the wild forests of Africa.

21 Killers is about an assassin in the future who wants to go against his set path in life and kill the assassins he has trained with all his life. In the future, assassins have full control and immunity as long as they kill who the government wishes them too. But he is on his own mission now. He wants to eradicate his past and the people that come with it. He is on a mission to kill the top twenty government assassins who have more power than anybody else. They are untouchable, all-powerful killers who are protected by the government to ensure order, power, and sow fear in service to that power. 21 Killers follows this man near the end of his journey where he has to face his past along with a regretful doctor stuck in the mistakes of his past and a vengeful revolutionary girl who finds no purpose in her life life. They manage to save each other from their various personal troubles and take part in a futuristic adventure to try to change the world and themselves in the process. They are all affected by this one man's mission, one man's struggle. It becomes, by his evolution and the choices presented therein, a fight for personal freedoms which he has earned, a fight for happiness, what's right and what he believes in-and the choice to act on them or not.

Kendall Uyeji diligently applies the effects of anime, manga, comic books and graphic novels into an epic fictional feast of ultraviolence and adventure. He says that, "This story is not about war or death or the study of the nature of human. The setting is the future, but it is not the meaning. This story follows one man on the last legs of his journey, in one part of his life that affected many others." Main is the lead assassin that inspires all the characters in the book to be where they are. His convictions eventually lead to a huge change in the world and he is the main driver of the story. Doc is the hero of the book and follows the hero's journey. He starts in the gutters and ends up making great change in the world and forgiving himself for his past mistakes. Hannah is the love interest and Main helps her find meaning and love in her life. In turn, she helps save Main too. She embodies living in the present. Main embodies living in the future and Doc embodies living in the past. 21 Killers is a tightly-written work that rivals even graphic novels' visual worlds, soaring into a plateau of high intelligence and creativity-in what today's children feast on in their search for meaning, spontaneity and release from the silliness and irrelevance of daily headlines.

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About the Author
Kendall Uyeji was born in Seattle, Washington. He dreamed of being a writer as a child and wrote many short stories in middle and high school. This is his first-ever book. He started in the summer between high school and college and would love to become a professional fiction writer one day. He hopes to sell enough books to pay for student loans. He hopes. But he wrote this book in the first place to prove to himself he could, not for any monetary gain. To prove he could write something enjoyable, creative, and interesting. To write something he thought was cool. That he would love to read and be inspired by. His dream is to be a storyteller and share his creativity with the world. One day. He hopes that will become an option. He is currently trying to double major at Western Washington University in Creative Writing and Theater.

21 Killers * by Kendall Uyeji
Publication Date: May 22, 2013
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 244 pages; 978-1-4836-1355-0
Trade Hardback; $29.99; 244 pages; 978-1-4836-1356-7
eBook; $3.99; 978-1-4836-1357-4

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