Written by Bjarke Steen Rasmussen, with co-authors Anine Ross and Karnika E. Yashwant (Mr KEY), this fantasy focuses on the balance of life and death. This story, although written in fiction style, is based on real events which have been occurring all over the world in recent times due to temperature changes, but surprisingly prophetic of West Virginia's current events. The Spirit of Things is populated by people as ordinary as American Pie and pumpkins on Halloween Day. The cast of characters includes: Heraia Lowrie - the young heroine whose powers over nature will provide the entertainment and redemption; Manuel Pinero - Heraia's twin and admirer; Jose Pinero- the anti-hero who commits the repented crime for the redemption of all; Joshua Bofard, a local news reporter who must prove himself in a muscle-straining bid to build an altar of sacrifice and Amalinda Porter, Josh lady-love and a foil for Josh with her warm, nurturing character. The Spirit of Things delivers a positive figure in Heraia Lowrie, who must walk the path of desolation to complete her mission novel. Her wholesome, lovable and budding powers endear her to all. In a recurring theme, the novel is grounded on love, despondency, loneliness, friendship, admiration, and sacrifice. You can identify with any or all of these emotions in the heroine or in the other characters. The higher morality of the heroine repeatedly collides with the selfishness and weaknesses of the two boys as they find themselves in a constant tug-of-war for Heraia

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