East Texas Flavor

Nov 23

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J. Andrew Rice Author Interview

What Is Unseen is a tender, character-driven story set in East Texas, where three lives intertwined by loss and moral struggle seek redemption and meaning amid faith, pain, and unseen grace. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

I live in East Texas. I have seen these stories manifested in the lives of people I know. The culture, in its own unique way, has common threads with other human joys and struggles throughout time. I wanted people to hear these stories in a compelling and literary fashion with a uniquely East Texas flavor. I also want to share these stories with my grandchildren and generations to come.

What were some driving ideals behind your character’s development?

Hope, faith, love, fortitude, courage, justice, and kindness.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

I was primarily interested in showing how the East Texas heroes in this story used the driving ideals mentioned above to combat the following evils:
Envy
Greed
Racism
Corruption
Pride
Laziness

What is the next book that you are working on, and when will it be available?

An anthology of short stories, Tales from the Texas Timberlands, Volume 2.

It should be available by May 2026.

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Kyle Luman is on the abyss of deep despair. After the loss of his wife, he sees no point to his life other than being the obligatory father to his two children.

Living with his family in Connecticut had been his life. Without her, he has no hope. His mother invites him and the children to live with her in Three Oaks, Texas, his hometown. In Three Oaks, he finds renewed friendships, spiritual awakening and love. But he, his friends and his newfound love are also battered by the unseen evils of self-centeredness, envy, jealousy, greed, racism, power-grabbing and political corruption.

Kyle discovers an unseen hope and with his friends leads the battle to overcome the evil pervading their community.

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