Summoned by Ink and Imagination: Meet the Author Behind Chronicles of a Lost King

In an era when fantasy fiction often feels mass-produced, Chronicles of a Lost King is refreshingly different. It’s not built on recycled tropes or algorithmic storytelling. It’s born from the imagination of E. L. Eminhizer, an author who never set out to build an empire of books, but who may very well end up doing just that.

This is not just a debut. It’s an origin story, both for the fantasy world he’s created and for the creative journey that brought it into being.

Eminhizer didn’t start with a publishing deal or a marketing plan. He started with an idea, one that took hold slowly and wouldn’t let go. What began as a private escape, a hobby scribbled out in stolen hours between work, caretaking, and real-life stress, grew into something alive. Something that asked to be shared.

“Welcome aboard the little circus of a hobby being turned into something… more,” he writes, capturing the sense of wonder, grit, and ambition that now fuels the series. It’s a humble origin story for a project with colossal potential.

And while some fantasy writers aim to dazzle with over-complicated worldbuilding or endless lore dumps, Eminhizer trusts his characters to carry the weight. His world doesn’t announce itself with fanfare; it unfolds, naturally, and with just enough mystery to keep readers leaning in.

The first book, which the author insists is just Chapter One of a much larger series, opens with Queen Arianna, a young ruler in a fragile kingdom, summoning a partner and protector. She seeks strength and goodness, a king in spirit if not yet in name. What she gets is Sam: a stranger pulled from another world entirely.

Sam doesn’t arrive with a prophecy attached. He’s not announced with trumpets. He’s disoriented, quiet, and full of scars, physical and otherwise. And yet, he becomes the story’s gravitational center. What follows isn’t a battle to save the world. Not yet. It’s a slow-burning study in connection, survival, and rediscovery, both for Sam and Arianna.

The emotional tone is what makes the book stand out. Eminhizer gives his characters room to breathe. He doesn’t rush the action. He builds tension, trust, and quiet stakes before ever pulling readers into combat or cliffhangers. It’s the kind of storytelling that rewards patience and demands presence.

There’s a twist in how the story is told: the entire first book is considered Chapter One of the larger tale. Each future book will be its own chapter in what the author calls “a series in every sense of the word.” It’s a bold move, structurally unusual in a market where publishers and readers often expect quick payoffs and self-contained volumes.

But this is not a book built on compromise. It’s built on vision.

Eminhizer wants readers to grow with these characters, to watch the stakes escalate naturally, not artificially. That means letting Sam’s story unfold gradually. Letting Arianna’s political challenges and emotional arc evolve over time. Letting the world itself become a character, layered, ancient, unpredictable.

In a way, it feels more like episodic television than traditional fantasy. Each chapter is its own installment, part of a carefully plotted whole. And if the author’s early teasers about Chapter Two, A New Home, are any indication, the pace is about to pick up.

What makes the book even more compelling is the story behind the scenes.

While juggling the responsibilities of caring for his elderly mother, supporting his daughter through a difficult transition, and facing the instability of job loss, Eminhizer still found time to shape this world. His writing is a rebellion against burnout. A fight to build something meaningful while life is pulling him in every direction.

There’s something profoundly real about the way Chronicles was created. It’s not polished by a team of editors or filtered through corporate focus groups. It’s raw, intentional, and deeply personal. Even the author’s feedback to collaborators carries a mix of humility and fierce protectiveness: he knows what this story is, and more importantly, what it isn’t.

That sense of authorship, of deliberate, heartfelt creation, comes through on every page.

Fantasy fans looking for spectacle will find it here. There are sword fights, magical rites, and mysterious relics. But that’s not the heart of the book. The real power of Chronicles of a Lost King lies in its quiet moments: the subtle shifts in trust between two people who don’t speak the same language, the aching weight of responsibility, the question of what makes someone worthy of love, or a crown.

This isn’t a fast read. It’s a true beginning. One that promises more if you’re willing to follow it where it goes.

So, if you’re a reader who’s tired of formulaic plots, if you’re looking for depth over drama, or if you just want to support a writer who’s pouring everything he has into telling a story that deserves to be told, this is your invitation.

Start with Chapter One. Meet Arianna and Sam. Sit with them by the fire. Learn their world one careful detail at a time. Because this isn’t just another fantasy series, it’s the slow ignition of something epic.

Because legends don’t begin with explosions. They begin with a whisper, and someone brave enough to listen.