Magnify, the first book in the Christian epic fantasy series Storm & Spire, is another example of such storytelling and Catholic artistry. A book written by a Catholic doesn't have to be preachy or boring, it just has to show a glimpse of Good, and take the reader along on an adventure to find Good. It pulls the heartstrings and reminds the reader of the human longing for Heaven, for Christendom, for Good. The deep friendships between the Nine Companions in The Lord of the Rings, the coziness of the Shire, the epic and courageous men fighting monstrous evils to protect all that is good in the world. They not only capture the heart and mind of the reader, but they raise them up in the beauty of Good good friendships, good fellowship, good ideals, good society. So that they remember that this world is thy ship and not thy home.' The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia are excellent examples of this, in my opinion.

That the truths of the faith become irresistibly beautiful. But we are prophets who have witnessed a divine spark, some glimpse of the heavenly homeland, and we want to tell the world about what ‘eye has not seen, and ear has not heard' so that Catholics aren't just 'assenting to a list of beliefs, but are thrilled by them. 'To everyone, young or old, who has ever imagined that an ordinary rock was a dragon's egg.'Ĭameron O'Hearn, the director of the Mass of Ages trilogy put it well when he said this about Catholic artists, '(W)e are not musicians on the Titanic, just trying to make tragedy bearable.

Magnify by Stefanie Lozinski