Far Endeavor: A Windflower Saga Novella (The Windflower Saga)

Awarded a Silver Medal in the 2018 FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) President's Book Awards in the Young Adult (Romance/Coming of Age/New Adult) Fiction category, Far Endeavor is a book suitable for adult and young adult readers alike.
Set in the medieval-like world of Kimbria, it tells the story of the eldest mixed-race son of King Ansgar and High Chief Keholani, who are the romantic protagonists in the epic fantasy novel "Ansgar: The struggle of a People. The Triumph of the Heart." (Part I of the Windflower Saga trilogy). Named Lord Branimir Rongo of Ansgar at birth and later known as Brother Branimir, he is is one of few characters mentioned in all three parts of The Windflower Saga trilogy without being a major character in any of them.
What brought the eldest son in a royal family to a rugged island far from home, wearing only the robe of a lay brother and searching for any indigenous survivors of a cruel and unjust exile? This is the story of a young man born to nobility who chooses a life of simplicity, service, and struggle. This is a story of love in its broadest sense and truest meaning. For a reader unfamiliar with The Windflower Saga, it’s a blend of adventure, romance, and self-discovery.
For readers familiar with the story of Ansgar, “Far Endeavor" solves the mystery of Keholani's lost family, who left Kimbria when she was only 8 years old and were never heard of again. It also tells the charming romance stories of Branimir's next two siblings in age, his brother Kahu and his sister Keho. But the major part of the novella is devoted to Branimir's own journey, from his comfortable role as a future professor at a prestigious university, to his finding and helping the only other intact and extant, albeit threatened, indigenous community in the region to survive under precarious conditions and threat of annihilation. In this, he mirrors his own father's life and service to the Kimbrii people of Kimbria.
"Far Endeavor" is an inspiring tale of one man's journey to move beyond his assumed future in life, to find that something so much broader and bigger in impact awaits him. Branimir is a hero who doesn't fight for justice with weapons of steel, but with weapons of law, learning, love, and devotion.