Here is a little more information about the book "The Musical Realm" by Jerald Simon (this is book 1 in a 5 book series - the other books in the series will be forthcoming):

The Official Release Date on Amazon will be November 24th, 2025

Genre: Teen & Young Adult Christian Fantasy
Teen & Young Adult Christian Action & Adventure
Teen & Young Adult Arthurian Myths & Legends

Dimensions: 6x9 inches

Pages: 330

Background of the book:

Several interviewers continually ask me about the inspiration for this book, "The Musical Realm," or the various authors that inspired me in writing this book. I came up with the idea for this book back in 2016. For the next two years, I came up with the characters, outlined various plots, and thought about what I wanted this book to be. I wasn't intending on publishing it at the time, since I had so many other books and albums I was working on at the moment. The book was heavily inspired by scriptures, religion, philosophy, music, C.S. Lewis, and Og Mandino among other inspirational and motivational authors.

In this book, I have tried to incorporate inspirational, motivational, and spiritual topics that teach values, morals, courage, and faith-filled Christian themes throughout the book, to help teens and young adults develop greater faith to overcome their fears.

I began writing book 1 back in 2018-2019. I have worked on and off in finishing book 1 ever since. I started having the book reviewed and edited from 2024 - 2025. I personally printed out the book more than 30 times and had as many, if not more drafts that I marked up, edited, and changed before having a professional editor edit the book. I have already outlined each of the chapters for all five of the forthcoming books in the series. I know the characters and plots of each book, I just need to finish writing the remaining books.

Since I mapped out the books in their entirety before writing them, when you read book one, characters and plots and even seemingly insignificant details will make more sense, as they reappear in books 2, 3, 4, and 5. Even one sentence events that only happen in book once will take on even more meaning in the subsequent books. Every detail from trees, fruits, musical instruments, necklaces, statues, artwork, and more are intentionally mentioned because they will play a pivotal role later on in future books.

Every character, land, river, building, event, or experience in the book also relates somehow to music, musical terms, art, history, philosophy, religion, and so forth. Some of the main characters, Saint Summer, Preston, and Matthew, are my children's names (Summer, Preston, and Matthew). Don't take anything for granted in this series. Everything has a meaning and was thought out in advance before writing the book. This book can be read on multiple levels of interest, and can be enjoyed by teens, young adults, and adults. I can't wait to have you read the series.

The book is geared for teens and young adults, but many adults who have started reading it love it as well. I try to teach values, morals, and principles all throughout the book. There are Christian themes and parallels scattered throughout the book as well. Everything relates to music, looking to the light, and listening to the music within.

I’d love to have you read the book.

Thanks in advance! - Jerald

​If you know someone who has a podcast and they are looking for guests, I’d love to be interviewed on their podcast about my new book. I’m looking to be a guest on 1-2 podcasts per week. I’m also looking for vloggers, bloggers, and social media influencers who would like to receive a PDF review copy and share the upcoming release of the book with their audiences.