Daiki, general of the grand Tokugawa fleet is sent out to charter new world and create trade routes between Japan and the New World. Bravely embarking in this daunting quest, he leaves behind his family in the service of his nation. Many years later, on his way home, with his path home now known to pirates and other plunderers, Daiki, boldly re-routes his path. This new unknown path takes the fleet into great peril and the fleet is subsequently destroyed. Being the lone survivor, he in marooned on the southern coast of the African continent. Saved from drowning by a child form a nomad tribe, Daiki is able to cheat certain death. Realizing the futility of getting back home, he settles into his new home. There, through sheer will he is impressed upon by a young child, who coincidentally saved him form drowning. Influenced by the child’s resolve in the face of certain death, Daiki decides to take him on as an apprentice and teach him the ways of Bushido. In this action, Daiki unconsciously creates a path that not only determines his fate, but that of his young apprentice, those around them, and the history of Japan itself.
Sons of Fate is an exercise in storytelling. At its core it is the viewing of the amalgamation of choices made in a person’s lifetime, and the consequences that affect the people and events that surround them.. In this case, General Daiki, and Kamau our two protagonists are at the center of this ideal and their actions resonate outwardly throughout their universe. Before the first word was written or the first panel was drawn, I decided early on that this was a type of story I wanted to write. A story that has many intricate and inter-weaving details that the reader will only see in their completion once the ENTIRE story has been told. I want a second, third, fourth, read-through. Each time the reader reads Sons of Fate, they will notice something that is mentioned in the beginning part of the story is relevant at another point, far off into the same, or even the next chapter of the story. To me, the best stories are always the ones that when I go back to re-read, I notice something that I only see by having been shown the whole picture, which in turn gives me a better and deeper understanding about the people, and /or circumstances within. You will see things in Origins where you won’t know have meaning until the end of the complete series. You may not even see these “Easter eggs” unless you have another read through. There are things that are in the first book (Origins ) that are connected only to Fishing with my Father. Only those who read the web series will see and understand the meaning of. The universe that encompasses Sons of Fate will be a complete, all encompassing, and cyclical universe.