The Nephilem
When the down-on-his-luck mid 20’s Hyienna gets involved in complex relationships and a mysterious rucksack, he feels like he can grab redemption, but why can’t he be the hero too
A sun-soaked setting with a difference, The Nephilem is debut novelist Exquil’ s unforgettable slight-of-hand turn, on life in Formentera for a set of escapists from mainland Spain, looking for survival in the unrelenting dry winds and lively sea of the mysterious Balearics. A down-on-his luck Hyienna is gifted a mysterious rucksack on arrival, soon he gets involved in his cousin’s complex relationships that seem to offer him a chance at redemption until it becomes terrifyingly clear that escaping your past and being the hero all at once is not possible as a sacred mystery conspires to take grip. The Nephilem is romantic, bittersweet, esoteric and has hints of a larger more eternal conspiracy, that is determined to reset the established imagery of its Balearic setting. A jaunt to the Mediterranean will never be the same again.
About Me
Exquil has been writing in some form or another since his middle school years. What started out as love for writing poetry in a secret poetry book, then turned into passion for song writing with his cousin and his best friend. The satisfaction he gets from building a world that a character and persona can brood away in, offering heart breaking truths of one’s human condition, with a poignant touch of mysticism is his lifelong passion.