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Elise and Moira, sent to negotiate with a remote barony, find something far more dangerous than a rebellion in the offing. Can a single mouse and doe succeed where all others have failed? Or will they fall prey to a sinister plot that may rob them, and an entire country, of their very minds?

This is the world of Persona Animus, created by John Scharmen. John Scharmen was a fantasy-addicted latchkey kid. He grew up on classic Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons, Star Wars/Trek, Muppets, Dungeons & Dragons, Piers Anthony (who he outgrew), J.R.R. Tolkien (who he didn’t), and classical mythology.

In high school he discovered anime worth watching, and spent the next ten years devouring that, until he burnt out on the five basic plots. New stuff sometimes catches his eye anyway. He spent a year in college abroad in Mitaka, near Tokyo.

Somehow, he earned a B.A. in studio art at UCSD without ever learning how to draw or paint. After college he began taking real art classes while helping to make video games for Sony. Ten years later he is a little better at drawing, painting, and animation.

In early 2006 John quit his job at Sony (where I met John) to take art classes full-time, draw a comic book, and figure out what the hell he wants to do with his life.

Persona Animus concerns a young healer, a seasoned ranger, and the fate of the world.

Persona Animus takes you into a fantastic world of animals and people who look like animals, where even the most common person may wield magic, and the Gods have been known to walk the earth.

For more on Persona Animus, be sure to visit the site!

-Floyd Bishop