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| Author and Media Personality, Envy McKee |
By M. Quintero Moore
BACKLINE MAGAZINE
Envy McKee is that visionary for whom there is no gray area. You either love her or not. Either way, it’s of little consequence. She will always continue to follow her path, with or without you. She’s not your average bear, and life (she will gladly tell you) is her picnic basket. Whether she is on radio, television, or just hanging out with family and friends, McKee is consistent in her core values and beliefs, spreading the gospel of universal consciousness as if she was John the Baptist reincarnate. So, it’s no surprise that her first installment, The Stellar Trilogy – Book 1: Among Us, is far removed from the predictable modern day African American literary genre. McKee says she is dismayed at the kinds of conversations we (Black People) keep having with each other. Therefore, she set out to have a different conversation about spirit, spirituality, and our truest nature. “Instead of writing a "self-help" book for which there are thousands, I wrote an adventure story,” she said in our two-hour long interview. She added, “The caveat is that the lead character Kai-- is all of us…male and female. Kai means love, and love is what we are in a fundamental sense”. Dubbed a “Soul-fi”, Book 1 of the Trilogy seems to be a cross between ‘Angels and Demons’ and ‘The Matrix’. Each chapter challenges us to reconsider the zeitgeist of human thought and emotion; and invites us to question the intergenerational archetypes of our collective beliefs.The interaction and self-actualization of the characters are so central to today’s growing movement of modern enlightenment, it has the potential to shape future imagination and thought.
In Book 1, which McKee calls the “set-up”, the protagonist, Kai, is a young woman who has experienced every heartbreak and misfortune one could imagine. She has always felt like she didn’t belong– that she was ‘other’. This was confirmed when she was sent to live with her evil “Aunt Myra”. There, Kai experienced a level of abuse no one ever should. Years later, when she finally feels “normal”, she meets an angel. His only purpose at that moment is to reveal everything she has ever known about herself was a lie. Kai finds out she isn’t from Earth. Unbeknownst to her, she is a part of an intricately planned recognizance mission to retrieve her father and return him to their people. However, due to internal and external forces i.e. “Aunt Myra”, the “anger plague” that ravages the Earth, and herself, Kai doesn’t remember anything about this mission. If life was challenging enough, she and her young daughter are abducted by an “Angelic” (that angel), held hostage in “The Eden” (yes, that Eden), and find themselves in the middle of ‘The Great War’. All of this is happening while the Earth is crumbling. So, Kai must remember, now that she knows there is too much at stake for her not to. However, further complications arise after she falls in love with an Elder, finds out about her heritage, and the real reason why The Stellar came to be among us.
Everything in this book is worth reading, if nothing more than for the refreshing idealisms and the fierce, descriptive elegance of McKee’s prose. It is a story of self-discovery, beauty, triumph and wonder-despite all odds. It's deep…it’s funny…it’s weird and refreshing, scary and unusual. It's definitely a journey you won't soon forget.
In Book 1, which McKee calls the “set-up”, the protagonist, Kai, is a young woman who has experienced every heartbreak and misfortune one could imagine. She has always felt like she didn’t belong– that she was ‘other’. This was confirmed when she was sent to live with her evil “Aunt Myra”. There, Kai experienced a level of abuse no one ever should. Years later, when she finally feels “normal”, she meets an angel. His only purpose at that moment is to reveal everything she has ever known about herself was a lie. Kai finds out she isn’t from Earth. Unbeknownst to her, she is a part of an intricately planned recognizance mission to retrieve her father and return him to their people. However, due to internal and external forces i.e. “Aunt Myra”, the “anger plague” that ravages the Earth, and herself, Kai doesn’t remember anything about this mission. If life was challenging enough, she and her young daughter are abducted by an “Angelic” (that angel), held hostage in “The Eden” (yes, that Eden), and find themselves in the middle of ‘The Great War’. All of this is happening while the Earth is crumbling. So, Kai must remember, now that she knows there is too much at stake for her not to. However, further complications arise after she falls in love with an Elder, finds out about her heritage, and the real reason why The Stellar came to be among us.
Everything in this book is worth reading, if nothing more than for the refreshing idealisms and the fierce, descriptive elegance of McKee’s prose. It is a story of self-discovery, beauty, triumph and wonder-despite all odds. It's deep…it’s funny…it’s weird and refreshing, scary and unusual. It's definitely a journey you won't soon forget.
If you want to learn more, visit McKee's website: envymckee.com.
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