Writer T.C. Lowrey poses for a photograph along with his e book, Arch Recruit, at Woodland Park in Farmington on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
Writer T.C. Lowrey poses for a photograph at Woodland Park in Farmington on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
An Military veteran from Cache County is publishing his first novel on July 4 with the intention of sharing vital messages about resilience and neighborhood.
“Arch Recruit” by T. C. Lowrey is the primary in a trilogy telling the struggle tales of a fictional Military captain named Orion Thorrsen. However the 229-page e book holds a whole lot of reality: All of Thorrsen’s childhood experiences are primarily based on Lowrey’s upbringing, and the struggle tales are a mix of Lowrey’s experiences and people of the folks he served with.
“I’m personally tied to this e book,” Lowrey stated. “Persons are going to see an inside a part of my life and it makes me susceptible, however that’s what I needed. I needed to indicate people who regardless of how low you get, you possibly can survive, and you'll win in life.”
Lowrey grew up in Logan and Windfall, Cache County. He’d all the time needed to assist folks, he stated, which is why he obtained concerned in well being care. He accomplished primary coaching, went via nursing college and served as an Military nurse in Germany and Iraq. He was honorably discharged in 2011 and now lives in Hyrum, Cache County.
Of his time within the Military, Lowrey stated, “It was a calling in my life, is what I felt, and I’m glad I obtained to do it. I liked serving my nation.”
“Arch Recruit” comes out on Independence Day, a date that's vital to Lowrey as a robust patriot.
“I've an absolute love for the liberty that we've on this nation,” Lowrey stated.
Lowrey seems to be again fondly on his experiences within the Military, notably the camaraderie and sense of brotherhood he had along with his fellow troopers. That’s largely the place his motto, “One workforce, one struggle,” comes from.
That’s additionally one of many important messages Lowrey hopes readers internalize after studying “Arch Recruit” — the significance of neighborhood, connection and dealing collectively.
“We’re all on the identical workforce,” Lowrey stated. “We've to assist one another, as a society, get via all the things. One workforce, one struggle; you’re by no means alone.”
Writer T.C. Lowrey poses for a photograph at Woodland Park in Farmington on Saturday, June 24, 2023.
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Lowrey had an uncle who served in Vietnam and was a fantastic mentor to him. However after his uncle returned residence with extreme post-traumatic stress dysfunction, he ended up dying by suicide.
“That traumatized me,” Lowrey stated. “We’ve all thought that we simply can’t go on, it doesn’t get any higher. It does. I promise you, life will get higher.”
That message of resilience and hope is a big a part of what Lowrey hopes readers achieve from studying “Arch Recruit.” He described it because the story of how somebody can undergo horrible struggles and ultimately notice that all the things they went via was making ready them for one thing better.
“Every thing has a timeline and a plan,” Lowrey stated. “It’s a narrative that must be advised.”
By studying about his important character going via troublesome experiences, Lowrey hopes readers may even study simply how resilient folks may be and the way they'll survive even after the unthinkable occurs.
“Regardless of how arduous life will get, it doesn't matter what you undergo, you may make it,” Lowrey stated. “There’s some people who undergo loads worse than what I did, however what I went via was not simple. If I could make it, you may make it.”
‘Arch’ origins
Lowrey has been writing tales since he was about 8 years outdated, which is when his dad obtained him a typewriter. When he began writing “Arch Recruit,” he by no means pictured it changing into a complete novel. As a substitute, it began as a therapeutic, meditative observe for him to course of what he’d skilled within the Military.
“There’s a narrative inside me nevertheless it took me 20 years, till now, to get that story out,” he stated.
After spending just a few years writing the beginnings of “Arch Recruit,” Lowrey turned to a Twitter writing group for suggestions in 2019. Hayley Paige, proprietor of the e book publishing firm Pocket book Publishing, reached out to him and provided to learn his writing.
Lowrey despatched her the primary few chapters. A couple of days later, she provided him a contract.
He stated that simply as his e book shares a message of collaboration, the method of writing his e book took a whole lot of help from his editors, fiancee, youngsters and the folks he served within the Military with.
Lowrey is now engaged on writing the sequel to “Arch Recruit.”
“Arch Recruit” is offered for preorder now on Amazon, at Barnes and Noble and thru different booksellers. Lowrey may even be internet hosting a e book occasion and signing at Cache Espresso & Extra in Logan on July 15 from midday to 2 p.m.