Kurt Ward Knihy

Kurt Ward's life is a tapestry of adventure, beginning with childhood explorations of the sea alongside his father. His journey includes a four-year stint with the Army Rangers, where he rose to the rank of sergeant, and a remarkable achievement as a Skydiving Jump Master with over 1000 jumps. Returning to the ocean, he thrived in commercial salvage and underwater construction, later entering the sea urchin industry. His education at the College of Oceaneering led him to the Gulf of Mexico oil fields, where he ultimately became an operations manager and field supervisor.

Endymion or The State of Entropy, is a mythological portrait of the authors struggle for self-actualization by integrating the conscious with the unconscious. The illustrated fantasy conjures a world in which archetypal characters from Greek mythology battle for dominance as Endymion, the main character attempts to wake himself from an endless sleep. Part-epic battle, part-psychotherapeutic journey, Endymion is set at John Keats' gravesite in Rome. It is written in heroic couplets as one continuous dream, where Jupiter, Diana, Zephyrus, Hermes and Endymion wrestle with reason, fear, hope and divine inspiration. The book is written in four acts and is lushly illustrated by the celebrated artist Rebecca Yanovskaya and includes a detailed mythological reference section and commentaries by the author.