This week, local author Jakob L. Waitekus celebrates the nationwide release of his new Christian science-fiction novel, “Calibur: The Monster.”

The book introduces readers to Calibur, for whom the term “special” takes on a whole new meaning. He was born into war, as a reason for war, and as a soldier of war. War is all he has ever known, and his anger — his special anger — has always been the tool he used to fight it. And it wasn’t like he didn’t have good reason; his enemy was slowly killing everything that mattered to him.