Napavine Author Kyle Pratt Releases Third Novel

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Napavine resident Kyle Pratt, the author of two science fiction novels, recently released a third book titled “Through Many Fires,” a post-apocalyptic novel in which terrorists smuggle a nuclear bomb into Washington, D.C., and detonate it during the state of the union address. 

Pratt said “Through Many Fires” will be the first in a series of post-apocalyptic books. 

“I’ve always had an interest in that genre,” Pratt said. “I’ve read a number of books lately on that topic. I’ve been seeing more and more of them, and frankly I thought I could do a better job than the recent popular ones. I tried and I think I did.” 

With current movies such as “World War Z” and “White House Down,” Pratt said, now is a good time to explore the genre in his writing. 

“I think people are worried about the future, that is not uncommon,” Pratt said. “People are concerned about another economic crisis and what is going to happen if national politics continue to be divided like they are.” 

Pratt, who grew up in Colorado and earned an associate’s degree from Mesa State College, started writing while serving in the Navy on the U.S.S. Missouri during the Gulf War. 

“There is not a lot to do on a ship so I took a pen to paper and started writing,” Pratt said.

While on the U.S.S. Missouri serving as a cryptologic technician, Pratt began writing a novella that eventually turned into his second novel, “Final Duty — The Alien War Anthology,” which was released in January.

His first novel, “Titan Encounter,” was published in July last year. 



Pratt started Camden Cascade Publishing to publish his books by demand. His books are available on Kindle and Amazon. 

After retiring from the Navy in 1999, Pratt moved to Napavine with his wife, Lorraine. 

In “Through Many Fires,” Pratt said he has the cities in Lewis County in mind when describing the towns in the book. 

“My character is trying to get from Washington, D.C., to the other Washington,” Pratt said. “A lot of the book happens in Washington.”

Pratt credits his writing success to meeting with a group of other local writers each week at the Grace Foursquare Church in Centralia.   

Pratt is hoping to release the second book in his post-apocalyptic series, “A Time to Endure,” next summer and if it does well, he will start writing a third book. 

When he is not writing in Napavine, Pratt spends half the year as a teacher in a Yup-ik Eskimo village in Eek, Alaska. 

“I’m literally out in the middle of nowhere,” Pratt said. “Late at night, it’s a good time to write.”