
About the Book
Book: Frogman Puck Origins: The Rising Tides
Author: Joel Chanaca
Genre: Christian Sci-Fi / Action & Adventure (Teen & Young Adult)
Release Date: September, 2025
Frogman Puck Origins: The Rising Tides
The Legends Awaken: A Hero’s Dream Quest
Embark on an exhilarating journey beneath the waves—where dreams awaken, faith is tested, and a new kind of hero begins to rise.
Frogman Puck Origins introduces readers to Puck, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary dream: to explore the hidden world beneath the surface. What begins as curiosity about mysterious scuba gear in a neighbor’s shed becomes a life-changing adventure—one that carries him from the dreamlike stillness of lily pad ponds into the awe-inspiring reality of deep underwater exploration.
As Puck learns to scuba dive, he uncovers hidden strengths, long-buried secrets, and a mission far greater than he ever imagined. With each descent, the boundary between dream and destiny blurs, drawing him into a world of courage, stewardship, teamwork, and biblical truth.
Told through a unique blend of immersive prose and cinematic illustrations, the story visually mirrors Puck’s growth—shifting from the hazy wonder of childhood imagination to vivid, hyper-realistic underwater missions that place readers right beside him.
Perfect for fans of discovery, mystery, faith-based adventure, and clean action storytelling, Frogman Puck Origins: The Rising Tides is the beginning of an illustrated hero’s journey where imagination meets purpose—and the depths hold more than secrets.
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About the Author
Joel Chanaca is a four-time Global Book Awards–winning author whose stories blend adventure, heart, humor, and faith. His work has been recognized across multiple categories, including Humor and Heart, Children’s Books, and Teen & Young Adult Action & Adventure—celebrating storytelling that inspires without compromising imagination or excitement.
Alongside his writing career, Joel serves as a game warden with over twenty-six years of experience in wildlife law enforcement and public safety. His lifelong connection to the outdoors—shaped by years of camping, fishing, canoeing, scuba diving, and animal care—deeply informs the authenticity and spirit of his stories.
Joel is the creator of the Frogman Puck illustrated novel series, a cinematic, faith-based adventure world designed to engage reluctant readers, families, and young adults alike. The series pairs full narrative storytelling with rich illustrations to reawaken wonder, visual imagination, and purpose-driven heroism.
In 2025, Joel also released a newly illustrated edition of Patches the Cat Is a Thief, bringing fresh life to the award-winning story that first captured readers’ hearts.
Whether crafting lighthearted animal tales or epic underwater adventures, Joel’s work consistently reflects themes of character, stewardship, courage, friendship, and hope.
“The elements of design are all around us. If we pause long enough to look, we can see how God has made a place for us. Beyond the wonders of the earth, His plan reaches into eternity.”
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More from Joel
When I set out to write Frogman Puck Origins, I wanted to bring something genuinely new to readers, both those who read constantly and those who sometimes struggle to stay engaged. I envisioned an all-new, fully illustrated novel featuring clean, epic superheroes, told in a way that feels fresh, immersive, and meaningful.
Most superhero stories begin with accidents, mistakes, or powers gained by touching a mysterious artifact. In the world of Frogman Puck, the heroes’ origins are different. Their abilities are forged through purpose, hard work, teamwork, faith, and ingenious design. The story begins with the roots of child-like memories and grows into something much larger, showing how character is built long before power is ever used.
At its heart, Frogman Puck Origins is designed to do two things at once. It invites older readers back to the wonder, curiosity, and imagination of their youth, while encouraging younger readers to dream big, work hard, and plant good seeds that will grow into strong character. It is a story about becoming, not just becoming powerful, but becoming grounded, courageous, and faithful.
The series taps into riddles, adventure, super abilities, and deep friendships, all presented in a format unlike anything else currently on the market. Readers can expect wall-crawling, SCUBA diving, flying, underwater tunnels, octopods, secret labs, personally designed base headquarters, and fierce battles between darkness and light. Every element is layered to reward curiosity and keep pages turning.
Frogman Puck Origins is only the beginning. As the series continues, the world expands, the stakes rise, and the heroes are tested in ways that challenge not only their strength but their values and faith. It is a story built to entertain, inspire, and stay with readers long after the final page.
The Frogman Puck Series is a cinematic, faith-based adventure that grows in depth and intensity with each installment. Origins begins as a dream-driven journey into underwater exploration, where curiosity, mentorship, and imagination awaken a young hero’s calling. Resurgent accelerates into a full-scale action narrative, introducing advanced symbiotic technology, global stakes, and a coordinated enemy operating in the shadows. Reckoning brings the story to its most complex and consequential phase, revealing hidden systems beneath the surface of the world itself and challenging the heroes to confront truth, deception, and sacrifice on a global scale. Across all three books, the series blends illustrated storytelling, clean action, and biblical themes to explore stewardship, courage, faith, and what it means to answer a call—one step, one mission, and one choice at a time.
God Bless, Joel Chanaca
Interview with the Author
1) What does success as an author look like to you?
Success is not measured by sales numbers or recognition. True success is seeing someone encounter the Truth in Christ, place their trust in Him, and be born again. If a story helps open that door, then it has done what it was meant to do.
I was a reluctant reader growing up. My parents struggled to get me engaged in books. I wanted stories that were not thicker than my thumb, and I wanted pictures. If a book did not move quickly, I moved on. That experience shaped how I approach Christian action-adventure today.
If Frogman Puck Origins or the books that follow help a young reader, especially a person who would rather be outside than sitting still, lean in long enough to wrestle with truth, that is success. If families slow down and read together instead of scrolling endlessly, that is success. The goal has always been impact, not applause.
2) Which character did you connect with best in this book?
Puck.
His journey reflects many parts of my own life. My grandfather called me Puck. The love of adventure, SCUBA diving, flying, standing up to injustice, and protecting others all come from my own experiences and personal calling.
I was the kid who wanted to be in the woods, on the water, or exploring somewhere new. That restless energy had to be shaped by discipline and wisdom over time. In Frogman Puck Origins and Frogman Puck: Resurgent, readers see that growth unfold. He is not instantly powerful. He trains. He fails. He learns.
That progression matters in clean teen fiction and Christian books for families with strong male and female characters to love. Strength without discipline becomes chaos. Power without purpose becomes dangerous. His development mirrors my own journey toward maturity and faith.
3) Which part of the book was the most difficult to write?
The most difficult part was developing the characters before the action fully unfolds. I did not want heroes who simply appear fully formed or shaped by random accidents. I wanted readers to see growth, discipline, learning, and the application of wisdom. In a culture saturated with instant gratification and superhero shortcuts, that matters.
Sequencing the action so it advances the plot while clearly communicating the deeper spiritual theme takes time and focus. Sometimes, a single illustrated page in these Christian illustrated novels can take weeks to complete because every visual element and line of dialogue must support the larger message.
Faith-based sci-fi and Christian action adventure should not only thrill the reader. It should build something inside them.
4) What inspired this book?
Genesis.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
The foundation of the Frogman Puck universe is rooted in creation. Many students are taught that they are the product of random evolution and cosmic accident. I wanted to tell a story that affirms intentional design, purpose, and identity.
If we are created by God, then we are not accidents. We are made with meaning, responsibility, and calling.
That Biblical worldview fiction framework shapes everything, from underwater exploration to advanced technology for wall-crawling and flight mode to the moral structure beneath the action. Design is not a side theme. It is the backbone of the series. Quickly adapting to the environment in real time through ingenious design, and they do it in cinematic style.
5) Which author influenced you the most?
Jesus Christ, the author of life and finisher of our faith.
His parables deeply influenced the narrative structure of the Frogman Puck series. He communicated eternal truth through story, imagery, and layered meaning. That approach shaped how I weave Biblical truth into adventure. The goal is not to preach through fiction. It is to tell a compelling story where truth is embedded naturally, the way it is embedded in creation itself. I can only imagine what He wrote in the sand, but what all know what He writes in our hearts, if we take the time to read it.
6) What is your favorite Bible verse or life verse?
“It is finished.”
Those words carry the weight of redemption, victory, and completion. Everything rests on that finished work. Every act of courage, discipline, or sacrifice in the story ultimately points back to that foundation.
Sequencing the action so it advances the plot while clearly communicating the deeper spiritual theme takes time and focus. Sometimes, a single illustrated page in these Christian illustrated novels can take weeks to complete because every visual element and line of dialogue must support the larger message.
Faith-based sci-fi and Christian action adventure should not only thrill the reader. It should build something inside them.
Blog Stops
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Simple Harvest Reads, May 20 (Author Interview)
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Fiction Book Lover, May 23 (Author Interview)
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, May 24
The Bookish Ledger, May 25 (Author Interview)
Vicky Sluiter, May 26 (Author Interview)
For the Love of Literature, May 27 (Author Interview)
Blogging With Carol, May 27
Tell Tale Book Reviews, May 28 (Author Interview)
Giveaway

To celebrate his tour, Joel is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card and an autographed copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://gleam.io/c1Hae/frogman-puck-origins-the-rising-tides-celebration-tour-giveaway