The Watchmaker
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The Watchmaker is a novel written by Brandon Asay. All sales proceeds of The Watchmaker go to Watchmaker Foundation to alleviate financial roadblocks facing creators.
The Watchmaker is available in paperback and e-book. Length: 385 pages.
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Who is responsible for creating Heaven?
As a kid growing up in Iowa, Chet Mathawk had a passion for painting. Life took him away from the canvas and brushes to a lucrative career as a businessman. When he retires, he finds his childhood paintings have been recreated in masterful form and are signed by “The Watchmaker”. As he discovers that the paintings are of real places on earth, places he had never been, Chet finds himself back on an adventure that started long before he was born.
The Watchmaker is a story of real life, spanning tragedy, triumph, evil, good, love, despair, and hope. Above all, The Watchmaker reminds the soul of something it learned in the beginning but has since forgotten:
Every watch has a watchmaker. To be human is to reach for the most idyllic settings of the heart, because the creator of Heaven can only be its inhabitant.
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Book Review
"When I first curled up by the crackling fire to journey through The Watchmaker, I honestly wasn't sure what to expect. Knowing that author Brandon Asay had an end goal to promote aspiring creators, I assumed the book had been written for a very specific audience. It didn't take me long to realize that The Watchmaker is a universal tale which had never been expressed in this remarkable way, though it has been lived and discovered countless times throughout the ages.
I was immediately drawn in by an incredible variety of characters: the preoccupied businessman, Chet Mathawk and his supportive but mysterious wife, Evelyn; the compassionate boy from South Boston, Shawn, who whilst caring for his aging mother had left many dreams unfulfilled; and Annie—oh Annie!—the exuberant life-loving girl from the Pacific Northwest who is willing to go to any extreme to accomplish what she believes is her mission in life. The way these characters are so exquisitely woven together on the stage of Asay's epic novel is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Adventure, discovery, tragedy, hope, devastation, and epiphany all lie within the folds of these carefully crafted pages. But more importantly, readers who embark on this odyssey will realize along the way that The Watchmaker is actually a journey of self-discovery—causing one to ponder the very meaning of life itself, and to realize, that in the end, we all possess the gift of being able to reach for the "deepest longings of the heart" and the "most idyllic settings of the soul."
— Kirsten Monson, Elevita Co-Founder
About the Author
Brandon Asay grew up near Seattle, Washington, where his childhood home was a place of exploration for him and his three siblings. Thanks to adventurous parents, Brandon could often be found hiking and camping in the Cascade or Olympic mountain ranges, fishing in the Puget Sound, or digging for clams on Whidbey Island. Somewhere along the way, Brandon found a passion for storytelling. As a teenager, Brandon published his first book, Power. He has since unpublished the fantasy novel, but will be republishing it soon.
After graduating high school, Brandon served a two-year volunteer mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Boston, Massachusetts. In Cambridge, he met a lovely young woman named Amber who later became his beloved wife. Brandon attended Brigham Young University for his undergraduate studies, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Business Strategy.
Brandon and Amber now live in Arizona with their son Chet (4) and daughter Frankie (3). Brandon recently completed his MBA at Kellogg and works for Amazon as a Senior Product Manager. He has spent the last 6 years creating The Watchmaker and hopes it inspires individuals of every background around the world. He founded Watchmaker Foundation and aspires to spend his life alleviating the roadblocks facing creators of every age, race, ability, culture, and belief system. He believes humankind has only barely scratched the surface of creation; the greatest art, literature, film, venture, music, technology, architecture, discovery, philosophy, and much more, is yet to come. He hopes Watchmaker Foundation will enable this extraordinary evolution.