LOVE
POWER
IDENTITY
HOME
A novel by Chadrick James Simmons
THE HOUSE
OF TOLLIVER
A family saga for a complicated world.
Book One • The Age of Exile • September 28, 2026
Same blood.”
Book One
The Age of Exile
Some families break. The Tollivers endure.
The House of Tolliver begins with a young man building a life of his own, a woman searching for refuge, and two families whose private choices refuse to stay private. It is a story about belonging, loyalty, inheritance, and what it costs to make a home when the world keeps deciding who belongs inside it.
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“The House of Tolliver is interested in the things families carry, the stories they inherit, and the choices that become somebody else’s history.”
The World
Places, institutions, memory and pressure.
02The Family
Meet the people at the center of the House.
03Themes
Family. Power. Identity. Home.
04The Soundtrack
Music from the story and the world around it.
05The THOT App
Read. Listen. Connect. Play.
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The Author
Chadrick James Simmons
Author, creator, and founder of EW2 Studios. The House of Tolliver brings together fiction, music, interactive reading, and community into one evolving story world.
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Published by EW2 Publishing
An imprint of EW2 Studios.