About The Author

Dylan C. Sarich is a self-published author, who after experiencing the television show LOST and the game Portal 2, set out to create his own story concerning an evil corporation that performs human experiments.  Throughout Muneral Inc. and Muneral Inc. 2, there are many references to the inspirations of his writing. 

Currently, Dylan is pursuing his PhD at the University of Cambridge, researching epic poetry and children's literature.

This is the abstract for his MPhil Dissertation:

Through Carl Jung's concept of the shadow, I explore how heroes in Tolkien's mythology interact with their externalised psychological shadows, depicted as monsters. In Tolkien's works, a hero's integration with their shadow signifies the narrative's conclusion: successful integration results in what Tolkien calls a eucatastrophe (a joyful ending), whereas failure leads to a dyscatastrophe (a tragic ending). Integration with a shadow encompasses not only the narrative's conclusion but also the text's genre, which can be organised into three heuristic groups. The Children of Húrin, a Tragic Epic, portrays Túrin's downfall as he refuses to integrate his shadow. In the Fairy-Story Epics Beren and Lúthien and The Hobbit, the moral growth and maturation of the heroes enable them to face and integrate their shadows. The Tragic Fairy-Story Epic, The Lord of the Rings, presents both failed and successful psychological integration. Across these narratives, psychological integration of a hero with their shadow reflects the broader balance of light and darkness within Tolkien's mythology. In Tolkien's mythology, after the age of heroes, the psychological shadow shifts from an external monster to an internal adversary, illustrating how this inner struggle mirrors the real world.