Sovereignty

After finishing high school in 2008, Hagan underwent training with the Australian infantry to become a rifleman. Many of his military skills would follow him in his transition to civilian life and heavily influence his writing. He assisted in training exercises based in a range of environments from arid plains to dense jungles which would see him qualified in weapons such as assault rifles, machine guns, and rocket launchers. Years later, in 2012, the church congregation that Hagan and his family attended would reach a disturbing breaking point. The leaders of the group had become controlling to the point of publicly humiliating and physically assaulting the members. Unable to justify their extreme actions, Hagan left with his family. With his ties to the church that was later defined as a cult, Rhys spent some time reconnecting with his family and building relationships. However, with one commitment finished he began looking for a new ambition. It was then that he returned to his life-long love-writing. Today, Rhys uses his life experiences coupled with hard work to develop his novels.