Elara
By Michael Evans
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: July 1, 2026
ISBN: 9798823068529
Genre: Self-Help, True Crime
A haunting story of rescue, survival, and the moment a woman begins to remember who she was before the world renamed her.” Based on true events, Elara is the story of a woman rescued in Miami Beach after years of losing herself to survival, duty, and the belief that sacrifice was the only way to love her family. Told through the voice of Michael Evans, Elara follows one unforgettable night of rescue and the long road that follows, from Dr. Chen’s office in Florida to a safe house in Washington, D.C. Along the way, Elara begins to tell the truth about North Korea, China, America, and the quiet ways a person can disappear long before anyone notices. Created as part of a mother-daughter healing project for women and girls, Elara is accompanied by a 90-minute cinematic story experience featuring narration by Michael Evans, voices and music from Asian performing artists, and the emotional figure skating of Polina Korobova. Featuring voices and music by: Dia (Performing Artist, South Korea); Seunghee (Performing Artist, South Korea); Kim’s Note Family (Performing Artist, South Korea); Ruby (Performing Artist, Vietnam); and the emotional figure skating of Polina Korobova (Figure Skater, Ukraine). With contributions by Brian Fitzgibbons, a nationally renowned missing person investigator who has dedicated his life to finding and rescuing missing girls alongside Michael Evans through Kingsman, their charitable private security and intelligence contracting organization. With real-world guidance from Eunhee Park, North Korean defector and author of The Courage to Die, and Zhang Miaomiao, Voice Artist, China, this project grows from the mission that built a community of more than 3 million female subscribers through The REAL Matrix Reloaded: A Map for Escaping the Prison You Can’t See. FOR EVERY WOMAN WHO BECAME WHAT OTHERS NEEDED AND FORGOT WHO SHE WAS, ELARA IS THE ROAD BACK HOME.
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About the Author
For 21 years, I served as President of USPA Nationwide Security, one of America’s largest international security firms. But my most important work began in 2005 when I founded Kingsman—a nonprofit dedicated to investigating and rescuing missing and trafficked girls worldwide.
Over two decades, we’ve rescued hundreds of girls. Yet through it all, I battled my own demons—depression, life-changing medical diagnoses, and the emptiness that wealth couldn’t fill. I gave away much of my fortune searching for something money couldn’t buy: meaning.
That search led me to write. Starting with technical works, then evolving into books like The Real Matrix and Borrowed Theme—works that challenged conventional thinking on reality, identity, and human conditioning. I write, speak, and create for one reason: to help people who are suffering the way I once did discover their path to healing and purpose.
