As I write these lines, we are on the event horizon of the
release of my latest novel, Einar of Vindemiatrix.
This story marks my first sojourn in to the genera of Fantasy
and a temporary step back from Space Opera.
I found this story difficult to write because I have a
logical thought process, and in Fantasy logic, and the rules of physics are overpowered
by magic.
Fantastical creatures, monsters, powers that defy explanation,
these combined with more comprehensible things like, envy, greed, lust, all of which merge to present an aging Knight with
foes beyond his formidable skill as a warrior.
He will need help and receives it from the strangest places.
“When Good King Thurban the Great is murdered at the hand of
his younger brother, very few of his loyal knights survive. Sir Einar, one of
the fiercest knights of King Thurban’s realm, has lost his entire family in the
carnage. Giving up on a life of his own, he chooses to travel and teach others
the principles of chivalry. For those who believe in a knightly code, he will
also show them the deadly way to wield a sword in battle—including Ascella, a
young woman who convinces him she will make an apt student.
“Though many years have passed since Einar’s painful losses
and King Thurban the Great’s murder, the knight finds a way to avenge his
honorable liege—but he cannot do it alone. To return Vindemiatrix to the
rightful heir and restore the holdings to their former glory, he needs
magic—the most powerful magic he can find.
“With the help of a powerful witch, an army of
centaurs, and beautiful Ascella, Einar is determined to find a way to make
things right once more in the land he loves. But he’s never fought an enemy so
prepared to hold Vindemiatrix in its powerful grip—and this is a battle to the
death. Can he risk losing everything he holds dear a second time?”
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