Novels and new sporks.
Novels apparently I have to write that take place in Alec's world. Which needs a better name than that.
Untitled novel about the king of Lancoon, Phelps.
Phelps is a young king who was put on the throne after his older brother dies, a year after his father dies and his older sister refuses to take the throne. Having no experience with being a king and having a court that's constantly trying to control him and/or get him off the throne he decides to plan a war of distraction by saying that Lancoon needs to reclaim its former glory by taking over the neighboring kingdoms. He manages to find a general to turn his not so great army into a force to be reckoned with from the other side of the great Lancoon Rift. But the General appears to be interested in taking control of the Kingdom as much as anyone else. Also a bit of romance with a street musician
Takes place when Alec is fifteen or sixteen.
Untitled Marlina Novel.
Deals with the bearer of the dragon sword before Alec and how she came to the point that she is in the Call of the Champion.
Untitled maybe Trilogy tentatively titled: First of the Champions.
Because the first five champions have demanded a telling of their lives, these books will deal with the beginnings of the Wizarding and Witching races, the great war between the invaders beyond the rift and the creation of the five weapons of the champions. I imagine there will be a lot of death and bloody mayhem in this one. Always a good one.
Also in ... other news. I have found myself a new book to kill. It is called the Fifth Sorceresses.
This is from Amazon's review:
Amazon.com
Launched with much fanfare, The Fifth Sorceress unfortunately does not live up to the hype. Instead, Robert Newcomb's debut novel sadly fulfills the stereotype of big fantasy epics as wordy and loosely plotted, with thin characterization. Newcomb does have an interesting, apparently novel approach to magic talent--it is genetically determined. Unfortunately, the talent resides in "pure blood," making magicians qualitatively different from other humans, and giving the book an unhappy subtext. Also, the wizards (male) are good, while the sorceresses (nearly all the female characters) are evil. One hopes the sequel will address this imbalance.
The wicked Sisters of the Coven were exiled and apparently killed centuries before Prince Tristan was born. The son of a peaceful age, the magically talented prince doesn't want to be a wizard. He also doesn't want to become the King of Eutracia--but his coronation is only hours away. Then the sorceresses' specially bred army invades the palace. In the resulting massacre, Tristan, his twin sister, and the Lead Wizard are taken prisoner. Crossing the mysterious Sea of Whispers, Tristan finds himself in an unknown land--a land long since conquered by the Coven, and more dangerous and cruel than he ever could have imagined. --Cynthia Ward --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
This is from the front flap:
Prince Tristan is a reluctant monarch to be. Though born with the "endowed" blood that will give him the power to master magic, and destined by tradition to succeed his father as ruler, he is a rebel soul. And when he discovers the ancient, hidden caves where strange red waters flow -possessed of their own mysterious magic - only makes him year all the more to escape his future of duty... and succumb to the stirrings of enchantment within him."
But more than tradition compels Tristan to ascend the throne. The very existence of Eutcracia depends upon it. For after these long centuries of peace dreadful omens have begun to appear, heralding something to unspeakable to ponder. And if indeed the old evil has returned, hungry to wreak vengeance, Tristan's role in the an ages-old prophecy must be fulfilled or the cost to his kingdom and his people will be beyond imagination.
Let's see here.
Reluctant monarch to be? Check.
Special magical powers? Check.
Age old prophecy that can only be full-filled by said reluctant hero? Check.
Unspeakable evil returning? Check.
Armageddon if he doesn't do it? Check.
Wow. Lookit all those cliches and we're not even in the book yet. Now if you're saying, "But Kippur! You haven't even read the book yet!" Never fear for Amazon provided examples of the text.
"He knew that the fact it would accurately find its mark had been a foregone conclusion" The King to be is throwing knives -second page of the book mind you.
"Perhaps he woud take a simple evening's meal tonight in the kitchen with the staff, as he was so fond of doing these days. Somehow those people always seemed so much more real to him" King to be not wanting to have dinner with the family.
"He had foolishly begun in the military training yards, in full view of the Royal Guard. He had realized immediately that this was a mistake, as he watched so many of his early throws bounce harmlessly off their target. So, to avoid embarrassment, he had taken his practice to the woods. That had been seven years ago ... No one had seen him throw a dirk since that day he left the courtyard, and know one (that's the actual text there) knew the expert that he had become."
Because we ALL hit the targets accurately on the first time we try and throw knives at it and not have them bounce off. And god forbid he actually get some training by people who know how to do it instead of going out into the woods and fucking it up himself. Yup.
Wow. I don't even have the book yet and I'm being evil and snarky.
Untitled novel about the king of Lancoon, Phelps.
Phelps is a young king who was put on the throne after his older brother dies, a year after his father dies and his older sister refuses to take the throne. Having no experience with being a king and having a court that's constantly trying to control him and/or get him off the throne he decides to plan a war of distraction by saying that Lancoon needs to reclaim its former glory by taking over the neighboring kingdoms. He manages to find a general to turn his not so great army into a force to be reckoned with from the other side of the great Lancoon Rift. But the General appears to be interested in taking control of the Kingdom as much as anyone else. Also a bit of romance with a street musician
Takes place when Alec is fifteen or sixteen.
Untitled Marlina Novel.
Deals with the bearer of the dragon sword before Alec and how she came to the point that she is in the Call of the Champion.
Untitled maybe Trilogy tentatively titled: First of the Champions.
Because the first five champions have demanded a telling of their lives, these books will deal with the beginnings of the Wizarding and Witching races, the great war between the invaders beyond the rift and the creation of the five weapons of the champions. I imagine there will be a lot of death and bloody mayhem in this one. Always a good one.
Also in ... other news. I have found myself a new book to kill. It is called the Fifth Sorceresses.
This is from Amazon's review:
Amazon.com
Launched with much fanfare, The Fifth Sorceress unfortunately does not live up to the hype. Instead, Robert Newcomb's debut novel sadly fulfills the stereotype of big fantasy epics as wordy and loosely plotted, with thin characterization. Newcomb does have an interesting, apparently novel approach to magic talent--it is genetically determined. Unfortunately, the talent resides in "pure blood," making magicians qualitatively different from other humans, and giving the book an unhappy subtext. Also, the wizards (male) are good, while the sorceresses (nearly all the female characters) are evil. One hopes the sequel will address this imbalance.
The wicked Sisters of the Coven were exiled and apparently killed centuries before Prince Tristan was born. The son of a peaceful age, the magically talented prince doesn't want to be a wizard. He also doesn't want to become the King of Eutracia--but his coronation is only hours away. Then the sorceresses' specially bred army invades the palace. In the resulting massacre, Tristan, his twin sister, and the Lead Wizard are taken prisoner. Crossing the mysterious Sea of Whispers, Tristan finds himself in an unknown land--a land long since conquered by the Coven, and more dangerous and cruel than he ever could have imagined. --Cynthia Ward --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
This is from the front flap:
Prince Tristan is a reluctant monarch to be. Though born with the "endowed" blood that will give him the power to master magic, and destined by tradition to succeed his father as ruler, he is a rebel soul. And when he discovers the ancient, hidden caves where strange red waters flow -possessed of their own mysterious magic - only makes him year all the more to escape his future of duty... and succumb to the stirrings of enchantment within him."
But more than tradition compels Tristan to ascend the throne. The very existence of Eutcracia depends upon it. For after these long centuries of peace dreadful omens have begun to appear, heralding something to unspeakable to ponder. And if indeed the old evil has returned, hungry to wreak vengeance, Tristan's role in the an ages-old prophecy must be fulfilled or the cost to his kingdom and his people will be beyond imagination.
Let's see here.
Reluctant monarch to be? Check.
Special magical powers? Check.
Age old prophecy that can only be full-filled by said reluctant hero? Check.
Unspeakable evil returning? Check.
Armageddon if he doesn't do it? Check.
Wow. Lookit all those cliches and we're not even in the book yet. Now if you're saying, "But Kippur! You haven't even read the book yet!" Never fear for Amazon provided examples of the text.
"He knew that the fact it would accurately find its mark had been a foregone conclusion" The King to be is throwing knives -second page of the book mind you.
"Perhaps he woud take a simple evening's meal tonight in the kitchen with the staff, as he was so fond of doing these days. Somehow those people always seemed so much more real to him" King to be not wanting to have dinner with the family.
"He had foolishly begun in the military training yards, in full view of the Royal Guard. He had realized immediately that this was a mistake, as he watched so many of his early throws bounce harmlessly off their target. So, to avoid embarrassment, he had taken his practice to the woods. That had been seven years ago ... No one had seen him throw a dirk since that day he left the courtyard, and know one (that's the actual text there) knew the expert that he had become."
Because we ALL hit the targets accurately on the first time we try and throw knives at it and not have them bounce off. And god forbid he actually get some training by people who know how to do it instead of going out into the woods and fucking it up himself. Yup.
Wow. I don't even have the book yet and I'm being evil and snarky.