Thomas Flarety # 2
By- Erik Buchanan
Genre- Fantasy
Published By- Dragon Moon Press
Thomas Flarety has magic.He used it to destroy a corrupt bishop who tried to steal all the world's magic for himself. And so far, Thomas has managed to keep it a secret. Then raiders attack the northern Duchy of Frostmire with fire and magic. Henry, son of the duke and Thomas's friend, convinces Thomas to leave his studies and go help. But the church is also investigating the rumours of "witchcraft" in the north, and the Archbishop's Envoy is as interested in Thomas as he is in the raiders. Now Thomas must use all his wits, his skills and his magic to figure out who the raiders are and how to stop them. He must protect Eileen, the girl he loves, from the intrigues of the duke's court. He must find a way to keep the duke from turning him over to the Archbishop's Envoy. And he must do it before the raiders destroy them all.
Guest Post-
Why do you write fantasy?
I write fantasy because more than any other genre, it gives
me a chance to explore both the mythic and the human experience.
We live in a time where a great deal of the world has been
figured out. We know how old the universe is. We know what causes the wind to
blow and the rain to fall and the stars to move in the firmament. We know a great deal of human behaviour and
what makes us tick.
But even with all our knowledge, we still crave wonder.
We still long for the impossible, and for things beyond
human understanding. We long for heroes larger life going on epic journeys and
defeating the terrible monsters that lurk in the dark wilderness. We long to
see the spark of the divine, the spark of magic, to see something that is
beyond the normal.
Fantasy allows us to explore the epic, the mythic and the
impossible. But unlike mythology, where the humans in the story are at the whim
of the gods, in fantasy it is the humanity of the characters (whether they are
human or not) that drives the story forward.
Fantasy characters are not just at the mercy of divine whim. They are
active participants in the adventure, and it is their decisions - their very
human decisions - that determine the outcome, and make the story worth reading.
Also, I get to build entire worlds!
About the Author-
Erik Buchanan started reading at age two and has been hooked ever since. He met the Hardy Boys when he was six, Bilbo Baggins when he was eight, and cried for an hour when he was ten because that really shouldn't have happened to Frodo toward the end of The Two Towers. It was also at age 10 that Erik thought, "maybe I could write a story."
Before he was 12 Erik had attempted a book, an epic poem in rhyming couplets and various bits of stories and poetry. In high school he kept writing, and managed to create an impressive portfolio of maudlin teen-age angst-filled poetry that has thankfully not survived.
It was in his last year of high school, in the creative writing class of Mr. Robert Currie, a great English teacher, writer and poet, where Erik where he had the first vague notions of "being a writer." He kept writing through university, even as the theatre sunk its teeth and claws into him. He came out of university with a B.F.A., a pair of black belts, and a desire to be on the stage.
Erik moved to Toronto and spent thirteen years pursuing (but never quite catching) a career as an actor and a fight director. He wrote his first novel in a small attic room in a downtown rooming house, sitting on a cushion on the floor with his laptop perched on a box in front of him. Shortly after, he wrote "Small Magics," then "Cold Magics."
Erik is has just finished writing "City of Phantoms," a young adult novel set in Victorian England. He is now writing the third book in the Magics series while he edits "the King Below" (another fantasy novel he has written) and "City of Phantoms," and still works on that zombie movie.
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1 comments:
I do enjoy the series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE by George RR Martin.
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