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| Unaware that he’s the missing heir to Nether’s throne, half-breed
outcast Dain fits in nowhere, and ends up at Thirst Hold on the very edge
of the Dark Forest. Taken in by its kindly master, Dain must contend with
a spoiled, arrogant nemesis – Prince Gavril, who both hates him for
being pagan yet seeks to use Dain’s special powers in his quest to
find the missing Chalice of Eternal Life. While in Nether, a girl named
Alexeika sees Dain in a vision, and loses her heart to this handsome boy
who may be real … or only a myth. |
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{The opening novel of the trilogy, The Sword, The Ring, and The Chalice,
which has since become a continuing series of stand-alone novels alternating
between the two kingdoms of Mandria and Nether.}
DC: I toyed around with the idea of what became The Sword for a couple of
years before I found the opportunity to write it. By then, it was clawing
to come out. What was supposed to be a tight prologue chapter about Dain’s
father Tobeszijian turned into 100 manuscript pages of story set up. In
the end, I left it in place rather than whittle it down. It was a creative
risk that puzzled some readers until they figured out where I was going,
but it felt right to leave it as it was in terms of the story arc across
the entire series. |
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