Fantasy? Thriller, romance, political intrigue? What’s with the categories…why not have them all?
What we’re given is a story that takes place in an other-realm setting but with characters and parameters comparable to the world we know. Emphasis is on the psychology of characterization, though great fun is taken through the interplay here of science, spirituality, and philosophy:
How would magic work if it was “real?”
(Isn’t it…?)
Is immortality actually desirable?
Who wants to try disproving the connectedness of all things?
How do you fight the invisible enemy?
Define ‘enemy.’
What makes the dark so beautiful?
Our central theme belongs to the heroine, Tavedaim: young woman struggles with her moral verses dark impulses, learning to combine them in a way that turns her into a power she never imagined. The irony? Well, power and control are the greatest illusions ever constructed. And when a mafia subplot meets classical myth, this is a beautiful thing…
In a nutshell, imagine Scarface and Lord of the Rings meets Alice-in-Wonderland. If Alice had ridden bare-back on a dragon, that is.
Taste the sting of Tavedaim’s intoxicating emerald wine,
Hear the deep-forest serenade of Shawn’s wolves,
See a shade of blue so saturated with magic, it breathes,
Smell the tangy city-in-the-raw that is Cirinon,
Touch the pure white of a creature that is truly free.
Meet you inside…