On to book 3...

Hello chickadees. I know it's been a long while since I updated the blog, and for that I'm sorry. So....the Confederacy Trilogy has been wrapped up. Still getting mixed reviews from it. Also did some other alternate history stuff as well. However, the main focus of this post is going to be book 3 of the Adnar Chronicles.

The Folly of Kings

This is a pretty nice cover, if I say so myself.

The working title was "Kingdoms Fall" but I decided to change it to the "Folly of Kings" as it fits the events far better than what the former title suggests. I won't give away too much of the story line, but let me give away a few sneak peeks of the next book.

-There will be a scene involving Polgar the Black-Bladed at a solitary mountain. He will have his legion captains with him. 

-Another scene has a general with a bad temper in a bog. The bog nulls magic and he is accompanied by a magical creature.

-A scene where a man visits a prisoner and has a philosophical discussion with them about the nature of truth.

-One chapter we learn a character's backstory. It is very dark and shows that even royalty are not immune to corruption.

On Facebook, I posted a few paragraphs of one of the chapters. This will probably change a bit in due time. Yet I have a July 1 release date planned so I will need to wrap up everything before then. Yet here is the scene.

"Khad frowned. “What for?” he asked, turning to his father. “What are we all doing here so late?”
“Mind your insolent tongue before I do it for you!” Tretcher snapped, walking over to the hand in the star scape. He turned around and sat, and only then did Andrew realize that it was the throne. “I wish you all to be here when I present the Crown Princess, the true heir to the throne.”
Andrew glanced sideways at Khad, and the still groggy lad shook his head, trying to clear his mind. He glanced back as Tretcher clapped his hands together and from behind the throne stepped out a woman who was illuminated by a passing comet that threw the entire room into light for a few seconds."

How much further do I have to do before the July 1 release

A few more chapters for certain. The final draft has to be uploaded by June 21, so I have a good while to get it done and sent to my editor. However, the guy who usually does it, which is extremely good compared to the guys who have done my alternate history novels and novellas, just moved and is having a baby. So I might just have to hire someone else. Wish I didn't though (this guy, besides being really good, also does it for free!).

Conceptual Ideas

Last but not least, here are some conceptual sketches I drew myself for scenes from "Rise of the Dragonlord" that I think are pretty cool. Don't laugh though, I never was much an artist!

This, for those who read book 2, should instantly pick out which scene this is from!

This is a very basic concept of what a strago would like with, with the crouched posture on the right.

Stragos, who mutilate themselves as part of rites of passage.

In summary

I really hope to get this done and have a very good story for everyone! I know I'm enjoying it, as the pace is much more blase and not so much focused on battle but on the people involved and their evolution. Dragons and empires at peril and personal crises all combine to make really good stuff!