Danny Birt: READ from the book
-Author's Note from "Ending an Ending"-
Author’s Note:
***WARNING***
If this is your first fantasy novel ever, GO NO FURTHER.
No, I’m being serious! Go find yourself a book with a Hobbit or Grendel or Kender in it; you really need to ease your way into this genre.
Why save this book for later?
The common model of the traditional epic fantasy is as follows:
In the first couple pages, you meet “The Hero” (TH) who meets “The Sage” (TS) who relates to TH the legend of “The Magic Thing” (TMT) and “The Ancient Evil” (TAE). “TAE’s Peons” (TAEP) then ruin life at home for TH, so for the rest of the series TH must Quest For TMT, and Vanquish TAE. TH then returns home, becomes “The Benevolent Ruler” (TBR), and lives happily ever after, provided there is not a sequel.
The model is so predictable it can be written out in pesudo-mathematical formula:
1. TH+TS/TMT>TAE
2. TAEP>TH
3. TH+TMT= -TAE
4. TH=TBR
The common model makes for an excellent well-rounded story (or else it wouldn’t have become so common), but no matter how hardcore the fantasy connoisseur, it can get a little boring being able to guess the ending of a book in the first fifty pages.
Thus, in an effort to bring back some of the wonder to long-time fantasy readers, this book intentionally does none of those formulaic things. Nor does it delve deeply into Fantasy 101 topics, like spending copious paragraphs explaining that dwarves are short.
Instead, set your expectations on some fine collegiate-level Fantastic pondering, such as: How might the presence of magic affect a flat world’s physics? How can one tell the difference between a person hearing the voice of a god and someone having a psychological breakdown? How much loyalty can one expect from and give to any single deity in a polytheistic world?
…You’re still reading? My, my, aren’t you the adventurous one.
Very well. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Buy Danny Birt's Book & CD Here!
***WARNING***
If this is your first fantasy novel ever, GO NO FURTHER.
No, I’m being serious! Go find yourself a book with a Hobbit or Grendel or Kender in it; you really need to ease your way into this genre.
Why save this book for later?
The common model of the traditional epic fantasy is as follows:
In the first couple pages, you meet “The Hero” (TH) who meets “The Sage” (TS) who relates to TH the legend of “The Magic Thing” (TMT) and “The Ancient Evil” (TAE). “TAE’s Peons” (TAEP) then ruin life at home for TH, so for the rest of the series TH must Quest For TMT, and Vanquish TAE. TH then returns home, becomes “The Benevolent Ruler” (TBR), and lives happily ever after, provided there is not a sequel.
The model is so predictable it can be written out in pesudo-mathematical formula:
1. TH+TS/TMT>TAE
2. TAEP>TH
3. TH+TMT= -TAE
4. TH=TBR
The common model makes for an excellent well-rounded story (or else it wouldn’t have become so common), but no matter how hardcore the fantasy connoisseur, it can get a little boring being able to guess the ending of a book in the first fifty pages.
Thus, in an effort to bring back some of the wonder to long-time fantasy readers, this book intentionally does none of those formulaic things. Nor does it delve deeply into Fantasy 101 topics, like spending copious paragraphs explaining that dwarves are short.
Instead, set your expectations on some fine collegiate-level Fantastic pondering, such as: How might the presence of magic affect a flat world’s physics? How can one tell the difference between a person hearing the voice of a god and someone having a psychological breakdown? How much loyalty can one expect from and give to any single deity in a polytheistic world?
…You’re still reading? My, my, aren’t you the adventurous one.
Very well. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Buy Danny Birt's Book & CD Here!
-Back Cover of "Ending an Ending"-
Existence is not supposed to be optional in this flat polytheistic world—it is the dictate of Etre, one of the world’s three founding gods. But Sanct, a man lacking memories, skills, and purpose, possesses (or is possessed by) an object that seemingly ignores the gods’ rules with impunity. To make matters even more confusing, Sanct is purportedly one of the gods’ servants.
But when the deities are forced to play by their own convoluted rules, even they can make mistakes.
But when the deities are forced to play by their own convoluted rules, even they can make mistakes.