A few years ago, Shauna Roberts, a fine writer herself, told me that she
had enjoyed the Talera trilogy but was hoping sometime to see a true warrior
woman show up in the series. For those of you who have read it, you know that
Rannon is a powerful warrior herself but we’ve almost never seen her in action,
and her role as Queen of Nyshphal does make it a little hard for her to go
leaping about freely with a sword.
Shauna’s comment hung around in the back of my mind and eventually
coalesced into a warrior named Shai in Wraith of Talera Here’s how she was introduced: “A shape leaped through the new sphere
gate. A man. No, a woman. She wore an armor of bones, carried a rapier in
either hand.”
Shai becomes an ally of Ruenn Maclang and stands with him in the final
climactic battle of Wraith. I think it’s one of the best battle scenes I’ve
written in the series. I won’t tell you whether Shai survives. You’ll have to
read to see.
Exciting, well written teaser, Charles!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it something how those ideas linger and won't go away until they are brought to life? A need of sorts.
ReplyDeleteCloudia, cool.
ReplyDeleteDavid, they do indeed seem to "take root."
Was writing the woman part harder than a man's for you? Or did you just fly through it?
ReplyDeleteOscar, it wasn't too hard but that's because I'd already done "under the Ember Star," which features a female protagonist, so I'd learned a lot about it from that book.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to read this series, Charles. Good description of the warrior woman.
ReplyDeletePrashant, thanks, man
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the new releases, my friend.
ReplyDeleteBernard, thankee!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great teaser indeed. Nice visual about the armor of bones.
ReplyDeleteRiot, thankee. She turned out to be a great character, I thought.
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