THE FATE OF OUR UNION
Hildebrand Hermannson
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GENRE: Fantasy
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BLURB:
A mountainous thundering bull breaks up battling tribesmen, summoning three struggling youths, as an insidious unseen enemy turns tribes against tribes—pitting rich against poor, sons against fathers, and men against gods. Its insatiable hunger for division threatens to plunge mankind into a dystopian realm ruled by man-eating wolves.
A miraculous seven-headed horse, a symbol of unity, assembles the struggling youths of extraordinary origin into a journey of self-discovery. There Sunu the Saxon Poet, Rufus the Roman Stoic, and Keresaspa the Sarmatian Priestess must overcome pride, aversion, and unforgiveness; there they must learn from historical heroes, philosophers, and amazingly similar gods to battle the unseen monster and its rising wolfmen.
Fated to part ways to face the demons at home, Sunu, Rufus, and Keresaspa must reunite as they bring divided peoples together to fight the source tearing everyone apart. They must heed the divine wisdom of the seven-headed horse and justly wield the seven magic weapons they’ve mysteriously been given to overcome the unseen enemy and understand the higher purpose of the mountainous thundering bull.
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Excerpt:
Sunu the Saxon and Rufus the Roman meet Keresaspa the Sarmatian (CH 7 of The Fate of Our Union).
Sunu and Rufus leaned in, beholding her sapphire blues—then she punched them in the face.
The woman sprang forward from the mountain while they fell backward onto brown pasture. As they stood up, she kicked back like a mad bull, hitting their chests.
Fallen back to the pasture, Sunu and Rufus rolled on the damp grass to face each other, then looked up at the woman to see her aiming an arrow, a cloud above her brooding face.
“Scavengers!”
They rolled away from her rapid-fire, bronze heads nipping at their skin. Sunu pulled a crimson arrow from his blood bull cloak and shot up to his feet. He extended his right arm, catching a whizzing red shaft with the Gauntlet of Truth and snapping it while whipping the Fetter of Awe with his left hand, lassoing the woman by her waist.
She held out her bow as he yanked her his way.
Sunu grabbed his mace while she nocked an arrow. As her skidding shins stopped near his bare feet, he batted the bow and arrow out of her hands. Rufus confiscated her archery while Sunu seized her sword and aimed it at her head.
She jerked back, nostrils flaring red, arcing her shoulders to slide out of the Fetter only to feel it tightening further. “I’ll be no man’s forced bride—not for the conqueror of hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands!”
“Bride?” Sunu winced, glancing at Rufus as he ran to his side. “I thought you had beauty, but I said no word of you being my bride.”
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Writing tips
Create a plot map for your book to use your time efficiently. Find maps online for guidance. Give tentative names to the chapters you want to see in your book, and write your ideas for each chapter. Keeping the big picture in mind will spare you countless revisions.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Hildebrand Hengest Hermannson’s deep-rooted fire for Indo-European culture and Western Philosophy ignites his first novel, The Fate of Our Union, the inaugural piece in a planned series. His work draws inspiration from the national epics The Saga of the Volsungs (Norse), Mahabharata (Indian), Aenid (Roman), Odyssey (Greek), Táin Bó Cúailnge (Celtic), and Shahnameh (Iranian), weaving these rich cultures into original stories featuring fantasy world-building, dynamic characters, and intricate plots and themes. His Wild Hunt of thought breathes life into his spiritual, ethical, and cultural interests, inspiring us all to strive for imperishable virtue.
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6 comments:
We appreciate you featuring THE FATE OF OUR UNION today.
Thanks to Travel the Ages, with its cool site design, for hosting The Fate of Our Union, and to the site's readers for taking an interest in my book. I would love to read your feedback on the content. I will check in throughout the day to respond to your questions and comments.
Sounds great, thank you for sharing.
Do you ever suffer from writer’s block and, if so, how do you overcome it?
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed my work.
Thanks for asking, Peggy. I have had short periods of writer's block. My advice for writer's block is to read other books for ideas, ask others for feedback, and create a story map. I get ideas from books on ancient history, mythology, and philosophy. Reading books helps me generate material to write about. Outlining the entire story and the main events for each chapter also helps me generate ideas. If I know what will happen in future chapters, I will have material for the earlier chapters that will lead to future events. Feedback from beta readers, friends, and associates can give ideas of what to write about as well.
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