The world of the Iliri

Every so often, an author stumbles into a world that is so real in their minds that they can almost smell the dust on the breeze. For me, that is Ogun, the planet where the iliri reside. Yes, in my head it has a name. No, I don’t use that name in the books for a very long time because it’s not important to the stories.

Now, if you do a small amount of searching (which I’ll spare you) then you’ll see that Ogun is an African deity of war and iron. On a world where metal is hard to come by and r...