Goodreads asked Edith Pawlicki:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Edith Pawlicki I woke up from a dream where a woman was using the fact she could sense the emotions of people around her to track them in a competitive war game, however, she ended up losing because she became overwhelmed by the emotions of one her opponents. I just kept thinking about it, asking questions like, "How would that ability develop? Why was she playing a war game?" and Minerva was the answer to those.

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