Goodreads asked Jaques Smit:

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

Jaques Smit I played a lot of DnD in my college years. And I wanted to try DMing, so I crafted my own world. As I was developing the backstory for the world, I got this idea for gods that have to keep corruption from spilling over into their beautiful creation, and that using too much of their power directly in that world would make it easier for the corruption to leak in. As with all myths, a godly being must sacrifice themselves at some point, and that was Belmung. While it made for an interesting world I wanted to write about, my first attempt revolved around Belmung's revival. I didn't like the result, but one character, the boy thief, stuck in my mind. So, I set out to craft Birger's story, and that gave life to The Eye of Winter.

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