Stacey asked Patrick W. Carr:

I recently finished The Heroes' Lot. Pater Martin has discovered the city of the "malas" and discovered they were a 'physical' people, not simply bad spirits. What was your inspiration in creating this foul enemy? They make me think of cross between the nephilim and legion in the bible. What are the ferrals? Is there something significant about the rod that Martin found in the malas city?

Patrick W. Carr You've actually hit on the inspiration. They are a derivation of the nephilim. The ferrals are corrupted animals, given greater intelligence, but also completely insane and antagonistic to humans.

The rod is quite significant, and you see it again in the 3rd book of the series, though so far, no one who has read the 3rd book has commented on it. It's actually a pretty nerdy little subplot. What can I say? I'm a pretty nerdy little guy. :-)

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