Aleksandra
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Brian Staveley:
Hello Mr. Staveley. In love with the trilogy! Fascinating read! I especially loved the military strategies and Kettral training in particular , so I was wondering what was the historical influence, or inspiration or your personal experience to create such an elaborate and very important part of the story? Thank you
Brian Staveley
Hi Aleksandra,
Sorry for the long delay in response. Been working on the revisions to SKULLSWORN.
The Kettral sprung out of my desire to write a fantasy equivalent of modern special forces. Fantasy is replete, obviously, with bands of elite warriors, but the training, the specialization, the mobility, and even the institutional bureaucracy isn't usually codified in most fantasy worlds the way it is in ours. So, to answer your question, the Kettral are, at least to my mind, one of the most contemporary aspects of the book. Even the birds originally came from my desire to have a transport and weapons system analogous to helicopters...
Sorry for the long delay in response. Been working on the revisions to SKULLSWORN.
The Kettral sprung out of my desire to write a fantasy equivalent of modern special forces. Fantasy is replete, obviously, with bands of elite warriors, but the training, the specialization, the mobility, and even the institutional bureaucracy isn't usually codified in most fantasy worlds the way it is in ours. So, to answer your question, the Kettral are, at least to my mind, one of the most contemporary aspects of the book. Even the birds originally came from my desire to have a transport and weapons system analogous to helicopters...
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Elisabeth Earle
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No question, just a wish to say thank you for the work of creation. I have long sought an intelligent, well-written work of "fantasy" literature. Tolkien was tedious and George Martin over rated. The Emperor's Blades is exciting, interesting and intelligent so...thank you. They tell me after I hit send that my question must contain a question mark so ...?
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