Vanessa Murakami asked Olivier Delaye:

Dear Mr Delaye, I have a question for you. The world and characters in the Forgotten Goddess come across as both fantasy-like and in a weird but refreshing way very modern. Was it intentional to contradict cliches the way you did in your book, and especially with the hydra towards the end? Anyway, loved the Forgotten Goddess, can't wait for book 2 to come out!

Olivier Delaye Wow, you're sailing dangerously close to spoiler territory with this hydra thing;-) To answer your question, yes, it was intentional. I have nothing against Fantasy using old English, thou's, thee's, maketh's, and whatnot to the author's heart's content, but I simply do not want to follow the trend in my Fantasy. Hence the more or less modern way my characters tend to talk and think. Same goes with the world of Atlantis, which I wanted to have both an ancient and modern/steampunk feel to it. It was a risk, but I'm glad I took it.

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