Anirudh

Anirudh asked Mark Lawrence:

I am currently reading Prince of Fools and wanted to ask you about Jalan. When you wrote this series, how difficult was it to not make him a second Jorg? (Especially since Jorg is such an amazing and complex character) Were you conscious about it?

Mark Lawrence I was very conscious that the only reliable way to stop people calling any new character I wrote a pale copy of Jorg was to make one so different that any such accusation would look foolish. And to date I'm only aware of one person making that accusation out of hundreds of reviewers.

Making a very different character wasn't difficult to do. Though making any character that is compelling to read about is of course a difficult thing to do.

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David Hand

David Hand asked Mark Lawrence:

Mark, I really enjoyed Red Sister, great characters and story and will now look at your first trilogy of books. Can you please advise when/if you have started book 2 of The Ancestor and if possible, expected publishing date? I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, David Hand

Shea

Shea asked Mark Lawrence:

I've seen your answer clarifying that Jorg is pronounced with a hard J, unlike how it is pronounced in the audiobook. I was recently listening to the Book of the Ancestor audiobooks and noticed that Nona is pronounced with a short o (Non-a), where I always imagined it was a long o (Noh-na). Which version do you prefer?

David

David asked Mark Lawrence:

Dir mister Lawrence, Great book that Prince of Fools. I've you'd like to read more 'Viking-Fantasy' give Nathan Hawke's trilogy & Robert Holdstock Celtica a chance. Greatings, David

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