Oct 25, 2024
The world could always use more fantasy novels, and after my chat with Steven A. Guglich, I'm sure Piercing the Veil is a great addition to the genre. Listen in to learn about how he wrote this series and what's to come.
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By nature, fantasy novels are about journeys--to places, to things, to ideas... but journeys. Steven Guglich has a new twist on it (well, it's new to me!) with fantasy that explores what happened when magic left the human race and what it will take to bring it back.
One thing that fascinated me most about his writing process is how he wrote all the backstory and history of everything. Dwarves, gnomes, gods, legends...He created it all so that he'd have it when he needed it to weave into the story but we won't get great, heaping infodumps of world-building. Because worldbuilding is such a huge part of fantasy, but authors too often build within the story instead of tell the story that came from the world they already built.
Piercing the Veil by Steven A. Guglich
They say that legends are born, not made.
But for Jeremy
Goodson and Masaru
Hagen that is far from the truth. Confronted by
something that neither of them can explain, two complete strangers
from opposite sides of the world embark on an unforgettable journey
that will forge them into living legends.
It has been almost 4,000 years since magic disappeared from the
Earth. Hidden from humanity by the Veil, those who possess magic
live in ancient settlements across the globe. Over the centuries,
these beings have pierced the Veil, leaving behind glimpses and
shadows of the fantastic and arcane. Fueled by distant memories and
humanity’s desire for wonder, familiar stories of myths and legends
have been passed down for thousands of years in nearly every
culture and nation.
Jeremy Goodson, an average,
overweight teacher in New York City finds his entire world turned
upside down when a stranger tempts him to leave everything behind
and start a journey that will test Jeremy’s mysterious gift and
bring magic and hope back to humanity.
Masaru Hagen, the adopted son of
American tech entrepreneurs living in Tokyo, has been guided by an
unseen voice all his life. On the eve of his twentieth birthday,
the voice leads him across thousands of miles, on a mysterious and
perilous mission he alone can undertake.
But there are principalities of this world that will do whatever
they can to stop Jeremy and Masaru and keep magic out of the hands
of humanity forever.
One of these men will bring hope to the world; the other will bring
death. The world they once knew will be changed forever, not only
for themselves, but for everyone on Earth… and maybe not for the
best.
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