I
am honored to welcome Fantasy Romance author D. L. Gardner, who is also an
artist on par with the great nineteenth century artist John Singer Sargent in
her mastery of the craft, in my estimation. She is similarly as skilled at
storytelling. She shares with us today the motivation behind her stories, as
well as a brief overview of her latest fantasy novel, SWORD OF CHO NISI. –Linda
Lee Greene, Author/Artist
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One reason I am
a devoted fantasy reader is because so many well-versed authors of the genre
understand that a fantasy story is a parable of the human condition told in a
non-incriminating tale. Readers look at themselves through a kaleidoscope and
see the shards of their broken lives turn into magnificent and infinitely
evolving patterns. They find potential in themselves from heroes molded out of
clay.
SWORD OF CHO
NISI
is one of those stories.
I’m convinced there are others who have
made life choices that have hurt not just themselves, but others and who regret
those choices that caused a void in their past, a dark memory that dares the
mind to return.
When I wrote Erika of SWORD OF CHO NISI, RISE OF THE TOBIAN
PRINCESS, my first instinct was to avoid perfectionism because the
perfect person emerges only in our imagination. Erika needed to be placed in a
fantastical reality. A young woman born in trying times—raised by a widowed
father and a warrior brother—she means well and has heroic ambitions but is
blind-sighted by her passion so that she trips, falters, and falls. Her
struggle to rise out of the consequences she made for herself becomes a
life-time pursuit.
Erika’s fall stuns us because we’ve been
there, made blunders, and cling to the hope that if we go through the struggle,
we might find our way out of the pit we dug.
SWORD OF CHO
NISI
is an adult high fantasy romance, between a young princess whose goal is to be
a warrior until she makes a fatal mistake, costing her everything she’s ever
hoped to have…
…and a young man who’s thrust upon a
throne he never wanted, is pitted against an enemy he never asked for and falls
in love with a woman he is forced to exile.
But there’s more than a love story in
this trilogy. There are kings and emperors, castles and river towns, skura,
falcons, mountain giants, a dragon, and a wizard who has gained enough power to
rule the world but seeks one more treasure…
…to gain immortality at the expense of
mankind!
https://gardnersart.wixsite.com/chonisi
“A masterful painter of words, D.L. Gardner’s brushstrokes
of prose bring to life a compelling fantasy tale that demonstrates the power of
forgiveness and redemption in the aftermath of tragedy.” Review
from award-winning author Stephen Zimmer of the Fires In Eden Series and the Rayden Valkyrie and Ragnar
Stormbringer Tales.
April 11 will be the launch of SWORD OF CHO NISI TRILOGY Kickstarter. Come and take a look at
the offerings for this high fantasy romance series.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chonisi/sword-of-cho-nisi-trilogy
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Thanks so much for having Sword of Cho Nisi on your blog!
ReplyDeleteIt was my pleasure. Thanks so much for participating. Best of luck with your new book.
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