The Red world trilogy

I feel as if I have a responsibility here. I tend to talk quite often, if I speak at all about my books, about the Mission series. But not so much the Red World trilogy. However, the RWT is, so far, my magnum opus.

The RWT was inspired by the Bible, Mesopotamian religion and culture (that would include the Bible since it also came out of Mesopotamia) Sub-Saharan African cultures and kingdoms, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and even ancient Slavic, Saxon and Germanic culture. Esoteric cults and many other religious themes have also informed my imagination for this trilogy. They give flavor to the story but in no way do I claim to be making straight, allegorical comparisons in the story. But above all the first influence was Frank Herbert’s Dune series. I even copied his “chapter sayings” at the beginning of certain chapters and also a glossary and appendixes in the back and special Notes From the Author.

It was a lot of work to write this trilogy but it was very exciting and a lot of fun too! So, next month I will be examining the trilogy on this blog. Nothing too overwrought and drawn out but just something to help any readers who might see this blog, have bought the first book in the series, and wonder about my writing process in writing it. Happy writing!