Good and Evil Are Reversed
Nightwalker (The Demonic War Book 1) follows an apparent 18-year-old high schooler who is actually a 300-year-old Vampire prince on a mission to find two missing stones to save his people. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
The truth behind the age of the main character represents not only a feeling of youthfullism but also kicks back against the negative views people have of ageism. Having a character that’s centuries older than livable for a human but looks young grants the reader a different perspective from that of the typical teenage main character.
What were some of the emotional and moral guidelines you followed when developing your characters?
When dealing with non-humans, it gets a little tricky, but that was the best part. Nightwalker was created to send a message about not judging others before getting to know them. There is a very dependent light vs dark/good vs evil in most fiction stories, not just fantasy.
While Nightwalker embraces this, the sources behind that good and evil are reversed, as the characters most often perceived as evil are not so, and those typically recognized as good are also not so. This is emphasized with the recognition of monsters and humans, and what actually makes someone a monster, seen through the human qualities the monsters all display. It really makes the reader question who really is good and evil, and most importantly, where we draw the line between the two. Unfortunately, that line is flexible and blurred in reality.
In fantasy novels, it’s easy to get carried away with the magical powers characters have. How did you balance the use of supernatural powers?
I really had to think hard about this one. There are so many methods of delivering magic, and the stronger your character, the more difficult it becomes. I especially didn’t want magic to overpower the natural abilities of the characters as they’re essential to each of them and their growth.
I actually wrote down very meticulously the style of magic, how it’s used, and how their abilities develop for each book, from the start to the end of the series, so as to properly balance the magic with the supernatural.
When will Book 2 be available? Can you give us an idea of where that book will take readers?
Book 2’s expected release date is November 1st. This one will be particularly exciting as it transitions off-world. Unlike Book 1 which takes place in the human world, the near entirety of Book 2 takes place in Nexus, the homeworld of monsters. Officially titled, The Seer, the readers will get to experience how living in that world shapes the main characters, and most importantly, the struggle of a failing relationship between two of the characters.
The Seer really dives into the person rather than the magical, though, not lacking in either. I’m not going to reveal it here, but there’s actually a significant reason behind their next quest in Nexus as it heavily impacts the plot not just of the book, but of the entire series.
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Untold power at his fingertips.
Two worlds at stake.
Ren Nightwalker is not what he seems. His eighteen-year-old appearance is just a façade. He’s actually a three-hundred-year-old vampire prince with one job, to save his people.
In his world, they fight for a future. One against a monster with the power of resurrection, one who controls the dead; a necromancer. In the human world, monsters are hunted by a powerful organization comprised of believers from religions across the world.
When Ren learns that both of their enemies have teamed up to take them down, their only chance to win the war comes in the form of two stones, thought to be merely a myth, the Sun and Moon Stone. Apart, the stones are already powerful. Together, they have the power to turn the tide. This quest of a lifetime will take Ren and his companions all over the world, and force them to encounter more than one enemy.
To make things worse, Ren has a secret that no one knows. His refusal to drink blood is literally killing him, and if he doesn’t find an alternative, Ren will die long before they can win the war. His only hope is that they find the stones before that.
Can Ren find the stones while fighting two enemies at once and hopefully turn the tide in the war? And can they do it before he meets his eventual demise?
Original source: https://literarytitan.com/2024/03/02/good-and-evil-are-reversed/
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