In my books, the immortal king is Pietas. He’s in nearly everything I’ve written. With good reason — as king of the immortals peopling my stories, he’s a major character even when he’s not present. His influence in my story world is galaxy wide.
I began writing the Bringer of Chaos series to understand him better. As I’ve written and explored his psyche, I’ve learned far more than I anticipated.
My upcoming novel about him (Bringer of Chaos: Forged in Fire) is science fiction with romantic elements. It has no profanity or explicit content, but it does have violence.
The book also has a ginormous “kitty” who adores Pietas and follows him everywhere. Tiklaus, the sentient panther who adopts him, protects Pietas without reservation. Although Tiklaus does not speak, they are able to communicate on a telepathic level, using limited, rudimentary language. For example, Tiklaus sends the word “do” to show a command is heard and understood. “Do” also implies “please” or “thank you” depending on the situation. Wait till you find out what Tiklaus names Pietas! The panther’s name means “loyal warrior.” The animal was great fun to write.
What is the immortal king doing?
This Friday, Nov 10, I start a 20 day tour with Crystal Reviews to show off the cover for this new book. Although the book isn’t releasing until Dec 29th, it will be available on preorder.
One of the giveaways during this tour will be an exclusive download of Endure, a 39 page full color illustrated book of quotes by Pietas. The cover is above. You don’t have to do anything or sign up for anything to get this book. Just visit during the tour.
Here are a few sample quotes from the book:
* Would you conquer? Then learn to endure.
* To forgive means to endure betrayal.
* Friends come and go. Enemies endure to the end.
* I might not prevail over adversity, but I will endure. Adversity will never prevail over me.
Track the immortal king
You’ll be able to find Pietas every day by going to the tour home page or by coming here. If you’d like to host the immortal king, you can sign up for that here. The tour host who gets the most comments during the tour will win a $25 Gift certificate (winner’s choice: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Starbucks).
Preorder the immortal king
You can preorder between Nov 11th and Dec 28th. http://amzn.to/2ABIcCI
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I love the idea of a large cat being a protector in the story.
thanks, Janet. Tiklaus was in several books but I never said much about the cat there. Other than to show Pietas took personal care of the animal. This book lets me show the origin of their relationship. In one scene, Pietas looks both ways to see if anyone is watching and then asks, “Who’s a good kitty?” The interaction of these two was touching and fun to write.
Ooh, giant kitty! 😀
yeppers. 😀 Big big kitty. LOL
Must love the kitty!
Oh, absolutely. =^_^=
Any immortal with a feline sidekick is all right by me.
LOL Thank you. *bows*
This sounds like it is going to be a fabulous read. Tweeted.
Thanks for sharing, Daryl. 🙂
Adding a ginormous kitty into the mix will make things even more interesting! Tweeted.
Got that right, Barbara. lol
Darn, I was hoping for more about the panther… maybe an excerpt?
When you visit my blog, maybe you can talk about him. (I’m a total ailurophile…)
Oh definitely! I had to look that word up, Lisabet. Now I know a cool word for “cat person” 🙂