Tag Archives: Donato

WFC 2015

From the 2015 World Fantasy Con, Saratoga Springs NY

Posted in Photos | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on WFC 2015

Monsters of the Earth

Monsters of the Earth, the third of the Books of the Elements, will be out in September 2013 from Tor. AUTHOR’S NOTE I intend individual volumes in The Books of the Elements to be self-standing, (though I also hope that … Continue reading

Posted in Monsters of the Earth | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Monsters of the Earth

Newsletter #63

NEWSLETTER 63: July 4, 2011 Dear People, I have written a(nother) novel! The Road of Danger, the latest RCN (Leary/Mundy) space opera went off to Baen Books at 124,889 words. For the moment it feels good, but I’ll shortly start … Continue reading

Posted in Newsletters | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Newsletter #63

Newsletter #60

Dear People, I have a rough plot outline for the next RCN space opera, The Road of Danger. (The title is from a poem by A E Housman.) Whee! A rough plot may not seem very exciting to other people, … Continue reading

Posted in Newsletters | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Newsletter #60

Out of the Waters

Out of the Waters is the second in the Books of the Elements fantasy series from Tor. AUTHOR’S NOTE Out of the Waters is set in a fictional city named Carce (pronounced CAR-see). Things occur in this novel and in … Continue reading

Posted in Out of the Waters | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Out of the Waters

Newsletter #57

Dear People, The most exciting news this time has very little to do with me. I am therefore turning the stage over to my webmaster, Karen Zimmerman: The new web site is up at http://david-drake.com.  Our very simple original web … Continue reading

Posted in Newsletters | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Newsletter #57

Newsletter #55

Dear People, I’m going to start with something positive: I’ve now seen a cover comp for THE LEGIONS OF FIRE, the first of four books in my new fantasy series, due from Tor as a May, 2010, hardcover. I’d seen … Continue reading

Posted in Newsletters | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Newsletter #55

The Legions of Fire

The Legions of Fire is the first of a quartet of fantasies in The Books of the Elements series from Tor. First and foremost, The Legions of Fire is a novel about a fictional city named Carce (pronounced CAR-see) and … Continue reading

Posted in The Legions of Fire | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on The Legions of Fire

Newsletter #54

Dear People, Quite a lot has been happening. First and foremost in my mind, I turned in WHAT DISTANT DEEPS, the latest RCN (Leary/Mundy) space opera, to Baen Books the day after I got back from World Fantasy Con. I’d … Continue reading

Posted in Newsletters | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Newsletter #54

Newsletter #48

Dear People, I’m well into (about 60K) the rough draft of THE LEGIONS OF FIRE. This is the first book of the new fantasy series for Tor. When asked, I picked The Books of the Elements as the series title … Continue reading

Posted in Newsletters | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Newsletter #48

The Gods Return

The religion of the Isles is based on the Sumerian triad of Inanna, Dumuzi, and Ereshkigal.  The fact is of more significance here than it has been in the previous books of the series. The magic (which in the Isles … Continue reading

Posted in The Gods Return | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on The Gods Return

The Mirror of Worlds

I’ve based the religion of the Isles generally on that of Sumer: the sacred triad of Inanna, Dumuzi, and Ereshkigal. The words of power, however, are the voces mysticae of the documentary magic common in the Mediterranean Basin during classical … Continue reading

Posted in The Mirror of Worlds | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on The Mirror of Worlds

Master of the Cauldron

Those of you who’ve read previous books in the Isles series will note some repetition in these notes, but I go to a good deal of effort to make each book accessible to people who’ve never read anything of mine … Continue reading

Posted in Master of the Cauldron | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Master of the Cauldron

Goddess of the Ice Realm

As is the case with most of my books, a good deal of the background to Goddess of the Ice Realm is real. The general religion of the Isles is Sumerian, though in some cases I’ve interpolated cult practice from … Continue reading

Posted in Goddess of the Ice Realm | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Goddess of the Ice Realm

Queen of Demons

QUEEN OF DEMONS, my second Isles fantasy, uses the structure of Lord of the Isles, so it was simpler to write than if I’d had to construct an entire world. Nonetheless there was the challenge of how much of the … Continue reading

Posted in Queen of Demons | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Queen of Demons

Mistress of the Catacombs

The common religion of the Isles is based on Sumerian cult and ritual.  That is, the Lady equates with Inanna; her consort the Shepherd equates with Dumuzi; and the Sister fills the place of Ereshkigal, Queen of the Underworld. Religion … Continue reading

Posted in Mistress of the Catacombs | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Mistress of the Catacombs

Servant of the Dragon

The (common) religion of the Isles is based on Sumerian cult and ritual, but the magic itself comes from the Mediterranean and is mostly Egyptian in its original source.  The voces mysticae which I’ve referred to as “words of power” … Continue reading

Posted in Servant of the Dragon | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Servant of the Dragon