Tom Bast's Epic Fantasy Trilogy:

The Rebels of Duroo

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As a child, I began writing stories as a way to perceive the world more deeply. I completed my first novel when I was nineteen, and I have written one after another ever since.

What I needed most from this endeavour was the creative process itself. Every time I came to the end of one novel, I knew that the next one would be even better, and so I kept working at them and spent no time trying to get them published.

That’s a bit strange, I know, but that’s what I did. I also worked two or three jobs while raising two children, so that impacted how I used my time as well.

The novels I’m publishing now I wrote recently. The creative process that ended with The Rebels of Duroo helped me understand the nature of consciousness and what I perceive to be real magic in our world.

Our lives blossom within the influence of powerful forces. Some of those forces are imposed upon us. Some of them arise from within us.

Our lives blossom among sources of energy as well. Some of those sources give us the power to commit evil. Some of them empower us to do good. Some of them draw us to seek power over others. Some draw us to wild adventures.

We spend much of our life trying to make sense of these forces and sources of energy.

The Rebels of Duroo makes this struggle explicit. The main characters struggle with themselves, with each other, with the world. Distinguishing between “good” and “evil” is not always clear.

When several strong characters try to figure all of this out simultaneously, they undermine each other without intending to. And when a decision must be made, sometimes the least logical path is the best one.

I give you two very different heroes, though both of them must come to understand and control magical powers thrust upon them without their consent. They respond to the demands placed upon them in dramatically different ways.

And while their romance pulses throughout the entire story, they both take divergent paths along the way.

In the Lands of Duroo, there are humans, giants, trolls, and goblins. In the distant wilderness, there are orcs, elves and fairies. The elites have divided the land into two realms, the Royals and the Imperials, and the wars between them define the cultures within each realm.

Most importantly, the elites have Soosee magic, which is a perversion of fairy magic that enables a skilled Mage to turn anyone into a red-eyed slave whose will is controlled by his master. One of the main characters is a Mage who has mastered the dark art of making Soosee.

I bring you airships pulled by vultures and airships pulled by bats. Also airborne are falcon and gryphon that riders can fly. When I take you across the seas to Molihonu Island, you encounter dolphins and blue-skinned magic folk unlike anything you have read before.

I am most proud of the way I brought my story to a resounding crescendo that lasts for dozens of pages.

That crescendo, in fact, led me to several personal revelations about myself as an artist.

I wrote this story to entertain and to inspire you. I hope I succeed.

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