Last year in 2017, I gave my VIP Readers’ Club members the opportunity to pick my next new series. Fantasy won out by a whopping 60%; the other options weren’t even close. As mentioned in earlier posts, I’m not a Game of Thrones fan, but a big Lord of the Rings fan. However, as many of you already know I always put my own twist on a genre. So what is this new fantasy series?
The best way to describe it is in one teaser sentence: It’s King Solomon Mines meets The Lord of the Rings.
I was always planning to write my own version of King Solomon’s Mines. When I saw the classic 1950 movie starring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr in reruns, I was hooked. It was a quest across another continent for the riches of the wealthy and legendary sage king of Israel. I was going to do a modern version and still may in the future but then I thought, what if I merged that story with other elements—fantasy elements? Again, I love genre-blends, so my series would be that quest but instead take place in an epic world of fantasy. Lions, elephants, and warring tribesmen would be replaced with mythical beasts, elves and goblins. The territories of the continent of Africa would be replaced with unknown and unexplored magical realms.
Series Name Reveal: The Fabled Quest Chronicles
Book One Name Reveal: Through Titan’s Trail
What do you think? Comment below:
Austin Dragon is the author of over 30 books in science fiction, fantasy, and classic horror. His works include the sci-fi detective LIQUID COOL series, the epic fantasy FABLED QUEST CHRONICLES, the international futuristic epic AFTER EDEN Series, the classic SLEEPY HOLLOW HORRORS, and new military sci-fi PLANET TAMERS series. He is a native New Yorker but has called Los Angeles, California home for more than twenty years. Words to describe him, in no particular order: U.S. Army, English teacher, one-time resident of Paris, ex-political junkie, movie buff, Fortune 500 corporate recruiter, renaissance man, futurist, and dreamer.
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39 Responses
Love both the name of the series and the first book. Looking forward to it!
Sounds good! It’s an idea left alone too long! Ever since H Rider Haggard wrote the original book in 1885, it has had a few pale imitators and the movie, but it is fallow ground for a new series! The Caravan Chronicles sounds a bit tame, but if they move through adventures with a true caravan, it will work quite nicely!
Honestly, the editor almost always butchers titles, so does it matter?
Sounds great!! I always loved King Solomon’s Mines too. Can’t wait.
The series name sounds exciting, travels far and beyond. So does the book’s title! Titan, like in mythology. I’m sure it’s going to be another hit, Austin. Looking forward to read it!
I don’t normally go in for Fantasy, but given what I’ve read of your previous work, I’m ready to give yours a try.