My Latest Book: The Crusader Road

The Crusader Road is my latest book. It’s my first venture writing fiction in the Pathfinder™ universe. I had a lot of fun writing the book, and I think it turned out pretty well. If you want an unbiased opinion on that issue, you can read the review at Roqoo Depot.

One of the most interesting bits of writing the book for me was the fact that one of the main characters is Jerrad, a thirteen year old young man who is rather slight for his age and no where near the heir to the heroic tradition established by his father. I’ve written young men before, but none quite so young and none so far from when I was their age. It isn’t that its hard to remember back then, but that the issues I faced when thirteen were decidedly different than the ones Jerrad faces. When I was his age, my biggest trauma was trying to choose between buying lunch the cafeteria or saving the money to buy the new Doc Savage novel. While that is an important issue, Jerrad isn’t worrying about eating lunch as much as being eaten for lunch.

I really enjoyed being able to root around in the Pathfinder™ universe. It’s a really intriguing setting. If I had a gaming group, I’d definitely be running adventures in that world. It has an eclectic mix of elements that really appeals to my sense of the heroic in fantasy, but allows just enough exotica to make the setting something I can have fun exploring.

Roqoo Depot also interviewed me about writing the book. You can read that article here. I’m already scheduled to do two signings for the book at the Paizo booth at Gencon: 8/15 11AM-12PM and 8/17 11AM-12PM; though if you catch me otherwise at the show I’d be happy to sign.