Video composition of the presentation of Cattivi Presagi, the Italian version of Forebodings, at the Altamarea Cultural Festival at Termoli, Italy, on 31 August 2021. The young man and writer, Andrea Scutti, read a passage in the scene between Genghis and Alia. The video shows Paolo Pilati, my translator; Valentina Salierno, his classmate, who also acted as my editor and is a member of the Altamarea organization, moderator Marianna Di Labbio, and other members of the organization, such as young filmmaker Antonio De Gregorio and the association’s president, Ettore Fabrizio. The young poet Michele Paladino, whose book of poems was also presented, can be seen at 10:00 sec on the right. You can watch the interview and recording of the event on TermoliOnline’s website.
Cinematic trailer for Forebodings
Insanity (or Lusk’s Song) clip.
Insanity (or Lusk’s Song), full length.
A recording of a scene where Elyana ponders about our true nature as a result of her frustrations with Aithen.
How to pronounce those words and names from Conquerors you might be wondering about.
Permanere. A short video clip form a scene in Forebodings where Aithen wonders about the motto of his family’s crest.
Luks’s void. A short excerpt of a scene in First Eruption where Lusk Methrim descends into a darkness that nearly drowns him.
Aithen’s declaration of interest. A short videoclip of a scene in First Eruption where Aithen decides to declare his romantic interest in Elyana by asking her to dance.
A scene in Forebodings between General Genghis and Empress Alia (both known by other names by the K’Tarans–names not to be revealed here) musing about what it means to be human in a post-human age, and a scene which also provides a hint as to the reasons behind the planned conquest of K’Tara.
Tonight, I am sharing the recording i just did of a scene from Darkness Gains, which I released earlier this year. Darkness Gains is the third book in my Conquerors of K’Tara series.
If you are in the US or the UK and would like to have the audiobook, let me know and I will send you a token for a free copy. The audiobooks, of course, are narrated by Adam R. Watson.
I hope you enjoy the recording, L.A.
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This time, I am sharing another illustration and excerpt from Darkness Gains, Book 3 of Conquerors of K’Tara. This is an excerpt from a speech given by High Cleric Galadrin, one of Octavius’s and Aithen’s biggest–and unsuspected–threats. My daughter, Sofia, is reading. She did it in one take, without errors, whereas it was taking me multiple redoes because of stumbling here or there. I might have to ask my narrator, Adam R. Watson what he thinks of this 🙂
I hope you enjoy this one too.
L.A.
This week’s scene from Darkness Gains, Book 3 of Conquerors of K’Tara, is from a chapter called “The Rain and the Hand.” In this chapter, Aithen is in great need of some solace and so he decides to go for a walk in the capital to let the rain clear his mind. The illustration shows what ends up happening to him and his guardian Piros, who had accompanied him, after assassins have the “good luck” to find him in a tavern where his feet took him.
L.A.
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Hello again everyone. Today, I am sharing a reading I did of a scene in Book 4 of Conquerors of K’Tara, which is planned for late 2024 or early 2025. The scene follows the assassination of Kynaria’s leader during the Night of Endings. In this scene. Loma Dar’Montago, one of the nation’s surviving senior priestesses, battles with how to refer to their leader’s body.
L.A.
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Today, I am sharing a reading from Forebodings, Book 1 of the novel, which I did to distract myself from my cold and my congested chest. Interestingly (to me, at least), my voice took on a quality I quite like, and I wish I could have chest congestions at will to make these recordings.
L.A.
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Last year, I saw an animation for one The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. I really love that video (as I love his novel too), and I had the idea of trying to get someone to do an animation for the upcoming Book 4 of Conquerors of K’Tara. What do you think? Is it okay or might it need some more refinement?
L.A.
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