Category: Book Extras

Several characters have referenced the Barrens and never in a good way. So where and what are the Barrens? As you know by now, Rootstock Saga is set on a future earth. Land masses and oceans have shifted from their present day geographical coordinates, shoreline shapes, and elevation. But...

In Path of the Spirit Runner, Esfir has her eureka moment and comes to understand the nature of the Patterns, the second mindgift unique to the Firstborn. “The Firstborn, Fedor. They sense it.” “They sense what?” “Probability,” she said as if that explained it all. “The patterns they keep...

The Witch of Lurago end-of-chapter extras are listed here. Be forewarned some may contain SPOILERS if sampled ahead of the book....

Innis Tallu...

Each book in Rootstock Saga has its own collection of Chapter Extras. These contain commentary, related topics, and research links. Be forewarned. By reading the Chapter Extras ahead of the book sequence, you will encounter spoilers....

Yea. Just what you needed. Another history lesson after I’ve been telling you since Chapter 1 that Rootstock Saga is not historical fiction. But the Ball Game reading is just too interesting to pass up. It’s almost surreal, the significance this game had in the cultural context of the...

Synergy. A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Having someone with whom you are so thoroughly and completely connected that you are, by every meaningful measure, one. For someone who considers herself an unrepentant individualist, the idea of melding, of sharing my head with someone...

Path of the Spirit Runner chronicles the tentative alliance that is growing between the Este and Rhynns. It also follows the coming of age, not only of Lamochatee in Tallu, but of the young Hawks in Rhynn. Riding guard on the grueling Aleron cattle drove is a rite of...

Veridian was an indulgence, I admit. Hope you found it as enticing a travel destination as I did. I need to book a vacation there. The glass sculptures described in this chapter came from visiting the amazing Chihuly art exhibition while it was at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in...

Percy Walmsley’s role in the overall Rootstock Saga storyline is adding a bit more color and depth to the often-referenced Innish trade towns and the Surdisi in Tallu. They needed to be more than just crass cardboard colonials. Purely bad or purely good characters, or cultures, are unrealistic and...