Category: Book Extras

This is one of the pivotal chapters in Rootstock Saga. Seth has finally had enough. The guilt he carries over his part, real or perceived, in the decision to stand down from the fight for Rhynn freedom in Legend of the Storm Hawks hardens into resolve. And he never...

The Legend of the Ayohotulee (or Thunder Birds, or Storm Hawks) told by Tybetha is derived from mystical creatures found in Native American mythology, but given a distinctively future-cycle retelling. If you’ve never read stories of the Thunderbirds or the Eagle and Condor, you should peruse a few of...

My husband does at least one of the editing passes all my novels go through. He’s a tough editor and sometimes harsh. He made Rootstock Saga much better than it would have been without his brutal honesty. He always referred to the Mouse chapters as the “acid trips.” Affectionately,...

Glyneth can’t see worth a damn, but her vision handicap has honed her hearing. The natural compensating phenomenon. She’s not a nice person. Vindictive. Petty. Calculating. But, to some degree, she is a product of her environment. Nature vs nurture. You may remember from book one, the Firstborn lineage...

Ah, the swiftgates. Few knew of their existence in book one. The Rhynns who learned of them, beginning with the Hollow Hill rescue, kept the secret as Rotharia warned them. Gaven sealed the entrance to the swiftgate chamber at Dundarien. Out of sight, out of mind, right? Until Ava...

A flying machine? I used a few of Davinci’s sketches for ideas. How did Cade come up with such an idea? Being of Firstborn heritage, as well as Aurel, he has the genetic mapping needed for tapping into the Hindsight. Though only Daor Ranald seems to recognize it so...

Yes, that was Brynmohr. He has served his kidnapping penance of ten years, imposed by the Dawnguard, and is free to leave the Realm of the Firstborn again. Though he has ventured to Rhynn before today, and has watched his grandchildren from afar, this is the first time he...

In the twelve years since Legend of the Storm Hawks, the Storm Hawks have returned to their homes and raised their families. This is probably a good time for a who’s who account of the next generation of young Hawks. Callan Seth and Isobel have four children. Nathalyan (Nate)...

Nigel adapted. We rejoin the master manipulator in Jorendon, where he is still Minister of Diplomacy, though now in the service of Queen Anne. Twelve years have passed since King Walter abdicated to save his Rhynns from the Prophet’s genocidal holy war. Nigel explains in this chapter why he...

Etowah is a fictional Este town often featured in the Rootstock Saga. Over most of the years I spent writing these novels, the town’s name was Hialeah. But at some point, I decided to rename it to match the image I referenced more than any other. As noted earlier,...