.In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Tim Facciola discusses his new Vengeful Realm series. The first book, The Scales of Balance, is out now, with books two and three to follow next year. Tim describes his fantasy series as Game of Thrones meets Spartacus’s rebellion from Rome. Told from seven different points of view, The Scales of Balance follows the story of several main characters, one of whom is Zephyrus, a gladiator with amnesia and a mysterious prophecy who finds himself fighting for his freedom while also serving as a royal spy. This book is filled with combat, conspiracies, betrayals, gods and magic. But at its heart, it is a story about finding one’s identity which, as you can imagine, is more difficult than it sounds, especially given the epic sweep of this tale. In this episode, I’ll chat with Michael about his writing journey, how this series was a decade in the making, and how he used Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to start his world building.
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