The Sparrow's Nest

After nearly two months of waiting, the cover for "Renzhies" has arrived! Here it is! Done by the marvelous JeffBrownGraphics!

Ever wonder how Zhin, Rilkin, and Ikalkor are related? Vijeren, Sibare, and N'Nar wonder about it, but especially how Zhin and Ikalkor are related. They just don't see the connection. Did they come from the same parents? Really? Revealing this in "Renzhies" was fun. I enjoyed these parts immensely. The "How" for Ikalkor is pretty straightforward, although the city people on Ilo wouldn't be able to wrap their heads around it. They definitely wouldn't understand Rilkin's story, either. All I can say is that Zhin and Ikalkor didn't grow up normally. As for Rilkin, you will see.

The Sirix Ruins Renzhies is coming in a few weeks! All main characters are returning from "Nri Kryne" and you get to see what happens to them while they're in the Sirix ruins. I wrote this book different from the first, and it's not just a change of the main character. While Vijeren is still there and lights up the scene, he'll be taking a back seat. He doesn't mind, either. He went through so much in the last book that he really wanted a rest before he took the torch of main character again. Zhin will be taking over. The ruins near nightfall When I first began to write "Renzhies," I started out the book in third person and wrote it kind of like a mystery of who was who and what not. Then I realized it didn't work in that way. At the same time, the events were right. What was happening in the ruins was right, too, but that was in the present. So how could I mesh the two together? I couldn't get rid of one or the other because both time period

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As my artist has gone AWOL, you are stuck with my art. My only comfort is that I found an online dpi converter. Let us proceed. When I came up with the "Renzhie," it was supposed to be something different from what it ended up being. I was trying to mix two monsters together to make a new one. It didn't work since both Renzhies in the book were two different creatures when they began. After I finally figured out what a Renzhie was, I decided there would be two different types, regardless of what the person was before he or she became a Renzhie. This is the first type. Also, this is the main villain of the book, whom I despise with every fiber of my being. And so will you. This is the second type of Renzhie. I abhor this one, too. This is the secondary villain and absolutely annoying. Only an Iskerkin like Zhin can fight them and kill them, as you will see when "Renzhies" drops in June, ready to thrill an terrify, laugh and reach into your vengeful emotions.