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The Aeithar Series is actually a collection of three series of books, charting the rise and fall of the Aeithar race, from their humble beginnings as an iron-age civilisation through their colonisation of their planet, their solar system, the galaxy, and to their final destruction in the Interdimensional Wars. |
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The first series, The History of the Aeithar, documents the advances and changes the Aeithar undergo during their many wars. Each book covers a pivotal moment in their history, when the Aeithar overcome the constraints of their current boundaries and open up a whole new arena. There are six books in total. |
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The second series, The Expansion of the Aeithar, documents how the Aeithar adapt to and overcome the challenges of those new arenas. Each book in The Expansion of the Aeithar continues the events from the corresponding book in The History of the Aeithar, and could therefore be considered sequels to the first five of the History books. As the sixth and final book of the History charts the destruction of the Aeithar, there is obviously no sequel to that book. |
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The third series, The Zeal of the Aeithar, documents the events leading up to the major wars, documented in the History series. The events in the Zeal books lead directly into the events in the subsequent History books, and so could be considered prequels to the second to sixth History books. As the first History book details the very start of the chain of events, there is obviously no prequel to that book. |
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I am writing the books series by series, that is all six of the History series first, then the five Expansion series, and then the five Zeal series, and it is intended that the books shall be released in the same order. When they are all complete, however, they will mesh together in chronological order Zeal, History, Expansion.
Thus, when complete, a reader could start with The Internal Wars, then move on to Across The Sea, then For The Glory etc, all the way up to For The Gods and finally The Interdimensional Wars, and cover the complete story in order. |
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There are many reasons for the series being arranged as it is, but chief amongst them is the fact that most Fantasy books have a very similar setting: Middle Ages, organised Warfare, and Magic already well established. This always left me pondering two questions:-
It was my desire to explore these questions that led to The Aeithar Series. |
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The first series, The History of the Aeithar, comprises the six books which form the central core to the story.
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The main drive for me writing The History of the Aeithar is the fact that most Fantasy books have a very similar setting: Middle Ages, organised Warfare, and Magic already well established. This left me pondering two important questions:-
The first three books of the series explore these questions directly:- |
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As well as the questions I wanted to answer, there were lots of concepts I wanted to explore with The History of the Aeithar. |
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Another concept I wanted to explore was that old adage, 'History is written by the winners.' For this reason, the books are all done from the point of view of the winning side, with little mention of their opponents except in the most general terms. Also, subsequent books make references back to characters and events from earlier books, as they have been passed down, not how they truly happened. This concept is used a great deal in the intros and outros of each chapter. These are all done from the point of view of the central character of the sixth book, who becomes the sole survivor of the Aeithar race, trapped forever in the interdimensional limbo, able to see all of history but affect none of it. |
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As well as questions and concepts, I really wanted to explore themes.
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So, as you can see, there were a great many factors I wanted to work into the series as a whole, on top of all the individual themes that take place within a book, or even a chapter. As I said, there are a great many other factors, ideas and themes involved and explored in The Aeithar Series, but those above are the central ones to each book. I shall leave the others for you to explore and uncover yourself, it's more fun that way! |
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The first series, The History of the Aeithar, tells of how the Aeithar overcome their boundaries, and open up new arenas. |
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There are five books in the Expansion series
There are only five books in the Expansion series, because the final book of the History series, The Interdimensional Wars, sees the destruction of the Aeithar race, and therefore has no sequel. |
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The first series, The History of the Aeithar, tells of the constant and seemingly unending wars of the Aeithar. |
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There are five books in the Zeal series.
There are only five books in the Zeal series, because the first book of the History series, The Internal Wars, sees the beginnings of the Aeithar race, and therefore has no prequel. |
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It seems that my doubts about my cover art were somewhat unjustified, as most people were happy with either the Icon or Map version (and some even liked both!), and so I've stuck with them for now. If I get something better later, I can always make it available as an additional version. To buy a copy, in either Paperback or eBook, please go to the links below, the Buy button on the main page, or search your favourite book site. www.Amazon.com/author/lesliestyles, Amazon.co.uk and many others. The first book of the series, The History of the Aeithar - Book 01 - The Internal Wars is finished! At quarter of a million words it's a fairly hefty tome, 740 pages worth in fact. It was a lot of work, and even more fun! It's been formatted, editted, and polished, and the test print looks fantastic, so it's basically ready to go, except for one thing... I'd really like it to have a proper cover, instead of the rather lacklustre design I've been using so far. So, with that in mind... I'm currently looking for feedback and ideas on the cover art for the books, as most of the temporary stuff I've got is pretty terrible. If you'd like to join in, click the Art button on the front page. |
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This being the Internet, 99% of all the feedback I receive will be 'u suk n ur bookz r gay!', and bless their little hearts for caring enough to let me know, but sadly as feedback goes it's not terribly helpful. |
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