In Greek mythology, the Titans were demigods that helped the people of Earth, at war with mankind’s enemies and as all Greek Gods, always at war with themselves.
But what if they were not gods at all, but aliens from another world?
In Greek mythology, the Titans were demigods that helped the people of Earth, at war with mankind’s enemies and as all Greek Gods, always at war with themselves.
But what if they were not gods at all, but aliens from another world?
Enter the illusory world of Mickael Tupper and Donovan William Henry’s “Ascadia: Titans of Men,” the first in the “Titans of Men” series of fantasy novels. With nothing sacred, be prepared for sadness, violence, fear, vulgarity and laughter to be your companions as you journey through the world of Ascadia with a lost troop of warriors that have to survive on their own making the rules as they go.
Tupper, who lives in Spring Valley, gave a peek into the first novel, co-authored with his friend from childhood Henry. But merely a glimpse…
“It is a fantasy novel, so it is not Earth. But if I had to give it a time to relate to I would say it is right after the Bronze Age, the age of heroes.”
“Time is a foggy glass that we look at history through. That is one of the things we are playing with. Their home world is called Ascadia and you might wonder what is that? It is a play in words because arcadia means paradise and this world is definitely not paradise. It’s a bad place and it’s hard to live there.”
“We are looking at all the different tribes of Greeks, and we are not trying to teach you history here, but we just want you to have a good time and fall in love with these characters, be sad when they are sad, laugh when they laugh…you get the idea. We want you to love these characters as much as we have come to love them. It is a lost tribe of Greek people that we call Garric…another play in words.”
“I really wanted to show people another time, and that time was violent. As an ex-soldier myself, you do your job, you have to do damage and harm to someone else, but there is always that slap on the tush from your superiors that you did a good job. But these young men in the book they get separated from the older warriors that would do that. They have lost their mentors.”
“They are there to get resources from other people, because they have none. So now there are four young men together and they are having the feelings that come from killing somebody.”
“There is no one there to beat their chest, so they don’t know how to deal with that. Their mind constantly conflict with why they just did that and are constantly questioning themselves, is this right? They are actually in depression and that stays with them throughout, and later down in the series…”
“On the back of the cover of the book, it is one of the characters talking and I love it. We basically tell you what the whole story is about—one guy who is trying to save his friend. I think it took a certain amount of guts to come right out and say that, but along the way, people are going to see this path, but it happens so gradually that when you get to the end your will read the back and say, ‘He told me that from the beginning.’”
“In the first book you will see things that will make you ask questions and leaves holes about relationships and events, it will leave you wondering. But in the second book, which we are working on now, we hurl it right at you. When you think you know what it is about, the book will throw you a loop and make you realize that it is not at all what you thought it was about.”
To purchase “Ascadia: Titans of Men” go to www.titansofmen.com for full details. It is available in hardcover and e-book.
Tupper & Henry will have a book signing on August 17, from 2-5 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble at 2470 Tuscany Street, Suite 101, Corona, CA 92881.
