Saran is the inheritor to a tyrannical kingdom. Keleir, the person she loves, has a horrible future involving magic. They attempt to work collectively to keep away from their fates. That may be an issue when everybody within the nation hates Saran due to her despotic father.
Kaytalin Platt is an expert graphic designer and marketer. The Residing God is her debut novel and the primary of a collection.
Priya Sridhar: The Residing God is about two magical people who’ve nice destinies; Saran is the inheritor to a despotic kingdom and Keleir is a fireplace mage internet hosting a supernatural being that seeks chaos. What was your inspiration for the story?
Kaytalin Platt: In fantasy, there are such a lot of tales about heirs to thrones not wanting the duty. Saran is comparable, however she doesn’t lengthy to flee the throne for trivial causes. She wants a quiet life away from the fort as a result of her self-imposed and secret duty is conserving the world protected from the creature in Keleir. She additionally understands that her folks would at all times see her as Yarin’s daughter—a corrupt lady who fought in his wars. They might by no means belief or love her and her reign would solely proceed the cycle of civil struggle and violence.
One other trope in fantasy I needed to toy with was the Chosen One. On this occasion, I needed the main target of the Chosen to be on Keleir. Not like most fantasy tales the place Chosen Ones will save the world, he’s destined to destroy every thing. His function differs relying on the prophecy you learn. Like most Chosen One storylines, Keleir fights in opposition to his future. Not like most storylines, if Keleir accepts his future it means turning into a monster, not a hero.
I like fantasy and science fiction and I needed to experiment with merging all my favourite issues from each genres. The Residing God is a genre-bending experiment that is probably not for each reader. It’s an in depth and sophisticated story that I needed the reader to determine alongside the best way—come to the belief and clues as they’re launched to the characters. I didn’t need to spell every thing out, and I feel it could frustrate and confuse some readers. I hope they keep it up, as a result of I feel the payoff on the finish is well worth the journey.
The e-book offers with Saran attempting to reform her father’s merciless methods, all of the whereas realizing she’s related to him by default.
PS: Do you assume an individual trapped within the system can actually reform it in the course of insurrection?
KP: I don’t assume an individual—a central determine—trapped within the system can actually reform it in a means that seems unbiased. Saran understands that. To ensure that true reform and alter after systemic oppression, the folks have to like and belief the particular person main them into a brand new future. Her objective has at all times been to assist put somebody higher in energy, somebody the folks love, and step again into the shadows. She is aware of the folks would at all times equate her together with her father regardless of how type, sacrificial, or noble she made herself seem. His darkness has eternally tainted their imaginative and prescient of her.
PS: In the event you had been a mage, what powers would you need?
KP: A Time Mage. After my father’s dying two years in the past, I grew to become hyper conscious of time and the usefulness of such an influence to repair essentially the most horrible issues in life. I might attempt to use the facility for issues like saving lives or turning again the tide of a forest hearth. I cannot lie, I might additionally use it selfishly to appropriate errors. Sadly, Saran’s energy over time doesn’t erase reminiscences. She will be able to reverse time, however folks bear in mind what occurred earlier than she shifted again the clock. So, even when I tripped and fell and needed to erase that—folks would nonetheless bear in mind the embarrassing fall both means.
PS: What are you able to inform us about e-book 2, or about any upcoming initiatives? Something you need us readers to hunt?
KP: I’m introducing new characters, giving previous characters extra stage time, and there will probably be double the Orukes (yay?). I’m about midway by means of drafting the second installment. Aside from that, I’m engaged on a sci-fi area opera referred to as Egress a few 21st century lady revived a number of hundred years sooner or later utilizing inherited reminiscences encoded on DNA—it’s Star Wars meets Altered Carbon. I even have a narrative on Patreon that I share chapter-by-chapter, in case you like darkish fantasy novels. The Seven Kings of Purgatory issues a lady trapped in a cycle of dying and rebirth and, having burned by means of her allotted reincarnations, she makes an attempt to reset the pure course of Purgatory earlier than she fades out of existence.
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