Fifteen Hundred Years Have Turned History Into Legend
The Strife of Camlann
The Arthurian Age Book 2
by Sean Poage
Genre: Arthurian Historical Fiction Adventure
Fifteen Hundred Years Have Turned History Into Legend
Arthur’s Men have returned to Britain to keep the peace between fractious allies. Gawain wants only to raise his family and forget the war, yet he carries a heavy burden: an oath to maintain a terrible lie.
But is it a lie?
Looming conflicts threaten more than any border or throne. The course of history, the future of the Britons, will be decided at Camlann.
The second book in The Arthurian Age series, The Strife of Camlann continues the story of King Arthur and his warriors. Returning from the war in Gaul, the Artoriani try to uphold Arthur's goals and interests in Britain, as news of Arthur's continuing triumphs across the sea come to Britain ceaselessly. But storms loom as internal divisions within Britain's alliance of kingdoms are a greater threat than any external foe.
Meticulously researched, this story blends history and legend with just enough imagination to tie it all together into a story of Arthur and Britain in the time period between the Roman occupation and the rise of the English.
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Sean Poage, has had an exciting and varied life, as a laborer, salesman, soldier, police officer, investigator, SWAT member, computer geek and author. A history buff his entire life, he is most drawn to the eras of the ancient Greeks and Dark Ages Britain. Travelling the world to see history up close is his passion.
These days he works in the tech world, writes when he can, and spends the rest of the time with his family, which usually means chores and home improvement projects, with occasional time for a motorcycle ride, scuba dive, or a hike in the beautiful Maine outdoors.
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GUEST POST
• What are your top 10 favorite books/authors?
Just ten? Well... J.R.R. Tolkien and all his works, of course; The Thieves World anthology
series, especially the stories by Janet Morris, and her related Sacred Band series; Fritz
Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes
series; Armor by John Steakley; The Anabasis by Xenophon; Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey;
Neuromancer by William Gibson; Gates of Fire and others by Steven Pressfield; the Red
Rising series by Pierce Brown.
• Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you
write?
Most are found in history and legend, so I don’t feel I can really take credit for them. I just
hope I can portray them well.
• What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book?
Exhaustive! I’ve gone so far as look up the phase of the moon on a certain day in the
year 470. I pester my academic friends, especially a brilliant archeologist named Keith
Fitzpatrick-Matthews, for everything from Dark Age Latin and Celtic words, to obscure
records, to ensure I portray the cultures and mores correctly.
• Do you read yourself and if so what is your favorite genre?
I read a lot. I can’t choose one genre as my favorite. Fantasy, science fiction and
historical fiction are my favorites. Perhaps historical fiction the most. When I find a story
that can transport me back in time, it is really exciting.
• If you could have been the author of any book ever written, which book would you choose?
The Bible. Can you imagine the royalties?
• Tell us about a favorite character from a book.
Critias, a commander in a mercenary band known as the Stepsons, from Janet Morris.
Part soldier, part spymaster. He has to watch his best friend and right-side partner spiral
under a witch’s attention, while trying to hold the band together and accomplish his orders
in a world that is turning upside down.
• What made you want to become an author and do you feel it was the right decision?
I love to read and experience other worlds, times and stories. As a writer, I get to
experience those things as I create them. I absolutely love it.
• Do you have any advice to offer for new authors?
Read. Read widely. Read constantly. Read the classics, as well as newer books. Pay
attention to how good writers do certain things, like dialogue, or plot reveals. I don’t think
it’s possible to be a good writer unless you’re a good reader.
• Describe your writing style.
It’s evolving. I tend towards a more straight-forward style than purple prose. I like to use
dialogue to bring out details in a story, and I tend towards characters who are more every-
day people who exhibit greatness when needed, because I’ve found that people are
capable of far more than they often realize.
• What makes a good story?
For me, I’m turned off by writing that feels like an effort to showcase the author’s talent for
similes and metaphors rather than telling a story about the characters and events. I like
characters with flaws and strengths, and a plot that isn’t easy to predict.
• If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
Nothing. Everything happens when it’s supposed to happen.
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This should beca fascinating read. Thanks for sharing and hosting this tour.
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