Servant of the Crown - Bennett, Paul J

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Résumé :
An old warrior too stubborn to die. A royal heir hidden since birth. Tragedy tears Gerald's world apart, and only his unwavering loyalty saves him. After serving as a soldier for years, a single act of self-sacrifice thrusts his future into the world of politics. Cut off from all he knows, he becomes no more than a pawn to those in command. Banished to an obscure royal estate with little more than the clothes on his back, he's left searching for purpose in a life that no longer makes sense. For what is a warrior who has nothing left to fight for? A chance encounter draws him into a secret he was never meant to uncover-one that gives him a purpose he believed was gone. Faced with someone cast aside and alone, he cannot simply walk away. In choosing to stay, he places himself at odds with those in power-where doing what's right carries consequences he cannot escape. Servant of the Crown is the first book in the completed 15-book epic fantasy series, Heir to the Crown. Start today and binge the entire series-no waiting....

Biographie:
Paul J Bennett (b. 1961) emigrated from England to Canada in 1967. His father served in the British Royal Navy, and his mother worked for the BBC in London. As a young man, Paul followed in his father's footsteps, joining the Canadian Armed Forces. He is married to Carol Bennett and has three daughters who are all creative in their own right.Paul's interest in writing started in his teen years when he discovered the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons (D &D). What attracted him to this new hobby was the creativity required, the need to create realms, worlds and adventures that pulled the gamers into his stories.In his thirties, Paul started to dabble in designing his own roleplaying system, using the Peninsular War in Portugal as his backdrop. His regular gaming group were willing victims, er, participants in helping to playtest this new system. A few years later, he added additional settings to his game, including Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, World War II, and the all-important Fantasy Realm where his stories occur.The beginnings of his first book, Servant of the Crown, originated over ten years ago when he began running a new fantasy campaign. For the world that the Kingdom of Merceria is in, he ran his adventures like a TV show, with seasons that each had twelve episodes and an overarching plot. When the campaign ended, he knew all the characters, what they had to accomplish, what needed to happen to move the story along, inspiring him to sit down and write his first novel. Paul now has four series based in his fantasy world of Eiddenwerthe. He looks forward to sharing many more books with his readers over the coming years....

Sommaire:
Paul J Bennett (b. 1961) emigrated from England to Canada in 1967. His father served in the British Royal Navy, and his mother worked for the BBC in London. As a young man, Paul followed in his father's footsteps, joining the Canadian Armed Forces. He is married to Carol Bennett and has three daughters, all creative in their own right.Paul's interest in writing began in his teen years, when he discovered the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). What attracted him to this new hobby was the creativity required, the need to create realms, worlds and adventures that pulled the gamers into his stories.In his thirties, Paul began dabbling in designing his own role-playing system, using the Peninsular War in Portugal as his backdrop. His regular gaming group were willing victims, er, participants in helping to playtest this new system. A few years later, he added additional settings to his game, including Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, World War II, and the all-important Fantasy Realm where his stories occur.The beginnings of his first book, Servant of the Crown, originated over fifteen years ago when he began running a new fantasy campaign. For the world that the Kingdom of Merceria is in, he ran his adventures like a TV show, with seasons that each had twelve episodes and an overarching plot. When the campaign ended, he knew all the characters, what they had to accomplish, and what needed to happen to move the story along, inspiring him to sit down and write his first novel. Paul is now working on his fifth series set in his fantasy world of Eiddenwerthe. He looks forward to sharing many more books with his readers over the coming years....