Crosspost: ericmrozek.com.
As promised, it’s time to begin a series of writing diaries to show you the progress behind our upcoming novel, Revolution. While we don’t have a firm release date yet, we can tell you that it is the final chapter of The War of the Democratic Coalition series and will face a lot of changes as we move from the drafts to the final copy. However, that doesn’t mean that we can’t give you a few morsels of interesting information here and there!
The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever.
Since we are entering the third act of a single story, it is important to consider the necessity of a good title. As with any piece of pop culture, we wanted it to have a special significance to the story while not giving too much away. To use our previous two stories, Destruction chronicles the outbreak of the war against Thrakoth and the struggle to hold everything together, whereas Illumination refers to both the age that the characters live in and their quest to uncover the truth behind the battles that rage around them.
So, what does Revolution mean in the grand scheme of things?
It refers to the world to come and the final battle to control and shape the future. Whoever wins the war will be the guardian of a new age, but will it be one where freedom expands or one under the iron-fisted rule of Thrakoth?
The Clash Of Ideologies.
If you’ve read through Destruction and Illumination, you may have gotten the idea that the war in both novels is driven by ideology, rather than a looming, unnamed evil. We take great care in our production process to slowly build on these ideas with each passing installment. In Destruction, we introduced the concept of Thrakoth’s Grand Design. With the release of Illumination, we built on the ideology of an empire by introducing the danger of his vision to a free people.
With this in mind, the only way to continue would be to have Thrakoth reveal the why behind what he is doing.
While we don’t want to spoil it for you, we will say that the ultimate reveal follows in the grand tradition of what makes a good bad guy. In keeping with our promise to deliver fun entertainment for everyone, we also took great care in the production process to ensure that Thrakoth is not a reference to recent events or anyone that is currently living.
Why would we focus so much on this aspect of the story? It’s important to realize that people read, watch, and play to take their mind off of current worries. Therefore, it’s not a good idea to risk losing up to half of an audience by creating a thinly veiled reference to, say, the 2016 election cycle.
For now, we’ll leave you with that. Happy New Year to one and all!
