Working in film taught me to break down a narrative and to think about it in discrete pieces. I definitely think that directing and shooting affect the way I write. Has that skillset been beneficial to you in your writing? Once I knew that, I couldn’t look away because I needed to know what someone who has been systematically denied power and equal humanity might do when they realize that they can claw back everything that was kept from them.īefore you were a writer, one of the many hats you wore was director and cinematographer. Here was a brutally wronged young man, slated by society for poverty, disdain, and an early death, but then he finds a life-altering crucible promising incredible power. There was something frightening yet irresistible about him. That’s the year we were formally introduced, and, to be honest, before that I was exploring several other options that I thought might be the right story for me to try and tell. It’s an honor to be speaking with you, and, in terms of Tau, we go back to the top of 2017.

Very minor spoilers for the series below!ĭANIEL DEVITA: Thanks for joining us, Evan! In case readers aren’t familiar with your books, can you talk a little bit about the origin of The Burning? How far back do you and Tau go, and how did this story come to be?ĮVAN WINTER: Hey, Winter Is Coming, thanks very much for having me.

Recently, we got the chance to sit down with Winter and ask him some questions about The Fires of Vengeance, his writing process, and the swords he’d want guarding his back. The follow-up, The Fires of Vengeance, is one of the most highly anticipated fantasy releases of the fall, and with good reason: The Rage of Dragons was excellent, and it left off just as the story was reaching new heights of tension and intrigue. It had just about everything a fan of dark fantasy could desire.

Tau undertakes a quest for vengeance, all set against the backdrop of an African-inspired fantasy world replete with dragons, demons, magic-wielding priestesses, clashing armies and political machinations. Rage tells the story of a young man named Tau, whose life is twisted off course when he loses his father and his place in the brutal, caste-based society where he lives. By Daniel Roman 2 years ago The next chapter of The Burning, Evan Winter’s epic fantasy saga, is almost upon us. We speak with the author about the highly anticipated sequel, The Fires of Vengeance.Įvan Winter’s debut novel, The Rage of Dragons, was one of my favorite fantasy novels of 2019.

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