Dylan Doose is the author of the ongoing dark fantasy series, Sword & Sorcery. He also pens the new weird western series, Red Harvest. His debut novel received honorable mention in Library Journal’s Indie Ebook Awards and was a Shelf Unbound Magazine Notable 100.
WEBSITE & SOCIAL LINKS:
Website: https://www.dylandooseauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dylan_Doose
As a book bloggin’ and book luvin’ Princess, I’m always curious to find out how authors got the ideas for their books. Can you tell us how you got the idea to write your book?
I was inspired to write the series because I loved reading old sword and sorcery stories (Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith) and I wanted to take everything I enjoyed about them and create new twists on old and familiar tropes.
Can you tell us a little about the main characters of your book?
Heretic monk turned Sorcerer, Aldous Weaver.
Infamous crusader turned fugitive, Kendrick the Cold. Aristocrat, rogue,
monster hunter, and legend in his own mind, Theron Ward.
Three men condemned to die for their crimes find
in each other both the will and the means to survive. A dark brotherhood with
Sword and Sorcery is forged, and all monsters meek and mighty do fear the
three.
If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would that be?
Take your time. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
What would you say is one of your interesting writing quirks?
I am a very visual writer. I see people, places, and events, and I want my readers to see them, too.
Do you hear from your readers? What do they say?
I do, and I appreciate that they take the time to write. Sometimes, it’s just about the book, and sometimes they tack on a sentence or two because after visiting my dark and gritty fantasy world, they have concern for my sanity.
What is the toughest criticism given to you as an author?
Before Fire and Sword, I wrote an elaborate story with multiple points of view and a highly political base that was way outside my ability as a new writer. My editor told me I needed to start over.
I felt that first book was a beginning and an end…one and done. So I didn’t write that book. I started a new book instead, a saga, and that new book was Fire and Sword.
What has been your best accomplishment?
When Fire and Sword received an honorable mention from Library Journal.
Do you Google yourself?
Sometimes. I sometimes like to look at my book reviews.
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
Seven. They might never be finished. Sometimes I write things that are just for me.
Do you have anything specific that you would like to say to your readers?
Thank you for
reading. Thank you for showing your support. It is amazing to know how many of
you are out there, all across the world.
Title: FIRE AND SWORD (Book 1)
Author: Dylan Doose
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 366
Genre: Epic Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery / Dark Fantasy
“An epic tale…”—Library Journal
A broken nation in need of a savior.
Ravaged by plague, decimated by dark magic, infiltrated by a foreign evil seeking to dominate from within, Brynth is on the eve of its dissolution. When all the good men are dead and gone, who is to answer the call and defy what is wicked for what is right?
A Twisted Tale of Three Unlikely Heroes.
Heretic monk turned Sorcerer, Aldous Weaver. Infamous crusader turned fugitive, Kendrick the Cold. Aristocrat, rogue, monster hunter, and legend in his own mind, Theron Ward.
Three men condemned to die for their crimes find in each other both the will and the means to survive. A dark brotherhood with Sword and Sorcery is forged, and all monsters meek and mighty do fear the three.
“Gritty, fast-paced and compelling!”
Honorable mention in Library Journal’s Indie Ebook Awards and a Shelf Unbound Magazine Notable 100!
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Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011H0JWCI
Title: CATACOMBS OF TIME (Book 2)
Author: Dylan Doose
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 120
Genre: Epic Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery / Dark Fantasy
“Dylan Doose is a master.”—Amazon reviewer
It’s going to be a long and bloody night.
The clock is ticking and Dr. De’Brouillard has a date. Dinner is at the Graves and a contract to cure one of the cursed is sitting on the plate. But when an old and dear friend reaches out from murky shadow for a helping hand, will the Doctor take it, risking all if he ends up being late?
New heroes join the fray. Are they friend or foe?
Dr. Gaige De’Brouillard believes science, not magic, conquers all. Even death is just an equation to be solved.
Malory “Butcher” Dahmer knows that life is but a dream, no wickedness, no sorcery too strange or obscene.
An Academic and a Gangster make for an interesting team.
Don’t miss the dark fantasy that reviewers are calling ‘visceral,’ ‘fantastic,’ and ‘intriguing’—get your copy of Catacombs of Time today!
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Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017WUOWPY
Title: THE PYRES (Book 3)
Author: Dylan Doose
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 317
Genre: Epic Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery / Dark Fantasy
Monsters. Magic. Epic Battles.
The mountains and valleys of Romaria echo with the calamitous sounds of civil war. A New Order challenges old gods and on the festival night of the Pyres, the tides of destruction are fully unleashed.
When the great white city of Brasov turns black with ash, when the sky goes red and the moon hangs like a dark void above, who will stand against the darkness?
A Twisted Tale of Three Unlikely Heroes.
Heretic monk turned Sorcerer, Aldous Weaver. Infamous crusader turned fugitive, Kendrick the Cold. Aristocrat, rogue, monster hunter, and legend in his own mind, Theron Ward.
Three men condemned to die for their crimes find in each other both the will and the means to survive. A dark brotherhood with Sword and Sorcery is forged, and all monsters meek and mighty do fear the three.
Don’t miss the next thrilling instalment in the dark fantasy that reviewers are calling ‘gritty, fast-paced and compelling’—get your copy of The Pyres today!
“Grim, gritty, and good!” —Amazon Reviewer
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Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J6C0VE2
Title: ICE AND STONE (Book 4)
Author: Dylan Doose
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 136
Genre: Epic Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery / Dark Fantasy
“Dark and excellent!”—Amazon Reviewer
Raise the sails! Blow the horns! It’s raiding season!
After a storm, Therick—raider from the frozen north—lands on the wrong foreign shores. With axe in hand and violence in mind, he and his warriors seek out villages to pillage and plunder.
But when a timeless evil rises, Therick is forced into a battle not his own, a battle of gods and monsters…a battle he cannot win.
New heroes join the fray. Are they friend or foe?
Therick, son of ice, born with a serpent’s eye and a reptilian will to stay alive.
Eona, daughter of stone, huntress of the great jungle.
Will they unite, or fight as the world around them crumbles?
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Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XJQP93D
Title: AS THEY BURN (Book 5)
Author: Dylyan Doose
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 334
Genre: Epic Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery / Dark Fantasy
“Addicted!”—Amazon Reviewer
Darkness Returns to Brynth.
The shadow of a great invasion comes from the North, threatening to bring with it an oppressive new way of life, the way of the axe. A city recently saved now lies twisted and forever altered by a secret society within.
Caught between these two wicked forces, the innocent citizens of Brynth need a savior…or three.
A Twisted Tale of Three Unlikely Heroes.
Heretic monk turned Sorcerer, Aldous Weaver. Infamous crusader turned fugitive, Kendrick the Cold. Aristocrat, rogue, monster hunter, and legend in his own mind, Theron Ward.
Three men condemned to die for their crimes find in each other both the will and the means to survive. A dark brotherhood with Sword and Sorcery is forged, and all monsters meek and mighty do fear the three.
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Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077CCP1RS
Title: BLACK SUN MOON (Book 6)
Author: Dylan Doose
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 296
Genre: Epic Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery / Dark Fantasy
In the beginning there was madness and there was death.
A string of occult murders leads veteran holy-man-with-a-big-sword, Cullum Shrike, to Wardbrook, a treacherous place of pagan practices, corrupt leaders, and sinister sorcery.
Cullum must purge his beliefs as he is forced to face the evil within, for when all light dies, only darkness can kill a shadow.
New heroes join the fray. Are they friend or foe?
Cullum Shrike, warrior priest of the holy Order of Seekers. Haunted by the ghosts of his failures, he clings to his faith even as treachery and insidious betrayal are revealed.
Nyva, the witch, is bound to the black house on the hill. She is stronger than she could imagine, she just needs someone to unlock her latent power.
An unlikely pair, but a pair they do make and when the dancing starts, they might just bring the house down.
Don’t miss this thrilling—and terrifying—stand-alone full-length novel in the dark and gritty Sword and Sorcery series!
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Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JCX9SSL
Title: EMBERS ON THE WIND (Book 7
Author: Dylan Doose
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 384
Genre: Epic Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery / Dark Fantasy
The Contract: Get to the Tower, Kill the Beast.
Simple enough? The problem is Theron, Aldous, and Kendrick are no longer in a world they know and between them and the tower are a few hundred miles of woods and waters infested with beasts and monsters.
With a mutant and a dead man as their only guides, the three will have to rely on their trust for each other more than ever to get through.
A Twisted Tale of Three Unlikely Heroes
Heretic monk turned sorcerer, Aldous Weaver. Infamous crusader turned fugitive, Kendrick the Cold. Aristocrat, rogue, monster hunter, and legend in his own mind, Theron Ward.
Three men condemned to die for their crimes find in each other both the will and the means to survive. A dark brotherhood with Sword and Sorcery is forged, and all monsters meek and mighty do fear the three.
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