Published
by Morris Publishing Australia
Available
from your local bookstore
Signed
copy available from the MPA website
Royce Bond’s new sci
fi/fantasy novel The Princess and the Pirate is a swashbuckling adventure of a
Pirate, a Princess and their followers as they fight to save the universe from
evil forces. It is the first book in a series called The Knights of
Katesch.
Synopsis:
These are the chronicles of the Knights of Katesch, who for time out of memory
have fought the wizard Maligor, across all the dimensions of the known
universe.
After
the death of her mother Hibana, one of the famed Knights of Katesch, at the
hands of a Kladath assassin, Princess Hepzebah faces the fight of her life. As
the new queen, she has inherited her mother's powers. The space pirate Captain
Sergio runs the blockade to bring an unearthly army to fight the last battle
against Maligor's hordes. He has plans for this young queen, but his plans are
hijacked and they are thrust into an inter-dimensional battle for the future of
the known universe.
Author Interview:
About your novel:
Q. Have you had worked previously published?
Yes, I have had 3 children’s science books, and 8
teacher reference books published, as well as dozens of magazine and newspaper
articles.
Q.
Have you won any awards?
I was the first Queenslander and the first teacher
from the bush to win the National B.H.P./C.S.I.R.O. Science Teacher’s Award.
Q. Describe your book The Princess and the Pirate in five words or less.
a) exciting
b) action packed
c) fantasy
d) fiction
Q. How
did the ideas for your book come to you?
I tend to day
dream a lot. I also watch a lot of sci-fi television and movies. I am a
medieval re-enactor and I love “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “The Lord of the
Ring.”
I have built a
small medieval room under my house where I write. So when you put all of this
together ideas just flow.
Q. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
When evil seems to be winning there is
always hope. Eventually it will be defeated, but often not in the way that most
people think.
Q.. Why did you choose to write in this genre?
I have always been
fascinated with make-believe, so this easily led me into fantasy writing. From
the ages of 7 to 21 years, I worked on market gardens. This work doesn’t
require much brain power, so I would spend whole days daydreaming. Then when I
had time off, I continued with this habit.
My parents were movie buffs.
They didn’t own a television when I was young, but we went to the drive-in
movies almost every Saturday night as a family. So my youth was a mixture of
day dreaming, make believe and movies.
I became addicted in my late
teens to science fiction, especially stories that combined with fantasy. So with this background,
fantasy/sci fi is the only genre I could really write in, as almost my whole life
has been immersed in it.
Q. Does the life of your main character parallel with yours in any way?
In many ways, he is. Sergio is a character that most
people don’t understand, and I seem to be the same. He is extremely loyal and
willing to sacrifice himself for a higher cause.
He fell in love with Hepzebah the moment he saw her. I
fell in love with my wife within about a minute of seeing her in a youth group.
Ten days later, I wrote a poem proposing to her. I gave it to her a week or so
after that. We have now been married for 33 years.
Sergio is a swordsman and he throws axes. I do the
same. He also likes adventures and often gets into dangerous situations. When I
was young I used to canoe down rapids, and my most memorable time was when a
few friends and I attempted rapids in the middle of a cyclone.
Q. Did you have the
manuscript professionally edited before it went to the publisher?
I am a part of a fantastic writing group. We come
together once a week and read our latest chapters to one another. Each person
in the group then makes editorial comments about that chapter. So I have had
each chapter of my books edited by at least 7 other highly skilled writers.
Thanks for asking me to visit. I hope I can inspire
others to pursue their dream of becoming an author.
Best wishes, Royce.
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