CLOAK GAMES, Nadia Moran, & the Wisconsin State Capitol
If you’ve read the CLOAK GAMES books, you know that a big part of CLOAK GAMES: FROST FEVER takes part in the Wisconsin State Capitol. My travels this week took me through southern Wisconsin, so I decided to stop by and see how much of the layout I had gotten wrong in the book.
Based upon news reports I have watched, I expected to see the Capitol encircled in a sea of placard-brandishing protesters. Perhaps because it was a holiday weekend, I saw only one protester, an elderly bearded man who stood in the rotunda and sang about labor solidarity at ear-splitting volume while a group of Asian tourists watched with bemusement. Some of them took pictures.
Anyway, I am pleased to report that I got the layout of the Capitol mostly right for the books. Since CLOAK GAMES: FROST FEVER takes place three hundred years in the future, I can claim any mistakes were the results of renovations in the layout that took place after the High Queen’s conquest of Earth. 🙂
The tour of the Capitol was quite interesting (and free) and the Wisconsin State History Museum across the street was also quite interesting (and also free, though donations are accepted). Highly recommended if you are in the area, though you may want to visit when UW-Madison isn’t in session to cut down on the amount of local traffic.
-JM
WOW the Wisconsin State Capitol is really a pretty city. It looks like Arlington VA but a bit bigger. Maybe you should do Arlington Virginia in a letter book series. It is a really good place to live and it is near D.C.. It is like a 5 min drive.
And thank you for your books they are amazing.
Luka
It is a beautiful building, and the tour is excellent. If you’re ever in the southern Wisconsin area, it is well worth the stop.
I did go to Arlington about fifteen years ago – it was quite educational about the history!