SEVENFOLD SWORD & FROSTBORN

Let’s have a little (and spoiler-free) preview of SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION.

There is a writing tool called “arc words”, where a particular phrase or word gets repeated in a book as a means of establishing a theme or a motif. A famous example is “precious” from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, where that word describes the growing corruption the Ring of Power has upon its bearer.

If you’ve read my books, you know I’m very fond of arc words. Probably the two biggest examples are “the star is the key to the crystal” and “the silver fire is your only salvation” from the GHOST EXILE series.

FROSTBORN had quite a few arc words:

-The Frostborn are returning.

-Find Dragonfall and your staff.

-One hundred thousand years of war. (I admit this one was my favorite.)

-Burn with me.

-Freedom from time and matter and law.

So here are some of the planned arc words for SEVENFOLD SWORD:

-The Guardian(s).

The Nine Cities.

-Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Life, Death, and Shadow.

-The Dark Lady.

-Thunderbolt.

-Swordborn.

-Find me again.

-The New God is coming.

-JM