IMPERIA
by
Jason Hatcher
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GENRE:
Fantasy, Asian Gothic
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BLURB:
IMPERIA
is a tale of revenge. It is a resurrection of Asian myth. It is
fantasy's untold story.
Thirty years is a long time to hold a grudge. The Red Empress has endured every single day of the past three decades living among enemies. A captive empress, she bides her time, her mind's machinations plotting a future bathed in blood. And then the future becomes the present. Across the Empire of Heaven, the winds blow calmly no more.
Thirty years is a long time to hold a grudge. The Red Empress has endured every single day of the past three decades living among enemies. A captive empress, she bides her time, her mind's machinations plotting a future bathed in blood. And then the future becomes the present. Across the Empire of Heaven, the winds blow calmly no more.
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Excerpt
Among
the People of the Empire of Heaven, the Great Capital was not simply
the heart of an empire; to them, it was the center of civilization
itself. The city sprawled across a great valley, a landscape much
different than the parched wastelands of the West. As winter made its
final retreat and spring took hold, this contrast became even more
apparent.
The
Great Capital's skyline was a tessellation of tiled eaves that framed
the edges of homes, shop buildings, temples, and courtyards. Except
for a few brief hours preceding dawn, the streets overflowed with
life: artisans and beggars, soldiers and thieves; merchants, priests,
and prostitutes.
Everywhere
was the echo of cartwheels on cobblestones. From the few streets left
unpaved rose clouds of red dust, churned up by the pitter patter of
too many feet.
A
hundred generations had lived and died in this city. With such spans
of time came the accumulation of ghosts, visible in every worn
footpath and every magic amulet hung before the shrine of this or
that dead ancestor. History radiated from the beams and the mortar of
edifices that filled the valley to its brim, from the base of one
mountain to the other. Temples crept up the sides of the surrounding
hills, as the intrepid faithful sought out new places to burn their
incense, give their offerings, and pray.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Originally
from Pensacola, Florida, Jason Hatcher attended the International
Baccalaureate senior high school program, then went on to study
Japanese and English literature at the University of Florida. He
attended law school in Boston, and worked as an attorney in New York
City for eight years. A lifelong lover of Asia, he spent much of his
childhood in Japan. He speaks, reads, and writes Japanese, and has
traveled extensively throughout that part of the world. Today, he
lives in Westchester County, New York, with his husband, mother, and
twin sons.
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