Getting Started

Welcome to the World of Arwin!

 

      Welcome dear readers! I am going to start a blog, which will hopefully expand on the world of Arwin and enhance your enjoyment of the Arwin Adventure Series. First up is an overview of Arwin.

     I created Arwin to explore themes, cultures, mores et. that I felt could not be done using conventional earth-bound times and places. For example, I have created a world which has remained, and flourished, in a pre-industrial technology. While they have the technological equivalent to our High Middle Ages/Early Renaissance, they also have some technology more consistent with Greco/Roman times. When I begin the tales in the Empire of Cassar, there will be some steam-punk type elements as well.

     Socially, I can base a society on chivalry, honor, duty, etc. I also have an active and somewhat powerful middle class, which in our equivalent time frame was virtually non-existent. I have also increased the overall health of the population through herbal and natural resources.

     I also wanted to limit weaponry to non-explosives, making warfare a more up close and personal sort of experience - there is no bombing from a distance (save for longbows). I felt that this discourages warfare to an extent.

     Speaking of Cassar, it is a matriarchy. Yes, dominated by women! I try to create powerful, competent female characters and this Empire is an extension of that desire. In contrast to matriarchies in our world, Cassar is actually the country with the highest technology.

     The books, so far, are in sets of three - the first three books are set in the Kingdom of Weymer (A Squire's Tale, Jack of Hearts, and Three of Hearts). Each novel in the 'trilogy', as it were, builds on the others, but each stands alone and tells a complete story. I use characters across novels because as I reader I am always wanting more - what happened? How did their lives go after the words 'The End'?

     All of my novels will be available for Kindle and in print. As of today, 'A Squire's Tale' is available and I encourage you to begin at the beginning. I hope you enjoy the adventure as much as I enjoy writing it.

        Donna Lee Peabody - 11/5/15