Coming Soon: The Scarred King: Book III – Proving

I’m updating here for those of you who have read the first two books and may be wondering if the 3rd is ever coming. It’s been a much longer journey than I had hoped, but I want to assure you all, it IS happening!

When we last saw Bowmark and Scolla they were trapped in a desolate valley full of monsters, and at each other’s throats. I can’t leave them that way!

One of the things that has been taking me so long is that I wasn’t happy with the technical quality of the first two books. So I hired a very skilled editor and she’s been doing an amazing job polishing the prose, flow, and bringing everything together beautifully. Some of the issues she found in the third book required some additions, fixes and clarifications to the first two. (This means new editions for Books 1 & 2 when the 3rd releases) And while that created a lot of work, I’m very excited about how much better the story is as a result. Quality is a very high priority for me, because my hope is to spin these stories into a TV series at some point.

I’ve also been working very hard on the illustrations, maps and cover. Which brings me to a topic about the future of the Tales From Talifar franchise. I’ve decided that the pace of output for these books is far too long, and there’s an easy solution to this. I need to cut way, WAY back on the number of illustrations for now. (At least as long as I’m the only artist working on the series) We have another ten books written and waiting to get out there! So the message I want to leave you with is this… Our first trilogy is taking far to long to produce, but I’ve got a plan to increase that output dramatically. I hope you’ll come along for the ride as we explore so many new, captivating characters and stories in the world of Talifar!

TfT Authors

Joshua Foreman has worked in the video game industry for decades. Artist and level-designer,

Josh is infamous for his Gummi Wurm tutorial on YouTube. He does other stuff, too. For instance, he

keeps an entire stable of trolls well-fed. Don’t get him started on talking about cutscenes.

Josh Foreman is happy to receive comments, corrections, and adulation at ________

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Lelia Rose Foreman is basically a boring person who tries to write exciting stories. She has raised

and released five children. Cyborg (cochlear implant) and avid gardener, she enjoys collaborating with

her oldest son on stories set on Talifar. Don’t get her started on talking about Rwanda.

At this point in her life, Lelia Rose Foreman wants only adulation at twitter.com@LeliaForeman

or www.leliaroseforeman.blogspot.com

 

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TfT Books: A Little Magic

Summer Dawn is a part of an offshoot of humans who are half sized, but full of life.  A tragedy forces her to leave the city of Megaloth to live with her nature-loving extended family.  Unable to handle the culture shock she finds her way to to the mystical land called Crash Site.  According to legend this is the birthplace of all humans and magic.  Can she find her place in an over-sized world?

 

TfT Books: Killing the Siij

A little girl’s family is slaughtered by the barely sentient plant-like creatures called the Siij.  When she comes of age she vows to destroy them all.  But only with the help of an unlikely ally, an adolescent Garloon who has been banished from his tribe until he matures.  Interwoven between their stories we explore the mind of a drone-like blood thirsty Siij who is fighting to feed and relocate his mother tree. 

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TfT Books: Sailing From Stoneshell

Bowmark’s little brother has become a surly teenager who’s desperate to leave home and escape the shadow of his brother the king.  What will happen when he tries to bring the stolen holy books back to an island they had stayed hidden from for generations?

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TfT Books: The Scarred King III

Bowmark completes his mission and returns to his island nation, but must face his most difficult challenge yet.

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TfT Books: The Scarred King II

Bowmark struggles to find the treasure he seeks while learning to cope with all new cultures, creatures, and a cranky sidekick who considers Bowmark to be HIS sidekick.

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TfT Books: The Scarred King I

Banished from his tropical island nation, Bowmark sets out on a journey to collect 10 treasures from far away lands in order to save his family and and overthrow a corrupt usurper. 

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