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Mark David Gerson
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The SunQuest
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
The Bliss of Ignorance
So much about the Q'ntana stories mirrors my own life and journey – metaphorically, of course, as I have never lived in a land with two suns, nor have I ever embarked on a Moon-, Star- or SunQuest. A truth in my life that transcends metaphor, however, is how little I know in each moment...and how much better it is for me that way, despite the inevitable frustration. That was certainly true of these Q'ntana stories, which birthed innocently in a writing class I was teaching and then went on to consume the next 20 years of my life. Like Ben in this excerpt, had I understood the full import of those first Q'ntana words, I might have let that knowledge interfere with the unfolding of The MoonQuest, The StarQuest and the SunQuest, a trio of stories that continues to bless me in so many ways.
Book Excerpt
The SunQuest
Had I been a cleverer man while I still was a man, perhaps I would have deciphered the truth much earlier — not only about who I was and what I was destined to become but about Akila, my father, who had arrived from nowhere and had returned, mysteriously, to that same place just before I was born. Had I understood the full import of my journey, I would surely have allowed it to interfere with my life as Ben Ko’lar, first Elderbard of the newly rechristened land of Q’ntana. As it was, Prithi made certain that I knew no more than was necessary, even to the moment of my death.
At that moment, as the final breath left my body one autumn morning in the glimmer before dawn, I heard O’ric’s voice, even though he was not present in my bedchamber. “It is time, Ko’lar,” he whispered.
Still, I did not understand.
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