From BooksGoSocial: "This week, we’re talking with Duane Simolke about his new book Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure."
An excerpt from the interview:
"Where did you get the inspiration for this book?"
Sons of Taldra sprang from another of my books. Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure was a stand-alone scifi novel that took me two decades to write. Though I made it self-contained, it included a few hints of a separate tale, waiting to be told. Also, I had an unused character that I had created for that novel who demanded some of my creative attention.
A gay relationship develops near the end of Degranon that brings together an unlikely couple, and I wanted to see where that went. Finally, I had always wanted to write a story based on Native American mythology, and the family in Degranon was Native. It all came together from there.
As with Degranon, I made sure Sons of Taldra worked as a separate novel and stood on its own for people who hadn’t read anything else by me. However, it brings back some of the characters, themes, and settings from Degranon. Aside from all of that, I just wanted to tell an exciting sci-fi story.
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