It’s Finally Here! - Magic Triumphed w/ Andi Van

I am SO ready for this! If you’re just joining our program, Andi Van’s Mages Guild Trilogy is one of my favorites and the third book is finally out! PICK UP this series if you havn’t yet. Andi’s writing is witty, imaginative, and filled with characters of all types with at least one that everyone will relate to. Okay, okay, let’s get into it...

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Zaree Muna would follow her brother Tasis anywhere, but she never imagined that path to lead where it has. After Tasis and his familiar fall under a magical sleep from which no one can wake them, she and her party prepare to face the mad king of Archai without him. They don’t expect the journey to lead to the Maker herself, who predicts three deaths will occur as the battle to save their world from Archai and a jealous god nears. Two of those deaths will be loved ones, and if things go wrong, the third death could spell the end of everything.
But no one ever accused Zaree of being a coward, and as she and the others go into battle to save what Tasis has rebuilt, she is ready to laugh in the face of death. The thousand-year wait is over, and none of them will accept anything less than triumph.

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“Write me a story with a dragon.”
You never think that a single sentence could change things so drastically. Or at least I don’t. But in 2007, when I decided to participate in this thing I’d heard of called NaNoWriMo, that’s exactly what my grandmother told me when I called her to tell her I had no idea what kind of story to write.
So I wrote her a story with a dragon. That was in 2007, mind you, and the original iteration of Tasis’ story was only one book long and badly written in places. Especially the ending. The ending was horrible. But I was lucky enough to have a chance to fix that, to expand my fictional world into an entire universe.
And hey... I wrote a story with a dragon for you. I hope you like it.
You can follow along with the blog tour at http://andivan.com/magic-triumphed-blog-tour. Since the dragons are what started this whole mess (both in reality and in the story), it’s the dragons I’ll be talking about for most of the tour. Keep your eyes peeled for a random giveaway or two!
​I’ve talked about the Maker, now let’s talk about Death. Death is the Maker’s twin sister. She looks exactly like the Maker (Eastern-based, serpent-like dragon with a mane). But while the Maker is pure white, Death is pure black. And while the Maker’s humanoid form is a pale human, Death’s human form is extremely dark. And while their appearances, like their purposes, are on opposite sides of the same coin, their personalities are very similar. There’s a comic/story about Life sending Death countless gifts, and that’s kind of what inspired the two. The Maker and Death love each other very much, and Death is just as sweet and loving as her twin sister - unless you do something to hurt the Maker. I didn’t get to show as much of her as I would have liked. But again, it wouldn’t have fit, much like a lot of other things I wanted to squeeze in. But over the last few days I’ve been mulling another trilogy, this one starting off with Reikos, so if I decide to do another trilogy set in this world it’s quite likely Death will show up again. (Clearly I am not as done with Tasis and company as I’d thought I was.)
The excerpt I’ve included is changed slightly to prevent spoilers. :)

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Yldost placed one of their diminutive claws atop Firea’s hand and looked up at her adoringly. “[The Maker] would like you. You understand. I hope you meet her someday.”
“Don’t we all meet her someday?” Jorget asked wryly.
Yldost gave him a confused look. “I do not understand.”
“He’s talking about death,” Zaree told them. “The assumption is that [the Maker] would also handle death.”
Yldost gave a small snort. “Oh, no. [The Maker] creates. Her twin guides the creations to the next life with love and compassion when the time comes.”
“What does happen after we die?” Jorget asked.
The dragon looked at him, head cocked to the side, one eye ridge raised in what could only be amusement. “I’m sorry, but you will have to wait and find out for yourself.”
“Another rule?” Zaree guessed as Jorget muttered something about the unfairness of it all.
“Of course,” Yldost said. “If you knew what awaited you, it would spoil all of [Death’s] fun.”
“You know, I’ve noticed that your family has an odd definition of the word fun,” Jorget pointed out grumpily.
Yldost snickered as they moved back to their plate and took another bite of their breakfast. “No,” they finally said. “I’m quite certain it’s you. Because it’s very likely that dragons invented fun.”

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Andi Van is a foul-mouthed troublemaker who lives near San Diego with a baseball bat that’s forever being used for things other than baseball, and a fondness for rum and caffeine (though not necessarily together).
Andi is fluent in three languages (English, sarcasm, and profanity), and takes pride in a highly developed—if somewhat bizarre—sense of humor.