As Ennek and Miner travel outside Praesidium, they encounter other countries that are struggling with the safety versus freedom quandary as well, and our heroes think about the consequences of different political decisions. Even the Chief’s own son is not immune from the threat of terrible punishment. But this has come at a great price-Praesidium is ruled by a totalitarian government that cracks down viciously on anyone who violates the rules. Ennek comes from Praesidium, a city-state in which many of the citizens are wealthy and in which crime of any kind is rare. I was thinking about this as I wrote these books.
And everyone has different views about where the balance should lie and how we should achieve it. My day job is criminal justice professor, so I can tell you that safety versus freedom is the fundamental dilemma facing the justice system. But aside from the more personal concerns, this book (and the entire trilogy) deal with a problem I think about a lot: how to balance safety and freedom. It’s the second in a trilogy, and Ennek and Miner are working out the shape of their new relationship as they engage in self-discovery-and deal with talking birds, conniving wizards, and other hazards. My newest release, Flux, tackles these questions. As a writer (and reader) of romance, my books tend to spend a lot of time exploring the nature of love, the intricacies of human relationships, the ways that other people can change the way we see ourselves. But they also help me think about certain universal issues. Yes, they let me see the world through fresh eyes. I can be anyone, at least for a time.īut some of the books that capture me best manage more than this. But give me a book and I can be Brute or Gray. I’m a short university professor who has trouble remembering her own phone number. One of my most popular novels, Brute, is about a maimed giant and a blind prisoner with the power to foresee deaths.
We might also read to experience things we never could in real life. Picking up a book and immersing ourselves in a fictional world is a wonderful way to temporarily forget our very real problems. One of the reasons why a lot of us read (or write, for that matter) is to escape our everyday world for a while. A warm welcome to author Kim Fielding joining us to talk about new release “Flux”.
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