Indie Spotlight is our
monthly column on self-publishing. This month Siobhan Daiko interviews Pierre
Dimaculangan, who was born in Manila, although he now lives in the States. Pierre has just published The Sage, the Swordsman and the Scholars,
the first in his projected historical fantasy trilogy, Trials of the Middle Kingdom (China).
When enigmatic
nonhuman visitors arrive from the sea, the very foundations of the Middle
Kingdom are under attack. The evil agenda of the invaders sparks a war that
will determine the fate of the Ming Dynasty and the nations beyond. A young,
legendary swordsman allies himself with a banished Shaolin monk, a defeated
bandit chieftain, a carefree Mongol, and an unknown philosopher who knows the
only hope for victory. Together, this band of misfits strives to be proven
worthy of the impossible task before them. Determined to combat the invaders'
initial offensives, they must also repel countless internal enemies who have
rallied to bring down the mighty Ming Dynasty.
So: over to
Siobhan and Pierre…
