Behind the Pages

Inspiration for the Dakusin

Spoiler free Oh, now we’re getting nostalgic. Taivas Robane and Barus Kuma are the main protagonists of The Nyverian Curse, two best friends who’re seemingly always standing back-to-back against the world. They were heavily inspired by my childhood favourite cartoon show, Swat Kats, where a pair of ex-military rogues work together to make their city…

Eistas

Mild spoilers: backstory elements and twists from The Nyverian Curse It’s pronounced ‘Ice-tis’. I know that the spelling doesn’t encourage the correct pronunciation, but I just got too used to it. The name comes from Eis, which means ice cream in German, and Istas, a word of Native American origin meaning snow. It is meant…

Aiken ‘Scrap’ Von Ra

Mild spoilers:  some backstory elements from The Nyverian Curse As the first rayshan we meet in my book, The Nyverian Curse, Scrap carries the responsibility of introducing his race to the readers. A hard task, considering that he isn’t an ordinary one at all, but the sole rayshan alive with Adler’s syndrome. Unusually colourless for…

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