The Golden Heart

Nomen est Omen

In the year of the Great Change the Gods decided to create a new name system. The land itself was still separated through provinces, but there was no clear separation of races anymore. So for one they decided for a language everyone needed to be able to speak - English - and for keeping the surnames in Latin. All surnames are Latin words - mostly neutral or words in the Genitive - to not get them confused with masculine or feminine Latin words often used as first names. There is no certain trend to naming your babies. Anything is possible, any language, any origin, even invented...

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You can also order it at your local bookstore by asking for ISBN "978-3-8495-7326-3"

After only having been offered an E-Book release by the big publishing house and having some issues with the other because of wanting to keep certain rights, I decided to self-publish.
Considering the fact that the publishing house that ultimately was going to release it seemed a little fishy to me, I guess it's for the best.

Right now a very kind editor and fellow writer is working on my story. A cartographer is creating a map for me. Already have the covers planned and everything so it's all good.

I am currently correcting the German version and simultaneously translating it to English.

First...

- The first version of "The Golden Heart" I've written in 2009 had only three main characters (Devius being the hero, Aurea his love interest & Ardor his best friend - Aurea's grandfather was another major character. Catus, Malus, Ater & Ian were the major villains. Ian was not an Earth-Magus but a Fire Magus.)

- A lot of the names were randomized. In these cases I had a name before I formed a personality out of it.

- Some of the randomized names were: Ian, Notin & Aura.

- Aurea was my own idea & Azuria I had invented when I was 15.

- I started writing when I was 11. My first attempt...