Debut Author A. L. Collins Weaves Imagination with Fantasy In Bastion: Prequel To War

Jan. 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Bastion, Prequel to War by budding author A. L. Collins is a novel set in the fantasy genre and as a fantasy novel it delivers a mystical story.  This novel is set in the magic imbued world of Serrah where the inhabitants use the ancient magical skills of Mannah to wage war for control of the much desired power of Mannah.  This book is fraught with sword and magic wielding heroes, evil marauders and other interesting characters typically found in the fantasy genre such as dragons, elves, humans with strong psychic abilities, shape shifters and gypsies makes for a promising read.

   Bastion is about a young man named Rigil who is only a day away from becoming a guardsman in the city of Endican. However a shadow guild attacks both the city and the neighboring town of Fredriff during Rigil's final exam and he is forced to fight back and escape the city with his squadron alive. However things do not go as planned when he wakes up in a gypsy camp in the Fallensa woods.

   Asked why the author likes the fantasy genre, he said, “A lack of excitement in my community gave me quite an active imagination.”  He continued, “I’ve been telling stories for the better part of my life. So once I thought hard about what I enjoyed doing it just hit me that writing was what I was meant to do. It wasn’t long before it became my passion.”  He concluded, “I always enjoyed limitless boundaries and a fantasy world is influenced only by the scope of your own imagination.  Nothing is impossible.  I liked that feeling of freedom in my writing.”

   A young man with an exciting career in writing ahead of him, A. L. Collins has been on an exponential learning curve developing his writing skills.  “I’m already a much better writer than I was yesterday, so to feel like I’m growing at this rate is just amazing.”  Staying busy and balancing his social life seems to be a bit of a challenge.  “Sometimes things get so crazy that I’d love to be able to just sit in a comfy room and write my heart out.  The book eats up the social life too. My friends wonder why I haven’t resurfaced after so many weeks.  I’m just that busy,” he said during a recent interview.

   Bastion: Prequel To War is available from Amazon and other online retailers.  More information can be seen at the author’s website: http://themagicofbastion.blogspot.com/

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  A.L. Collins currently resides in Manchester, Maryland. He completed the first novel in the Bastion series Prequel To War when he was eighteen years old.  A.L. Collins has always known the value of interesting characters.  Just fresh out of high school, he has always sported a fantastic imagination and shows a remarkable skill for telling stories. He was born with the gift to weave tales and give substance to characters, combining the elements of a great story in order to produce novels that will leave you either laughing or crying or maybe both at the same time!  He is currently working on several projects along with the sequel in the Bastion series Rise of Shadows.

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