Ardeen - Volume 1 / Ardeen (ePub)

Fairy tales and heroic sagas with their dragons, brave heroes and magic have long held a special fascination for me. As a child, I read fairy tales from all over the world, and also the Roman, Greek and Germanic heroic sages. At that time, the fantasy boom was a thing of the future, and books of this genre were in short supply in bookshops and libraries.

I was soon reading modern classics such as 'The Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkein, 'Quartermain' by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, and the Conan series by Robert E. Howard, authors who in the meantime are considered pioneers of fantasy literature.

Even in those days, I invented stories and sometimes even wrote them down. But to begin with, I took a completely different direction professionally.

After my Abitur, I went on to study business management and at the same time, began learning traditional taekwondo, an Asian martial art characterized by its dynamic kicking techniques.

After completing my studies, I ended up in Dresden for professional reasons. I worked for many years in the surveyor's office of my father, where I was responsible for the entire financial department of the firm. Parallel to this, I set up the Taekwon-Do Center Dresden, a school for traditional taekwondo.
The Taekwon-Do Center Dresden has now existed for over 17 years and has become one of the established martial arts facilities in Dresden.

These two professions have inspired me again and again in my writing, enabling me to write from my own experience: For example, concerning injuries, pain, healing processes (here, lengthy healing without magic is meant), leadership, administration and trouble with (superior) authorities. For a bit of fun, I keep Ravenor's list from volume II at the bottom of the pile of papers on my desk, and when I have completed all my work, there then appears this wonderful example of accounting to make me smile..

But how did I actually come to writing?

Basically on a whim. The fantasy book market was

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