Bakrasah, The Old Kingdom

The world has changed. Legends tell that the world was once a lush and fertile land, and that it was blasted and destroyed centuries ago. Man — along with the rest of the races — now lives by his wits and luck alone.

Those same legends say that the now-fallen kingdom known as Bakrasah was part of a much greater land, that indeed, there was an entire world beyond the borders of the kingdom, full of life and civilization.

No one now living knows — or at least will admit to knowing — anything of what came before the Great Cataclysm, but one thing is sure: there were survivors. They were reduced to mere shells of men and creatures, and found that everything and everyone they had ever known was gone, in the blink of an eye. They were left to carry on as best as they could.

What society and civilization has been rebuilt is feudal and agrarian, although trade and commerce is fast gaining ground on the more traditional ways of life. Swords and sorcery, magic and machinery, all are a part of the normal pattern of existence in this war-torn and strife-riddled world.

Six hundred years have wrought great changes in the fabric of reality for the survivors, and even now further problems loom just over the horizon. Life is not easy here, though it may once have been. The races struggle and bicker, the city-states spy and plot, and everyone is looking over their shoulders

Welcome to the Old Kingdom. Welcome to Bakrasah.

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Bakrasah is the setting for an upcoming series of fantasy novels by Jason Kristopher. With magic, mystery, politics and epic battles, this series is sure to delight any fan of epic storytelling in the style of Jordan, Tolkien, Eddings and Brooks.

There are 30 books currently planned, comprising one 6-book main series and 8 additional trilogies. These stories will cover the 600 years of history of the Old Kingdom and its people. The mega-series as a whole is expected to take nearly ten years to write.

Currently, one short story set in this world, called Wave, Wind & Blade, is available on Kindle and the Nook for $1.

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