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​Derek Leman.

Tolkien changed my way of looking at the world. I was twelve when I first entered Middle Earth. The road goes ever on and forty years later I'm returning to that sense of wonder I discovered.

I have a vision for a world of mythology and mystery, humans and magic, full of grandeur and also the real human condition. We live in a paradox, stuck between wonder and dissatisfaction, futility and hope.

I'm taking my time, building my world, my characters, my themes. I hope you'll follow me. Look carefully at the menu above. I have articles on a variety of topics. Find me on Twitter @derek_leman and my Facebook author page Facebook.com/authorderekleman. But best of all, click the FOLLOW page and sign up for email updates.

Thank you for stopping by. I'd offer you beer and some grilled meat, if I could.

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The Darkening

Military captain. Former pit fighter. Eldad is hell-bent on avenging his family, but a rising darkness in Haral stands in his way.

​The Darkening is an epic fantasy set in a world like the Mesopotamia of the Bronze Age. Shields and spears, ziggurats and priests, demons and sorcerers, but also witches and wizards. I have a vision of a rich world steeped in mythology and yet founded in the realism of life under the sun, full of mystery and unanswered questions. 

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