The Bogatyr
Bic
Type: Beta project
Genre: Fantasy
Word count: 85,000
Warnings: Graphic violence
Korvin and Masha have their priorities in order. First comes defeating Vysokograd in the annual mungenball tournament. Second comes the impending end of the world, which the herald of Koschei the Deathless has just announced to them. Unfortunately, the rest of the world is not as clear-headed as they are. A comic fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore.
What's this?
Have you ever wanted to learn the rules of mungenball? That would require a lifetime of scholarship and application. Have you ever wanted to learn one obscure rule of mungenball that turned the tide of the annual tournament between Derevensk and Vysokograd? If so, dear reader, then this tome is the answer to your dearest hopes. Also something about stopping the destruction of the known world. Maybe. Understandably, no one pays attention to that part.
Korvin the Miller and Masha the Fisherwoman are two natives of a rural town whose rivalry with a neighboring village is the only legend they care about. However, they are drawn into a much larger legend, with the fate of the world at stake, when a powerful enchantress rides into town searching for the Bogatyr, the hero predestined to defeat the forces of darkness.
Tonal comparisons: Terry Pratchett, Diana Wynne Jones, Neil Gaiman’s Stardust.
Bic is the pen name of someone who has never been to Mungen Valley, because it does not exist. He follows the maxim of “write what you know.”
Bic is a lifelong writer and reader. No matter how his stories start out, they usually end up trying to be funny, no matter how much he tells them they’re not.
His favorite authors include Diana Wynne Jones, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, James Thurber, J.R.R. Tolkien, Don Rosa, and you, if you’ve written a book.
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