So, you've made it this far, have you? It takes dedication to find this page hidden deep within the Tagonist Knights Website.

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Congratulations! 

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As a reward, I present to you five new ways to immerse yourself within this novel. Some of it is insightful, other aspects of it is meant to make you laugh and smile. Hopefully, by the time you're done, you'll be eager to explore the book if you haven't already, or take a moment to read through it once again knowing what you do now.

“What if I told you I stumbled upon something that will not only destroy the Universe in the here and now but rip the space-time continuum to shreds. Past, present, all of it will be eradicated. Existence itself is in danger.” - Tinker

Say Hello - The Cast of Tinker's Treasure

“I’m getting sick and tired of being manipulated by immortals. I might be this short little blip on the timeline that you and those like you see stretching out endlessly before you, but there is a lot I’ve learned in that little bit of time.” 

“How dare you imply that I have anything in common with a human. You take that back.”

“Does this count as the Sunfire being haunted by a ghost?”

“The machines will be destroyed. They are an abomination and should not exist. The plant will live, for she is a child of Niv, goddess of the natural order. I will allow the male of your kind to live, for he is your mate. As for the mouse, I will eat him.”

“Ya’iv me’ka hu’an. Ah’ix ya’. Ya’ na’eep.”  

“Friends do not keep secrets from one another.”

“I’ve seen just about every insane thing to pop into someone’s imagination and then some. So, the computerized ghost of a man who is no longer a part of my crew doesn’t even reach the top ten of my bizarre experiences list.” – Lexia

Relevant Memes/Artwork

“When the Sunfire is about to be obliterated, and all the life forms on board will perish, remind me to tell the captain of this particular phrase. I told you so.” - Parallax

Origin Story:
A sequel?

When I wrote Lexia's Legacy, I had no intention of a series of books. However, after finishing the first novel, I had the remaining cybernetic parts of Tinker left behind. That's when this idea struck me, what if there is a message left behind that is a warning of something. Maybe even a treasure hunt that he sends them on to discover something he left behind. Thus, the idea for the novel.

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This is the first sequel to any book I've written that I completed. I attempted to write a direct sequel to Mystical Alliance, but I never developed it beyond a few chapters. There was the original Human Born series back before they got a major re-write and a formal series title. However, I thought of them as stand-alone novels at the time, nothing connecting them beyond being set in the same world. This was a direct sequel with the same cast of individuals involved. A first for me.

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The original title was "Treasure Hunt" or "Treasure of Tinker". However, I liked the idea of connecting the series together with similar titles, something I didn't do again until the Primordial Quaternity series. I wanted a person's name with something owned by them. That's how I came up with the titles for each book in the series.

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I had no clue what the treasure was going to be at the end. Each time, I thought, "This is it!" Like the large stone block. Nope. I was just as surprised by the series of events as much as the audience would be. This is why I like my writing style. I can enjoy the unexpected too.

Dyson Sphere

Inspirational Artwork

Origin Story:
Treasure Hunt

I had a collection of scenes in mind that had nothing to do with one another, so I ended up creating a patchwork of concepts that was one clue leading to the next, allowing me to run wild with ideas. The idea that what Lexia was doing during the events of the holographic town was the "B" story or background story during an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation was fun for me. The main crew was fixing the problem, Lexia was doing something else in the background with her own storyline.

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The creation of Edward as a collection of micro-organisms, was brought about because I wanted to push the limits of life forms beyond just humanoid forms. Too often in sci-fi, that's all we get, humanoid this or that. The holographic town was inspired by an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where there is a community of all but on holographic individuals.

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The scene of the giants was inspired by a piece of artwork of a human seeing a massive skeleton with a sword in its chest. The prison break was inspired by a song, one that led to this whole concept playing out in my mind. 

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I knew I wanted Gold to come back to the series and join the crew, so that was on my to do list when I began writing the book what with the exit of so many other individauls at the end of hte previous novel.

Origin Story:
Epic Finale

I had several ideas for what Lexia would encounter in the temporal nexus at the end of the book. I made a list of concepts and was struggling as to which one to include. Originally it was going to be only one thing. However, I realized, I wanted all of them! So, I did just that. I had no clue at the time just how much those scenes would influence the rest of the series. It was also the first time that a Tagonist Knight appeared in any of my books.

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I would later explain how a human learned Tedorn's language in the fifth book of the series. The woman named "Gaia" would become a massively huge tie in with the Human Born series in the fourth novel of that collection. Dryad meeting a woman named Gaia, being inspired by that name... So, no, two different people, but one being named after the other. Last revelation that isn't shown to the audience until the end of Dryad's Dream, the fourth book in this series, began here. I had the idea that struck me, and I was happy to finally reveal it later.

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The final ending of the story was tied in with my hope to include real world space exploration events. In the first novel, I had the moon landing. In the second, I wanted to include the idea that much of human history concerning space travel still exists in this reality. I still cry when I read the ending because its such a momentous moment for me to experience that as I hope it is for the audience.

First Appearence

“I am certain that the perfect combination of naivety and curiosity between the three of them won’t doom us all.” – Parallax

Easter Eggs and Inspiration

Each novel I try to make real world connections to this series. The moon landing occurring in the first novel. For this book, I was excited to incorporate the Voyager 1 probe and more importantly, the golden disk filled with information for life on other planets that may one day discover it. Which, in this series, they did.

“I got me myself one last moment to shine like the stars in the sky before I ride off into the sunset once and for all.” - Tinker

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