The Sapien Empire
Author: Nathan Ogloff
Release Date: February 6, 2024
Blurb:Shindo Dacan is a socially awkward but gifted engineer who has made the most brilliant machines seen since before the All-Silence-machines that ruler Vibrun Magrite used in his creation of the Domain as he brought all four of the city-states within his iron grip. With the help of a friend of his, Shindo is secretly planning to provide prosthetic limbs to the many victims of the war his machines have waged
When Magrite finds out and slaughters Shindo’s friend before his eyes, Shindo tricks Magrite into funding a warrior mech to wreak revenge and is unwillingly rewarded with a woman from Magrite’s harem, Jarim Alsaedon. With his mech machine and Jarim’s help, Shindo stages a coup d’état that leaves Magrite dead and him and his accomplice as platonic dual heads of state.
Author Interview
- At what point did you decide to be an author, and what was your path to publication? It took me 9 years to finish the first book. I spent a year trying to find a literary agent. After sending out 40 – 50 query letters, I went the self-publish route. My first book came out in February
- Describe your writing process. Do you outline, plot, and plan, or is your writing more organic? I found out early on I was very much a plotter. I outlined my 2nd novel entirely before I started writing it. I am already outlining my 3rd and 4th novels.
- What are some books or authors that you would recommend to our readers? Oh boy! So many! Hyperion series by Dan Simmons. Dune series by Frank Herbert. Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon. Ubik by Philip K Dick. The Leviathan Awakes series by James S.A. Corey
- Tell us what you enjoy most about writing [insert your genre]. I love the simplicity, purity, and complete creative control I have over my Post-Apocalyptic series. I also like the lifestyle that it allows me to have. Get up, go to the gym, come home, market, write.
- Describe the [book/series] in 10 words or less for people just learning about it. A post-apocalyptic epic where civilization is returning.
- Is there anything you would like people to take away from your book? To be blown away. To think about it days after with the impression of “I’ve never read something like that before”
- Do you have any odd (writing) habits? I disconnect the internet
- What has been the toughest criticism you have received as an author? What has been the best compliment? Best Compliment: Your writing is top tier. Toughest Criticism: You need to know the intricacies of fine-dining because you might have to whoo some rich guy into promoting your novel for you.
- Share some advice for aspiring authors. What advice would you give to your younger self? There is no formula for this. I can assure you, you are cut out for this and any doubts are imposter syndrome. What ever you’re writing, I guarantee whatever you’re writing, it’s better than The Satanic Verses.
- What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Play video games, make spaceships in lego studio, add to my ever increasing heavy metal spotify playlist
About the Author
Nathan was born in New Westminster, British Columbia and has had a fascination with story ever since he wrote a couple of pages to a time-travel book when he was in third-grade.
He believes we live in an interesting time that seems to be on the knife’s edge between a spectacular future or an abysmal landscape of decay. Through his stories that force us to take a deeper look at ourselves, he aims to foster a world of mutual understanding.
Although not the most qualified guy to fix the world’s problems, his writing just might give those-that-are an idea of how to do it. When he’s not writing, Nathan spends his time adding to his ever increasing heavy-metal Spotify playlist and creating spaceships in Lego Studio.
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