SHADOW PROWLER is a fresh, exuberant take on territory that will be familiar to all fans of classic high fantasy. Alexey Pehov introduces a cast of charming, quirky, unsavory, even loathesome characters in a fast-paced, entertaining adventure.

I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments.

I'm talking to you and it's basically a direct communication, whereas if I'm writing a letter to you and you read the letter, there are like 12 extra deconstruction and reconstruction steps in the communication.

I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is.

We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up.

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature.

The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life . . . and someone who realizes that it can’t possibly be enough.