Epic Fantasy Books by Alikai Bronach

Manor Lords is one of those rare games that can make you feel a bit of sympathy for real medieval survivors. Bandits really did raid and burn settlements. People really did die of cold or starvation in winter. It’s a city builder wrapped in a medieval simulation and it doesn’t seem to care if you don't know how to play. It's in early access, because it's a passion project, so we'll give it a bit of grace, but it has a long way to go to become a satisfying game. It drops you into a harsh landscape, hands you a handful of families, and whispers, 'Good luck'. For many players, that challenge may be thrilling. For others, it’s overwhelming. And for some—like me—it becomes a saga of loss, frustration, downwards spirals and traps that are almost soft locks, discovery, and a whole lot of 'Why didn’t the game tell me this?!' I am really looking for a game I can use to build my maps from my fantasy books, The Psion Saga , so it needs to have creative mode and a l...

Designing the covers of The Psion Saga : myth, method, and the ninefold vision How I designed 9 high fantasy book covers in 3 weeks for under $300! When I first began shaping The Psion Saga , I knew the story would be big — not just in page count, but in scope, symbolism and emotional weight. What I didn’t realise at the time was how deeply the visual identity of the series would become part of its storytelling. The covers weren’t an afterthought or a marketing necessity. They became a parallel narrative, a mythic thread running alongside the books themselves. Across nine volumes, the artwork evolves from intimate and symbolic to cosmic and cataclysmic, mirroring Taeon’s journey and the widening world around him. And yes — the number nine was no accident. The entire structure was inspired by the Nine Worlds and the Nine Roots of Yggdrasil in Norse mythology. I wanted the series to echo that same sense of ancient architecture: a universe held together by living pillars, each with its ...