From the desk of David Burrows dark fantasy author
Writing, world-building, and the stories behind the Prophecy of the Kings — straight from the author.
14 October 2026
So, how do you kill a creature as awesome as a dragon. That is a problem for Ariome, a sorceress in Prophecy of the Kings. To make matters worse, she is in the middle of a battle and all eyes are on her to complete this task. No pressure then.
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4 October 2026
Can a re-enactors real life experiences improve their writing? What is it like to fight in a shield wall?
26 September 2026
Drachar's Demons is the Prequel to the Prophecy of the Kings and is set hundreds of years in the past. Drachar is an Eldric Lord who makes a pact with the demons, to deliver 100,000 souls in support of a war against his own people.
15 September 2026
What do you like about Fantasy books? Read my top 8 favourite authors, some of which inspired me to write The Prophecy of the Kings.
15 September 2026
I was helping a film crew to film Norman Knights defeating a small group of Saxon Housecarls, shortly after their defeat at the Battle of Hastings.
31 August 2026
On a cold, dank night, when the wind clawed at the windows and the darkness pressed close against the glass, a strange apparition came to my door. His face was pale beneath the rain, yet it was the look in his eyes that chilled me most: hollow, fixed, and full of some dreadful knowledge he dared not speak. Clutched beneath one arm was a worn and tattered manuscript, its pages stained and curling, as though it had been dragged from a grave and brought to me before whatever hunted it could follow.
26 August 2026
Guardian angels and do you have one?
22 August 2026
How a single image — two stepbrothers in a vast cavern, and a betrayal — grew into the Prophecy of the Kings, and the writing journey that followed.
