Beyond the Wind Door - Realm of Kings, and interview With M.L. Star

One of the best books of 2025 now has Volume 2 available in paperback! To celebrate, I sat down for an interview with it's author to discuss its creation, themes, characters, and musical intersection. Some spoilers for Volume 1, but we try to be coy about developments in Vol 2 and beyond! Also available in full in e-book format! Vol 2 Paperback: https://a.co/d/0jfxMtYn Cover and inside are by Dasha Belokrylova: @dashabelokrylova and @dashabelokrylova.ink on Instagram! Intro is "Light Me Up" by Audiorezout of Free Music Archive Other musical tracks used: "Opening Theme - Fellowship Of The Ring" - Howard Shore "Simon (Instrumental) - Lifehouse "Level of Concern" - 21 Pilots "Montero (Bardcore Version)" - Original by Lil Nas X, cover by Stan Tough "I Want To Come Over (Instrumental) - Melissa Etheridge "Take Me To Church" original by Hozier, instrumental by Brooklyn Duo "In Your Eyes" - original by Peter Gabriel, cover by Vitamin String Quartet "Christian Brothers" - Elliot Smith "Blasphemous Rumors" - Original by Depeche mode, cover by  "Twilight" - David Gray "Twilight" - Antony and the Johnsons "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" - Tears for Fears, cover from Bioshock Infinite "Army of Me"  - Bjork "Fire and Rain" - Original by James Taylor, instrumental by Kelly Valleau "Televators" - Original by The Mars Volta, instrumental by Nilesh Badola "Unholy (Instrumental)" - Sam Smith "Witch by the Sea" - Darren Curtis "Wonderland (Instrumental) - Caravan Palace "Kings Crossing " Original by Elliot Smith, piano cover by Heavypiano "The Sky is Falling" - Queens of the Stone Age "Magic Forest", "Scheming Weasel", "Babylon" - Kevin Macleod "Danse Macabre (Instrumental)" - Original by Ghost, cover by Hector Garcia  'Water Runs Dry" - original by Boyz II Men, guitar cover by Acoustic Lounge "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" - original by Boyz II Men, cello cover by Helen Newby "How Not To Drown (Instrumenal)" -CHVRCHES "Subdivisions (Instrumental)"- Rush "Wishing Well" - original by Bob Mould, instrumental cover by Mathew Savard "Valse sur une berceuse anglaise" - Fernando Velasquez "Love Me Harder" - Ariana Grande Outro is "Deus in Absentia" by Ghost