{"id":10868,"date":"2010-02-01T21:06:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2015-09-25T09:18:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T16:18:04","slug":"milton-davis-meji-changa-and-sadatina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/milton-davis-meji-changa-and-sadatina\/","title":{"rendered":"Milton Davis: <em>Meji<\/em>, Changa and Sadatina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji-resize.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10877\" title=\"meji-resize\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji-resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji-resize.jpg 530w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji-resize-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji-resize-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple of months back, I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/?p=7718\">a blog entry<\/a> regarding Sword-and-Sorcery author, Milton Davis, and his current and forthcoming projects. I thought that <em>TC<\/em> readers\u00a0might like an update.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As some frequenters of <em>The Cimmerian<\/em> may already know, Mr. Davis writes within the &#8220;Sword-and-Soul&#8221; tradition pioneered by the legendary Charles R. Saunders. CRS has already\u00a0bestowed\u00a0his imprimatur\u00a0upon Davis&#8217; efforts over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlessaunderswriter.com\/\">his own blog<\/a>.\u00a0In the months since\u00a0I blogged about Milton&#8217;s projects back in November, he has been on the move, as usual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji2-resize.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10878\" title=\"meji2-resize\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji2-resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji2-resize.jpg 533w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji2-resize-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/meji2-resize-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two pics above display the covers\u00a0for Davis&#8217; <em>Meji<\/em> duology, which is set within the fantasy continent\u00a0of Uhuru.\u00a0Below is the map of Uhuru as rendered by Winston Blakely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Meji_Map_3jpeg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10879\" title=\"Meji_Map_3jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Meji_Map_3jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Meji_Map_3jpeg.jpg 800w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Meji_Map_3jpeg-150x115.jpg 150w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Meji_Map_3jpeg-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An upcoming series from Davis\u00a0features his hero Changa. The stories are set during the decades before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. A map, once again crafted by Winston Blakely, is below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Changa_Safari_Revision_2_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10924\" title=\"Changa_Safari_Revision_2_001\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Changa_Safari_Revision_2_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Changa_Safari_Revision_2_001.jpg 800w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Changa_Safari_Revision_2_001-150x132.jpg 150w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Changa_Safari_Revision_2_001-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Davis also has some prequels in mind for the <em>Changa<\/em> saga. The War-Goddess, as envisioned by\u00a0Kris Mosby, features in one such tale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/krismosby-wargoddess-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10927\" title=\"krismosby-wargoddess small\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/krismosby-wargoddess-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/krismosby-wargoddess-small.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/krismosby-wargoddess-small-120x150.jpg 120w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/krismosby-wargoddess-small-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/krismosby-wargoddess-small-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further off on the literary horizon, Davis is cooking up\u00a0a series about a\u00a0woman-warrior named Sadatina. Here&#8217;s what he had to say about her:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sadatina is\u00a0the main character of an upcoming novel, <em>The Face In The Temple<\/em>. Sadatina is a priestess who leads an all-female warrior unit that specializes in fighting <em>kindokis<\/em>, demons of the sorcerer Karan. Her nemesis is a powerful <em>kindoki<\/em>, Rashadu, who has broken away from Karan in search of a temple that may hold the secret of his origin. This is my <em>ahosi<\/em> story just as <em>Dossouye<\/em> is Charles&#8217; <em>ahosi<\/em> tale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SadatinaRuff3-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10926\" title=\"SadatinaRuff3 (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SadatinaRuff3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SadatinaRuff3-1.jpg 578w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SadatinaRuff3-1-108x150.jpg 108w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SadatinaRuff3-1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Milton Davis&#8217; website can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mvmediaatl.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of months back, I wrote a blog entry regarding Sword-and-Sorcery author, Milton Davis, and his current and forthcoming projects. I thought that TC readers\u00a0might like an update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saunders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10868"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16791,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10868\/revisions\/16791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}