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Finalist for the Imaginales des Lycéens Prize and the Futuriales
IIluvendan.
A city where magic and technology work
side by side. Iölthan, a strange black crystal,
is used for both and the prosperity of Iluvendan depends on it.
Three teenagers go there for their studies.
They will soon be called to adventure and will investigate the rumors of a penury of Iölthan and war.
With two friends met along they overcome the situation, and set the world on a new path.
Co-written by the authors at age 17, Iluvendan is a real initiation quest, using pieces of classic fantasy with a bit of steampunk.
Book 1 : Meet with Gaëria
Fantasy
Adventures
Technology
Initiation Quest
Magic
Steampunk
Release: March 2011
Format: 14x21cm
Two books
Written by two authors
Steampunk universe
Great timeless adventure text
Book 2
The Crystal's dusk
Release: June 2012
Marc-Antoine Fardin is a traveler and a physicist. Giving conferences in his spare time, he also enjoys experimenting with less precise sciences, such as writing.
Nicolas Debandt is a professor of biology. When not in class trying to fill his teens’ minds, he writes. He’s also the author of Xenome.
Klaod
One of the twins, who are both main characters. Teen full of energy, he joins the Military Academy before going like is brother to discover the world. He meets Narf, one of their companion. He is in love with Imenel.
Imenel
Young woman who joins the Acrombres, masters in dissimulation and shadows. Playful and terribly curious, she will be confronted to her own demons throughout their journey.
EÄNIELLE
She meets Faësil, Imenel and Telkar while in her animal form and save them. They paths goes in the same direction. Like Narf, she becomes a travel companion. her approach to Iölthan is far from Telkar's.
Faësil
As introverted as his brother is lively. He is an engraver (the magicians of Iluvendan) an is legend Vulien Telkar apprentice. He follows him in the world to find a solution to the crisis of Iölthan and joins the Annathine resistance who is opposed to Consul Virlarq, a soon-to-be tyrant.
Narf
Older than the others, he meets Klaod in El Menin jails and become a travel companion. He, too, has a special bond with Iölthan from his birth place.
Telkar
Maître incontesté de la gravure, il prend FAËSIL comme apprenti. Convaincu de ses idées il peut parfois être emporté lorsqu'il se sent impuissant dans l'action.
Book 1 summary, Meet with Gaëria
Settings
Iolthän : is a raw material allowing the engineering of technology and magic. The vast city of Iluvendan uses black Iölthan almost self-sufficiently which unbalances natural fluxes of the world. Others countries use Iölthan of different colors in a more respectful manner.
Ecology : The story sets a line of thoughts about the uses of natural resources.
Engineers are equipped
with steampunk exoskeletons
A more technological side of the city of Iluvendan
Set in a steampunk universe, the way to travel in the city is in aircrafts
The district of Druids in Iluvendan is set in a more natural decor.
Twins Klaod and Feäsil can evoke Raistlin and Caramon in Dragonlance
By its fantasy part, Iluvendan introduces fanstastic creatures like centaurs.
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Characters
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