The Goblin Trilogy

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The Goblin Trilogy is a series of fantasy novels written by Jaq D. Hawkins consisting of Dance of the Goblins, Demoniac Dance and Power of the Dance. An adaptation of the first book is currently in pre-production as a film from Goblin Films Ltd, starring Kevin McNally[1] as the goblin elder, Haghuf.

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[edit] Trilogy

[edit] Dance of the Goblins

Front over of Dance of the Goblins
Front over of Dance of the Goblins
Main article: Dance of the Goblins

The first installation in the Goblin Trilogy takes place in a world ravaged by geomagnetic reversal causing the seas to rise and the land to fall, seen in the story as the Earth's means of purging the itself of the destuctive forces of human exploitation of the land.

Five generations since the Turning Count Anton, leader of the upper human world, befriends Haghuf, a respected elder amongst the goblin community, through the harmony of the Dance.

After a human wanders into one of the many goblin carverns, a certain series of events are set in motion which will require the fulfillment of a prophecy which may spell the extinction of one or both races unless harmony and friendship among the two are found at the right time.

[edit] Demoniac Dance

The second book of the Goblin Trilogy takes us among the magicians where we learn the secrets that the goblins have kept even from them for centuries, but not before the fabric of their very existence is threatened by the old prejudices of a past age.

Ironically, it is the desperate flight of a young girl that brings the conflict of the ages into a realm where it cannot be ignored. Human and goblin alike must face the consequenses of choices made before some of them were even born, and to find a way to share a world that their misunderstandings threaten to destroy.

[edit] Power of the Dance

In the final installment of the Goblin Trilogy, the beliefs and prejudices of many ages of the world are brought into inescapable conflict by a single creature that many would say should never have existed, were it not for the his incredible beauty.

Using all of the arts bequeathed to him by his combined human and goblin ancestry, the creature whom they call both Seraph and Diabolis seeks balance in the worlds he exists between as the creatures of his own blood seek to kill him, despite the inestimable love that they cannot help but feel in his presence.

Only by uniting the divided world can the peoples hope to control the power unleashed by the creature's efforts to save the world that has its very existence threatened by his efforts to save them all.

[edit] Story

The first installation takes in a time five generation or so after a geomagnetic reversal (known in the stories a Turning) which has caused certain cataclysmic events such as the lowering of the surface lands and the rise of the ocean bed. We are lead to believe that this has many times before in the Earth's history most notably the Ice Age which is called the Second Turning

At the time of the Second Turning, many humans where found to be underneath the land itself trapped in caverns. After being able to devise simple survival, they created a way of life that was seen as free and released of inhibitions. After many thousands of years underground, they became the Goblins.

[edit] Races

Main article: Races (Goblin Trilogy)

The main characters within the Goblin Trilogy are either Goblin or Human. In the first installation of the stories we are introduced to Count Anton, the leader of the humans, and the goblin elder, Haghuf who have formed a delicate friendship.

[edit] Glossary

  • Dance, The - The Dance is a celebration of life which is done in tune to the Earth's rhythms. Participants in the Dance are usually overwhelmed by this rhythm and take to the Dance spontaneously.
  • Forgingen - An ancient race of goblins that live deep within the Earth.
  • Heka - Literally magic, although some descriptions can be used to mean Chaos which is embraced by those whom practice chaos magic, of which Jaw D. Hawkins is a prominent author on the subject.
  • Kol'ksu - An ancient water dwelling race of goblins, who may have beeen the inspiration for the mermaid and siren myths.
  • Turning - A word used to describe, or simply a name attributed to, the natural phenomena of geomagnetic reversal.
  • Last Turning, The - The most recent Turning, approxinately 5 generations before the events of Dance of the Goblins.
  • Second Turning, The - The Turning previous to the most recent. There have been so many turnings that the goblins count backwards from previous Turnings. The Second Turning describes the events of the Ice Age.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ As stated the Goblin Films Limited website
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