Publisher's page about Dynast

Zeta Comics will be publishing the 118 paged graphic novel 'Dynast:The Rise of Bherek White'.

http://www.zetacomics.com/young-adult-books/the-dynast/

Here is what they say

The Dynast is a graphic novel fantasy saga set in the far future. Humans have long ago become extinct and felines rule the world. The Arctic is a lush land, populated by intelligent lions, polar bears, and other species. The kingdom of Arkthika stands at what was once, a thousand years ago, the North Pole. Auris, its capital, which has fallen into decline, is now ruled by a weak king and inhabited by demoralized people.

Dynast the Rise of Bherek White, the first of five Graphic Novel about the snow lion, Bherek White, who from humble beginnings rises to become the ruler of the world, and more. Bherek starts his journey from Auris, which was once the capital of of Central Arkthika, the biggest kind of the North Pole. Fans of epic adventures such as Percy Jackson and the Olympians or The Lord of the Rings or The Dragonriders of Pern will love the grandeur, passion and inventiveness of authors Asvin Srivatsangam and Ashok Rajagopalan.

End of 2011

Book 1: 'Dynast:The Rise of Bherek White' after much delay, shall be expected for public by the year end. The publisher is Zeta Comics. This will be a new beginning for the team.

On the 'Copyright'
The Author shall remain the copyright holder of the Work in the United States and elsewhere as the Author may elect.

Foreword

Sometime in the early ‘90s, I was introduced to Asvin Srivatsangam, then in his teens. Since I was an illustrator of children’s books and a graphic designer, Asvin showed me pencil drawings he had recently done. Being a fan of comicbooks, Asvin had created and drawn a character called ‘Bherek White,’ for a comic he called ‘The Dynast.’ He had set the story in a future when lions and other felines ruled the world and humans were extinct. He had even drawn a highly-detailed map of that world.

Flash forward to the end of the millennium, after Asvin had become a graphic designer himself and I had become a published writer of three books. He was in Sunnyvale, California and I was in Chennai, India. He asked me to write the script for Dynast, a graphic novel of more than a hundred pages. I told him that I preferred to write novels and offered to write the novel version first. He graciously agreed and paid me handsomely, to boot. Almost everyday we had brainstorming sessions over the phone, and discussions over email, till we finally got the novel in shape. ‘The Rise of Bherek White’ is the first of a series of five books and we have started working on the second already.

We finished the graphic novel much later but that happened to be published first. I still feel that the novel version is superior to the comic version, and this year requested Asvin to have the novel published too. So here it is.

Ashok Rajagopalan