Character Introduction: Thresha (Warlike)

Hey folks!

I just came home. Today was the first time I had Dim Sum and it was pretty tasty!

Anyway. Today's post will focus on something different than usual. I usually like to do book reviews and give writing advice but this time I want to introduce you to the fun and adventurous main character of Warlike.

Why? Because I think she's really awesome and also because Warlike has gotten quite a lot of good reviews lately and that just makes me very proud.

All right.

Let me introduce you to:

Thresha. The jungle girl.

 A sketch by one of my artists:

Thresha is a warrior in a small tribe within a jungle-like forest. Adjacent to a large desert (the End of the World) this jungle-forest is plagued by great reptilian hunters called the raptors. These are quite dinosaur-like in both appearance and demeanour (think Jurassic Park!) and prey one everything they can catch. They are also quite smart and this means Thresha's tribe has been hunted almost to extinction.

Thresha herself is a strong-willed and stubborn (one could say they are the same) girl who doesn't believe in hiding to assure the tribe's survival. Her philosophy is like that of any warrior out to prove themselves. Thresha wants to fight for her tribe and especially the girl (her clan-sister) she loves.

Thresha gets the chance to stand up to the raptors when her tribe's most skilled warband is killed by the raptors. Warlike's story starts after this elite band of warriors is vanquished and Thresha does not agree with lying low. The death of the venerable hunters Ion and Tarin pushes her to question the Elders of her tribe and in effect chose her own path to fight the raptors.

On her journey out of the jungle-forest to find the legendary weapons that she knows have once existed on Earth she will however meet a lot of resistance. This adversity comes in a lot of shapes and forms as a world opens before her she and her tribe didn't know exited. Thresha learns there is more than just the jungle-forest left of Earth. A chance encounter with a young man from outside the jungle-forest takes her into a spiral of discovery and danger. Among them are a woman who wants her dead because she disrupted the balance of her enclave. And a host of flying metal men (called 'sems') intent on destroying the rest of humanity and assimilating them into more sems. But that's not all. As Thresha is taken far and wide by her ambition to destroy the raptors once and for all she will learn more secrets about the torn Earth she inhabits than her whole tribe thought possible.

Does this sound like something you'd love to read? It's a great adventure with a badass main character who won't let anyone tell her what do (even when she suffers from her decisions).

Check out the book here: (goodreads link)

It has five reviews so far and they're all quite good! WriteBot is quite happy people are enjoying the novel.

WriteBot hopes you'll love Warlike and Thresha! Check them out and have a good evening/day with it!