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Rostam Strikes Back
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Having spent many years on these two books, what have you learned about the Shahnameh and Ferdowsi which you did not know when you started off on this project?
Ferdowsi was truly brilliant. He managed to weave a fantastic epic tale, into politics, social critique, and do it all as a beautifully read poem. Whenever I look back on the time it has taken us to do 2 books, I am always reminded that Ferdowsi took 30 years to develop the whole book!
What will be the next episode and will it open a chapter to other Trilogies or stories of the Shahnameh?
The next book, will fast forward to the time immediately after Rostam & Sohrab. The first book's message was a warning to the generations of the dangers of being unaware of each other, and that the young, are our future. The second book shows a positive example of how a father and son can work well together through communicating.
All I am going to say now is that the third book will have a logical follow-on message that you are just going to have to wait for. So far it is shaping up to be even better than this second book, and I think it will be our best!
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