Overview: Conquist: A Novel, by author Dirk Strasser, tells the story of how this time they invaded a new world that refused to be conquered!

Verdict: Capitán Cristóbal de Varga’s drive for glory and gold in 1538 Peru leads him and his army of conquistadors into a New World that refuses to be conquered. He is a man torn by life-long obsessions and knows this is his last campaign.

What he doesn’t know is that his Incan allies led by the princess Sarpay have their own furtive plans to make sure he never finds the golden city of Vilcabamba. He also doesn’t know that Héctor Valiente, the freed African slave he appointed as his lieutenant, has found a portal that will lead them all into a world that will challenge his deepest beliefs.

And what he can’t possibly know is that this world will trap him in a war between two eternal enemies, leading him to question everything he has devoted his life to - his command, his Incan princess, his honor, his God.

In the end, he faces the ultimate dilemma: how is it possible to battle your own obsessions . . . to conquer yourself?

In what is one of the most incredibly captured prose landscapes that I have seen captured in well over a decade or more, Dirk Strasser’s epic Conquist is a book for the ages, in my humble opinion.

One that finds our lead character unraveling a linked story of conquest, magic and redemption, the book not only paints this most glorious prose backdrop to a world set far apart from anything we have ever known, whilst at the same time instilling a beating heart within it that can only allow the reader to challenge their very own beliefs and worldly assumptions.

Stacked with deeply rounded out characters, this simply riveting, enchantingly magical odyssey not only acts as a heartily entertaining, and devilishly satisfying read, but this intriguing fantasy series has quickly become a must-read for all fans of this genre.

About the Author - Dirk Strasser’s fantasy trilogy The Books of Ascension (Zenith, Equinox and Eclipse) was published in German (Heyne Verlag) and English (Pan Macmillan), and his short stories have been translated into several European languages. ‘The Doppelgänger Effect’ appeared in the World Fantasy Award-winning anthology, Dreaming Down Under (Tor).

Dirk was born in Germany but has lived most of his life in Australia. He works in educational publishing, has trekked the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, and studied Renaissance history.

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