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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesA podcaster's debut
Affonso Solano was an illustrator, a TechTudo columnist and co-creator of the podcast Matando Robôs Gigantes when this book came out in March 2013. It was his first novel.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn imprint run by Draccon
It came out through Fantasy, a Casa da Palavra imprint coordinated by fantasy author Raphael Draccon. Solano drew the book's illustrations himself.
source ↗ - ReferenceFrom Tolkien to gamebooks
Solano named Stephen King, Spielberg, Tolkien and Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson's Fighting Fantasy gamebooks as influences. He says he grew up in the age of George Lucas and monster movies.
source ↗ - SetupWatch the swords
Adapak fights with twin swords, Igi and Sumi, carved from anbärr bone. The names aren't random. Keep them in mind.
source ↗ - ReferenceMistaken for an emperor
In the Urpur prison, Adapak is mistaken for Emperor Saruma, a being that turns into a bird. That name comes back later in the series.
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- Behind the scenesLaunched at the Book Fair
The book came out on September 10, 2015, at the Rio International Book Biennial, from LeYa. That was two and a half years after the first one.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA journal from another age
Puzur's story takes place around Cycle 520 of the Age of Mortals, about 1,200 cycles before the first book. Adapak follows it by reading.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe first comic in the world
The same launch brought the comic Tamtul e Magano e a Ameaça de Rumbaba, by L.G. Quelhas and Zé Carlos. It adapts the adventures of Tamtul and Magano, the books Adapak read as a kid.
source ↗ - SetupFamiliar names
Laudiara, the girl traveling with Puzur, has two younger brothers she believes are dead: Tamtul and Magano. The names should ring a bell.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesGold box set
In March 2017, LeYa released a gold-covered box set with the first two volumes.
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- Behind the scenesA six-year wait
The third book came out from LeYa in 2021, six years after As Pontes de Puzur. At 304 pages, it's the longest in the series.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe prophet he isn't
Since the first book, Adapak keeps being mistaken for holy figures. In As Pontes de Puzur, the monk Azagör thinks he's S'almu Saruma, the Burned King. Here a whole cult believes it.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe cartoon that never came
At CCXP 2019, Split Studio announced an animated O Espadachim de Carvão series directed by Vini Wolf, aimed at 2022. As of October 2026, it hasn't premiered.
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