Alexander James Adams - Literary Collaborations and References

Literary Collaborations and References

Several of the Firebird Arts and Music albums include collaborations with Mercedes Lackey and inspired by the works of Andre Norton. (See the discography below for more information.)

The 2002 album Insh'Allah was inspired by Steven Barnes's novel Lion's Blood. The songs and the book were written concurrently, and several of the songs are quoted in the book and its sequel.

In a similar vein, the 2006 album Merlin's Descendants is based on the fiction of Irene Radford.

S.M. Stirling quotes Adams' song lyrics in his Island in the Sea of Time trilogy. His Emberverse series features a red-haired musician who plays guitar, fiddle, and bodhran named Juniper Mackenzie. Adams' song lyrics are used as Mackenzie's songs in the book. (Juniper and heather are both plants.)

John Ringo quotes Alexander's song March of Cambreadth, in his Council Wars series for the Centurions battle song as well as in the Paladin of Shadows series. March of Cambreadth and Black Unicorn are also quoted in the Looking Glass series.

Mike Shepard used the song March of Cambreadth in his book Defiant. Defiant also has a character named Heather Alexander.

Several of Adams' songs have been parodied, most notably March of Cambreadth.