Influences
The setting is strongly influenced by Tanith Lee's Tales from the Flat Earth, Michael Moorcock's Hawkmoon, Lord Dunsany's Gods of Pegana and Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Ninja Scroll. Other influences include Glen Cook's Black Company; Sean Stewart's Resurrection Man, The Night Watch and Galveston; Homer's Odyssey, the Bible, and Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West.
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