Nick Perumov

Nick Perumov
File:Nick Perumov with sword.jpg
Born	November 21, 1963 Moscow, USSR
Occupation	writer, microbiologist
Genre	Epic fantasy, science fiction

Nick Perumov (Ник Перумов) is narrator's pseudonym of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (Николай Даниилович Перумов), a famous Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.

Biography

Nikolay was born November 21, 1963 in Moscow, USSR. He was writing short stories since he was teenager, and after reading The Lord of the Rings in early 1980's he became a fantasy fan. After studying at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Perumov worked at a research institute, and later as a translator. In 1985-1991 he wrote "Нисхождение тьмы" (Descending of Darkness) fantasy dualogy, which consisted of two novels: "Эльфийский Клинок" (Elven Blade) and "Черное Копье"(Black Lance). The events of the book took place at J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, 300 years after War of the Ring. His novel, as Perumov says, was just fan-fiction written for friends, before one of his colleagues offered to publish this work. In 1993 the dualogy, re-edited and entitled now "Кольцо Тьмы" (Ring of Darkness) was published in Severo-Zapad publishing, which paid Nick just $300. Ring of Darkness has sold at least 100 000 copies, and ranked high in popularity among Russian fantasy readers, though it also provoked a wave of criticism from old Tolkien fans. Their main arguments against Perumov's work was that no one has the right to write sequels to The Lord of the Rings and to change the Middle-earth's history. Other critics argue that Perumov eroded the edge between Good and Evil by giving Uruk-hai humanlike behaviour.

After the success of his debut, Perumov decided to start a career of a professional writer. He wrote the novel "Гибель Богов" (Death of Gods), in which he mentioned Упорядоченное (The Consistent) for the very first time, his universe of multiple connected worlds. The Consistent became the main locale of his following books, including the most known, 8-volume series "Хранитель Мечей" (the Keeper of Swords).

Nick Perumov's books published in overall number of more than 4 mln. of copies and translated to many languages, Northern and Eastern European mostly. At Eurocon 2004 he was awarded as the best fiction writer of Europe.

Nikolay now lives in USA, where he works at a research center as a microbiologist. He claims writing is his 'hobby', while science is his work.

Series

Кольцо Тьмы (Ring of Darkness)

This fantasy novel takes place in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, 300 years after War of the Ring. Books tell the story of hobbit Folko Brandybuck, the heir of Meriadoc, and two his dwarven friends, who trying to protect the Middle Earth from the new danger: powerful Olmer, the leader of Eastern nations, who is gathering the remainder of the nine Nazgûl Rings. The original dualogy was later followed with the third book, "Адамант Хенны" (The Adamant of Henna).

1.Эльфийский Клинок (Elven Blade, 1993)
2.Черное Копье (Black Lance, 1993)
3.Адамант Хенны (The Adamant of Henna, 1995)

Хроники Хьерварда (Hjorward cronicles)

Three volume series of non-connected novels tells the different parts of Hjorward world history, including the rebelion of Hedin and Rakot against Young Gods, the main event of Consistent history.

Гибель Богов (Death of Gods, 1995)
Земля Без Радости (The Land Without Joy, 1995)
Воин Великой Тьмы (Warrior of Great Darkness, 1995)

Хранитель Мечей (Keeper of the Swords)

Also known as 'Cronicles of The Rift' or 'Series of Mage', this eight-volume series tells the story of Fess the necromancer, who keeps the secret of magical Diamond and Wooden swords. Fess was caught in the 'closed' world of Evial, and suffers the pressure of local inquisition. This series is the final books of Consistent epopee.

1.Алмазный Меч, Деревянный Меч (Diamond Sword, Wooden Sword, 1998)
2.Рождение Мага (Burden of the Mage, 1999)
3.Странствия Мага (Wandering of the Mage, 2000)
4.Одиночество Мага (Lonelyness of the Mage, 2001)
5.Война Мага: Дебют (War of the Mage: the Debut, 2003)
6.Война Мага: Миттельшпиль (War of the Mage: the Middle, 2004)
7.Война Мага: Эндшпиль (War of the Mage: the Ending, 2006)
8.Война Мага: Конец Игры (War of the Mage: Game Over, 2006)

Империя Превыше Всего (Empire is the Supreme)

Science fiction dualogy tells about future, when Nazis took the power and subdued the whole Universe, and about Russian rebels' resistance against their Empire.

1.Череп на Рукаве (Skull on a Sleeve, 2002)
2.Череп в Небесах (Skull in the Sky, 2004)

• Skull on a Sleeve
  Skull on a Sleeve
• Skull in the Sky
  Skull in the Sky

Co-authored works

Не Время Для Драконов (No Time For Dragons, 1997) with Sergey Lukyanenko.
Армагеддон (Armageddon, 2000, published in USA as 'Lords of Terror') with Alain Cole.
Посредник (Mediator, 1996) with Polina Kaminskaya.

External links

• perumov.com Official site
• [Buy Nick Perumov's books online on Ozon]