Sam Feuerbach

Sam Feuerbach at the Leipzig Book Fair (2019)

Sam Feuerbach , actually Boris Lüdtke (born May 19, 1962 in Hanover ), is a German fantasy and thriller author .

biography

Boris Lüdtke lived in Barsinghausen near Hanover for the first 3 years of his life . Then the family moved to Erkrath in North Rhine-Westphalia , where he still lives with his family today. After graduating from high school, he studied economics at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal with a degree in economics . After graduating, he worked as an IT security consultant / manager for many years until he became a full-time author in 2017. Boris Lüdtke is married and has three grown children.

Becoming an author

Out of sheer desire to write, Boris Lüdtke wrote his first short stories at the age of twelve. He discovered his love for fabulous worlds a few years later after reading the high fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien . He found further inspiration in the works of old masters of fantasy such as Robert Asprin , George RR Martin and Joe Abercrombie . Since then, fantasy with humor and depth has been an integral part of his life. Today he says of himself: Fortunately, I never really grew up.

His successes include the high-fantasy series Die Krosann-Saga in 6 volumes (2014-2016) and the series Der Grave Digger's Son, which ended on November 1, 2018 with volume 4 (2017 and 2018). To date, Feuerbach has published his works both as e-books and as paperback and audio books. All audio books were produced by Audible GmbH with Robert Frank as the speaker. In addition, Feuerbach published the first four volumes of the Krosann saga with Werner Fuchs (publisher) as bound FanPro editions. With the number of published buyer reviews (approx.25,000 ratings as of December 2019) on Audible and Amazon and an average rating of 4.8 with a maximum of 5 stars, Sam Feuerbach proves to be one of the most popular fantasy authors in German-speaking countries.

Together with the science fiction author Thariot ( pseudonym ) he writes thrillers . The two trilogies EchtzeiT and Instabil have been published as an eBook and as a paperback. All volumes of the trilogy Unstable , The past has not happened yet , The present is just a house of cards and The Future is Yesterday's Snow was published in 2019 as audio books, read by Robert Frank and produced by Ronin Hörverlag Erlangen. The 3-part thriller series EchtzeiT by Sam Feuerbach and Thariot has also been licensed by Ronin Hörverlag. The first volume Sorrow Knows No Sunday was published in February 2020, also here with Robert Frank as the speaker.

In October 2018, Sam Feuerbach received the renowned German Fantastic Prize (DPP) in the category “Best German-language audio book 2018” for The Grave Digger's Son, Volume 1, together with the audio book speaker Robert Frank and Audible GmbH . Audible published the audio book in 2017. Sam Feuerbach and Robert Frank accepted the award together in Berlin.

The author is currently working on the multi-part fantasy saga entitled The Jugglers Chronicles , of which the first volume The Thief and the Mercenary as an e-book, paperback and audio book in 2019, and the second volume The Whore and the Mercenary as Audiobook was published in March 2020. The e-book and paperback editions will follow at the end of June 2020. The two audio books already published were read in by Robert Frank and produced by Audible GmbH .

The Weltenbauer³ group of authors

Together with the fantasy author and journalist Mira Valentin and the fantasy author Greg Walters , Sam Feuerbach forms the authors' association Die Weltenbauer³ .

Works

Novels (paperback / e-book / hardcover)

The Krosann saga

• Volume 1: The hit man . bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-04-2 .
• Volume 2: The Sword Master . bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-05-9 .
• Volume 3: The Hourglass . bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-06-6 .
• Volume 4: The myrn goddess . bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-07-3 .
• Volume 5: The Soul Spear . bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-08-0 .
• Volume 6: The Traitor . bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-09-7 .

The gravedigger's son

• Volume 1, bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-00-4 .
• Volume 2, bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-01-1 .
• Volume 3, bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-02-8 .
• Volume 4, bene books, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-947515-03-5 .

The juggler chronicles

• Volume 1: The Thief and the Mercenary . bene books, Erkrath 2019, ISBN 978-3-947515-11-0 .

Hardcover

• Krosann Saga - The hit man . Fanpro, Erkrath 2017, ISBN 978-3-946502-05-0 .
• Krosann saga - The sword master . Fanpro, Erkrath 2017, ISBN 978-3-946502-06-7 .
• Krosann Saga - The Hourglass . Fanpro, Erkrath 2018, ISBN 978-3-946502-07-4 .
• Krosann Saga - The Myrn Goddess . Fanpro, Erkrath 2019, ISBN 978-3-946502-10-4 .

Audiobooks (Download / Stream / MP3 / Audio CD)

The Krosann saga

• Volume 1: The hit man. Audible Studios, 2015, read by Robert Frank , 9 h 55 m
• Volume 2: The Sword Master. Audible Studios, 2016, read by Robert Frank, 9 h 25 m
• Volume 3: The Hourglass. Audible Studios, 2016, read by Robert Frank, 9 h 52 m
• Volume 4: The myrn goddess. Audible Studios, 2016, read by Robert Frank, 10 h 42 m
• Volume 5: The Soul Spear. Audible Studios, 2016, read by Robert Frank, 11 h 34 m
• Volume 6: The Traitor. Audible Studios, 2016, read by Robert Frank, 11 h 52 m

The gravedigger's son

• Volume 1, Audible Studios, 2017, read by Robert Frank , 11 h 06 m
• Volume 2, Audible Studios, 2017, read by Robert Frank, 11 h 01 m
• Volume 3, Audible Studios, 2018, read by Robert Frank, 11 h 26 m
• Volume 4, Audible Studios, 2018, read by Robert Frank, 9 h 44 m

The juggler chronicles

• Volume 1: The Thief and the Mercenary , Audible Studios, 2019, read by Robert Frank , 10 h 36 m
• Volume 2: The Whore and the Mercenary , Audible Studios, 2020, read by Robert Frank, 11 h 33 m

Unstable

Trilogy with the author Thariot :

• The past has not happened yet . Ronin Hörverlag , 2019, read by Robert Frank , 10 h 52 m
• The present is just a house of cards . Ronin Hörverlag, 2019, read by Robert Frank, 10 h 52 m
• The future is yesterday's news . Ronin Hörverlag, 2019, read by Robert Frank, 10 h 43 m

REAL TIME

Trilogy with the author Thariot :

• Sorrow doesn't know Sunday . Ronin Hörverlag , 2020, read by Robert Frank , 10 h 16 m

Co-authored novels

REAL TIME (paperback / e-book)

Trilogy together with the author Thariot :

• Sorrow doesn't know Sunday . Selfpublishing, 2015, ISBN 978-1-5151-8740-0 .
• Who torments the truth . Selfpublishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1-5239-6891-6 .
• Greed eats up all virtue . Selfpublishing, 2016, ISBN 978-1-5397-9758-6 .

Unstable (paperback / e-book)

Trilogy together with the author Thariot :

• The past has not happened yet . Rocket books, 2017, ISBN 978-3-946502-51-7 .
• The present is just a house of cards . Rocket books, 2017, ISBN 978-3-946502-52-4 .
• The future is yesterday's news . Rocket books, 2017, ISBN 978-3-946502-53-1 .

Prizes and awards

• 2018: German Fantastic Prize . As author, for the best German audio book of 2018, "Der Grave Diggerson Buch 1" , together with Robert Frank as speaker and Audible as the producing studio.

Web links

• Literature by and about Sam Feuerbach in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Sam Feuerbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IT expert creates fantasy world. In: RP Online. 2015, Retrieved January 17, 2019.
2. ↑ The Lüdtkes support their author papa! In: Lokal Anzeiger Erkrath. 2015, Retrieved December 12, 2018. (via Boris Lüdtke alias Sam Feuerbach)
3. ↑ Lovelybooks.de about the author Sam Feuerbach.
4. ↑ Author overview from FanPro Verlag. Website of the FanPro Verlag by Werner Fuchs. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
5. ↑ Hochdahl's Lords of Fantasy - Sam Feuerbach and Werner Fuchs. In: RP Online. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
6. ↑ Interview by Skoutz with Sam Feuerbach and Thariot. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
7. ↑ Overview of the winners of the German Fantastic Prize. Website of the German Fantastic Prize. Retrieved December 12, 2018.