Liturgical ~ Brutal ~ Immersive
Aaron Schuck 
On a mud-choked plain beneath ash-darkened skies, where the banners of two great houses—one marked by steel, the other by a raven—converge in a brutal and final battle. The landscape is mythic, a place outside of time where violence bears eternal consequence. The Field That Waits “The field is never empty. Even when the men … Read more
When writing The Siege of Château Gaillard, I set out to craft a novel that was not only historically grounded, but spiritually and psychologically faithful to the world that produced such a fortress—and such a collapse. Readers often ask how much of the novel is “true.” The answer depends on what we mean by truth. … Read more
Medieval fiction glosses over life’s gritty realities; my characters breathe filth, starve with purpose, and seek faith amid despair.
It’s a strange thing, writing Catholic fiction in an age that neither expects nor necessarily wants it. There is always the temptation to explain. To overstate. To reassure the reader (and perhaps oneself) that grace is at work, that suffering has meaning, that redemption lies just around the next scene. But literature—good literature—has never worked … Read more