Goodreads asked Robert Evert:

What are you currently working on?

Robert Evert I am currently finishing up a new book called Sword of Betrayal. The tag line right now is: "Edris wants to be a poet. His father wants him to kill the king's son." It's about a son who tries to live up to his father's overwhelming expectations while attempting to figure out who he wants to be.

I got the idea when talking to a high school athlete who really didn't enjoy playing football anymore. But he is very good at it and he wants to please his father. So he felt trapped. He was actually hoping to get injured so he could do other things.

There's such an immense amount of pressure on gifted and talented kids (and all kids really), I just thought it would be a good story. Hopefully, I was right! You'll have to be the judge!

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