They approached me. The developers of Infinity Blade were fans of mine. They tell me they spent some six months trying to get hold of me, going through different channels. But they kept trying because they really wanted to work with me. Eventually they realized they had a contact with Isaac Stewart, who has done a lot of art for my books and is a good friend of mine. So through him they eventually got me to dinner to pitch working on this project with them.
I have always wanted to write a more post-apocalyptic story. I’ve done a lot of straight-up fantasy and straight-up science fiction. The Infinity Blade universe happens in an interesting blend between the two, something I hadn’t been involved in before. It’s a time far removed from our own, but in our world, when these Deathless creatures—these human beings who have transcended normal human nature—have intentionally regressed the world to a kind of post-apocalyptic, almost fantasy-like state in order to maintain control. It’s a really interesting world to be part of. It harks back to some classic fiction that I’ve really enjoyed, like Fred Saberhagen’s Swords series or even the Japanese Vampire Hunter D series that dealt with similar themes.