Aha, that explains my enjoyment of the books. I don’t know shit about shit
That sucks that he gets it so wrong, though! I follow him on Facebook and he presents himself as this big intellectual and people interview him as if he was a real scientist n’ stuff. His books are so damn long you’d think he’d take the time to make them accurate.
I guess that is why he didn’t go on to write more historical fiction, just sci fi fantasy.