Artakus: Saga Artakusiad

"Huh? Aper nie?", maybe korg bertanye, kan?
Well..pada suatu hari...hehe.

If korg ader bace (i mean bace, not watch) The Lords of the Ring trilogy, well this is Malaysian version of that novel. Tp x same ok. Cume the writer inspired when he read the ring novel. The writer, Abg Pat (Ahmad Patria Abdullah) start writing his novel mase die berumor 17 tahun.

The 1st novel is PERMATA AURORIUS. Novel ni berkisar ttg Rizal, remaja biasa kat dunia ni but then suddenly pabila tersedar selepas hampir di langgar kereta, Rizal berada di sebuah dunia yg lain yg sungguh ala-ala zaman LOTR. Dan Rizal telah dianggap sebagai penduduk dunia tuh as their savior name Artakus. Well its a normal tale ttg baik lawan jahat. And dlm crite ni pihak baik adalah penduduk dunia yg bernama Aurora. Dlm Aurora ni ader byk puak-puak yg x sebulu (mcm kite dlm dunia sebenar ni jugak). And Artakus nilah yg akan menyatukan semua puak-puak ni as ape yg dikatakan dlm kitab-kitab Id (kepercayaan diorg). Disebabkan perpecahan puak-puak ni, Morrok-kaum yg diketuai oleh Herakos (org jahat) telah hampir menguasai keseluruhan Aurora dgn bantuan puak-puak yg berpaling tadah.

Disamping itu, ada satu lagi pertelingkahan iaitu between Arasis & Osria. Arasis adalah wat we call as the good side mewakili Siang dan Osria adalah malam or kegelapan. Herakos dgn bantuan Osria hendak memusnahkan dunia. Sementara Artakus & Merkia (ala Merlin or Gandalf)hendak menyelamatkan Aurora dari gengaman Herakos dan Osria.
Korg dah paham or korg dah bosan? hehe...

Cerita ni berkembang dgn bestnyer dari satu novel ke novel seterusnya. Novel-novel Saga Artakusiad adalah:

1. Permata Aurorius (1987).
2. Kota Arialun (1988).
3. Kembar Artakus (1988).
4. Petua Azkram (1991).
5. Puteri Alindalia (1991).
6. Pedang Aurora (1991).
7. Legenda Numerius (2004).

Abg Pat tgk menyiapkan novel ke lapan. Well it took longer than expected. Bkn senang beb nak tulis sebuah cerita fantasi yg penuh dgn idea-idea yg gile best. And bukan senang nak buat gue yg bukan suka sgt mmbaca utk carik novel-novel dia smpai complete ar gue punye collection (thanks kak Nisah!).

Well if korg nak tau lebih lanjut ttg dunia artakusiad ni, go to www.auroran.net.
Ramai rupenyer yg baca novel ni coz if korg nak tau, peminat-peminat novel ni slalu buat perjumpaan (unfortunetely gue x pernah pegi) and kekadang even Abg Pat pun join gak.

Gue bangga ar dpt bace novel ni beb. Bangga coz ade anak tempatan yg mampu tulis novel yg gue rasa setanding ar dgn LOTR. Kitorg (or Auroran or pengunjung Olai Tannon) siap membayangkan if novel ni dinaikkan ke layar perak, sape paling layak bwk watak-watak dlm novel ni beb!.

Gue start bace novel ni mase umor gue 13 or 14 kot. Itupon pinjam buku ni kat library. The 1st novel that I buy were Pedang Aurora, followed by Kembar Artakus then Kota Arialun and Petua Azkram. The last 2 (Permata Aurorius & Puteri Alindalia) susah gile nak jumpe beb! Puas gak gue cari merata even siap pegi DBP and Perpustakaan Negara, tp x dpt jugak. Then ntah mcmane gue browse dlm internet and terjumpa website Artakus.net. And from there on, gue ask around and dpt contact Elaira and Kak Nisah yg ade stok original novel Puteri & certified copy of Permata. So after buying the book, complete ar collection gue. And in 2004, gue sempat beli legenda before stok habis.

Semoga Abg Pat dpt terus berkarya coz not only me, but the whole auroran are supporting you! Keep up da' good work and thanks for making my life more interesting by reading ur book.