Author here! So what made me write The West Sea? Well, to start off, I've never been a fan of the current state of affairs in my country, let alone have the moral fortitude to voice out my concerns in public. Instead I've been imagining a new, different reality where a country, very much like my own, had defended its territory and made use of its resources. A nation united in support of protecting what was rightfully theirs. As you can see, I imagine a lot of implausible things. But it does make you wonder what it would've felt like to be so optimistically patriotic to a cause so great that it would unite a nation and move forward into the future. Well, it's great to imagine these things, that's why I'm currently writing this novel. Thanks again for the support!