The goddess Elenya has lost herself, sacrificing everything to fend off disaster for all her creations. Dedicated to the world she wrought, abandoned by the god she loved, and endangered by the god she spurned, Elenya’s fate lies in the hands of her mortal children.
Bondsword’s War
Athelon never expected to be Guardian, but duty to his goddess demanded it. Accepting the mantle meant sharing his mind with his predecessor. She now encroaches on the sacred space shared with his wife, Iliana. Worse, an uninvited intruder lingered.
As war erupts in Elnoreon, conflicts among clergy, kings, and soldiers threaten everything he loves. Through Elnorean bonding, he empowers Bondswords in battle from hundreds of miles away. Yet the terrors of war cut across Elnorean bonds, putting even his beloved Iliana at risk.
Unbeknownst to Athelon, this war reignites an ancient conflict that no Guardian can face alone, for gods have powerful enemies.
November 23, 2026.
Summoner’s Song
Eldrin herds yaks with his daughter Cara, haunted by a tragic past he longs to forget. Eldrin lives for his precious daughter, unaware that the music in her remarkable soul could save or destroy them all. As long-lost truths seep back to the Summoner Tribes, the Summoner’s Song stirs, bringing both hope and peril to Eldrin and Cara.
As an old threat ignites, like a nascent spark in a dry field, Eldrin must do everything he can to keep Cara safe, for the fate of gods and men rests on his bloodline.
January 18, 2027.
Guardian’s Peril
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Athelon saved his city, but Elnorey’s peril grows far to the north. To protect his goddess, Athelon must leave Iliana and venture deep behind the war’s front lines. Tirion, the Olorin Prince, pursues him, seeking knowledge he cannot get through his uneasy alliance with the Beholder Truthseer.
Amidst the horde of banes, Eldrin fights a battle for his soul. Will the banes’ terrible power crush him, or can he defeat Cara’s demons at the heart of the horde?
Nations, demons, and nature collide as the truths behind the war and the greater conflict of the gods come to light.
March 15, 2027.
Chosen’s Ascension
Chosen by Elnorey. Impossible. The idea of a benevolent goddess defied Jonathan’s harsh life on the docks, until that moment in Elnorey’s Tower. Now his world will never be the same, but he can’t escape prejudice and hypocrisy, even within the Tower.
With the Guardian gone, malicious actors rise to threaten Elnorey. As mentors and criminals collude, can Jonathan rise to Elnorey’s call and protect the Tower?
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Fugitive’s Flight
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Iliana is alone, with only her unborn child for company. Athelon left her at a critical time, for Eiran wants revenge. Caught in Eiran’s schemes, Iliana’s fate, and the fate of gods and men, will fall on the shoulders of a rover named Raja. Iliana’s child is the key, but vagaries of oral tradition have the rovers divided. Is she a prophetess or a pariah? Can Raja protect her from king and kin?
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Entangling’s End
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With the Great Entangling’s end, truths have been set free … along with the dread summoner Traidon. The banes have been defeated, but their threat paled next to Traidon’s power. Athelon longs to return to the Tower, his wife, and his life, but freed truths declare the stakes. Athelon and Traidon will wage battle to determine Elenya’s destiny.
Coming soon.
Queen’s Craft
Shansha loves Nadeas, her emperor and husband, for it is etched in the stone tablets that crafted her. Shansha loathes Nadeas, the cruel god-like ruler who commissioned her crafting as his newest amusement. The contradiction defies the laws of crafting and wrenches Shansha’s heartstrings.
Can Shansha uncover the secrets in her craftwork and escape Nadeas’ iron grip? Unbeknownst to Shansha, her fight to define herself beyond the confines of pen, brush, and sculpture will wrench the pen from the hand of the Storyteller himself and etch Elenya’s fate in stone.
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Successor’s Burden
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Athelon won but left Jonathan to put the world back together. Elnoreon sits in ruins as dark horrors fester and canker the sanity of the survivors. Traidon’s defeat set the stage for a cunning foe beyond Jonathan’s ken.
Can Jonathan protect the Tower and save his people from the destruction left behind when gods battle? Can he even survive? Elnorey has changed, leaving him alone without warning. Losing her strength reduces him to nothing more than a boy from the docks desperately trying to save as many survivors as he can.
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Protector’s Mandate
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Fugitives, exiles, outcasts. Raja and Iliana flee the relentless pursuit of his shapeless kin. Their Mandate drives them to Randuin, but the truth of their goal eludes them. Iliana’s unborn child speaks to her, but their relationship only raises more questions. Is the babe truly her daughter, or something else entirely?
What awaits them across the Dune Sea among the kingdom of crafters? How can one Shapeless, and his pregnant companion, hope to fulfill the Mandate of an entire people, and what will it mean for Elenya and all of creation?
Coming soon.