Story Excerpt ...

The Holy man Marcus Alanda, High Bishop of Norivika, watched the storm rise over the quiet sea. The fury of the tempest and the suddenness of its approach made him wary. The thick black thunderheads rolled steadily northward. Then the leading edge of dark clouds dissipated, turning into gentle mists.

It was the sign. If the storm had been natural, the barrier surrounding Norivika would have had no effect. Evil was awake in the realm.

Marcus opened the old book and read the first paragraph.

In the perfect emptiness, a sphere was formed. And within the sphere, the races were born. The creation was perfect, and the creator was perfection. The sphere existed in balance, in harmony, and for the eyes of the creator. For its existence was beauty. It's purpose was beauty.

Marcus's heart ached with the truth of those words, a truth that no longer existed. The creation had a flaw. A crack had appeared in the structure of creation, giving birth to the Abyss. And the Abyss had given birth to evil.

Story Synopsis ...

Throughout the Realm of Infinitera, in shadow and in light, beneath the twin suns Ellistar and Deneob, the word has gone out: The Dark One did not die at the Desecration Fault. And the Dark One and his minions, the great Ill­creatures, have it within their power to menace the Realm.

The Realm, to its sorrow, has seen evil before. But in these strange new times has come a thing never seen before. A star has tumbled, burning, from the sky: the Fallen Star, which has journeyed through the Abyss to land on Infinitera. It holds a power of evil more dangerous than the Dark One himself, one that could defile all Creation.

All this is known to High Bishop Marcus Alanda, watching from his temple in the Holy City of Norivika. To save the Realm and its power, the High Bishop charges a lonely band of travelers to accompany him on a journey to a lost island at the end of the world. There, in the temple Atablicryon, waits the one weapon that can defeat the Fallen Star.

Running before the storm, this doughty band must traverse mountains, deserts, forests, oceans, and undreamt-of peril—and learn the true nature of the Fallen Star—in order to preserve the Realm from the rising darkness.

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Reviews ...

Publishers Weekly—"Plenty of action, magical pyrotechnics, and narrow escapes. Fans of epic fantasy are sure to enjoy this grand, fast-paced adventure!"

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