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A black stone stood at the head of the valley. Letters of an antique script, weathered by time but visible still, cut deep into the surface. For common men the legend was unreadable, and yet the signal stone retained a power to daunt even the bravest.
Seama followed the words with a learned eye. It was a form of Ancient Medean written here. The figures had long ago been traced and studied and the script deciphered. A translation had been made by Captolinux of Thibes in 1336AF.
Seama recited the verse aloud as if it were a spell or a prayer. It served only to remind him of the peril that lay ahead. He laid a hand upon the pillar. It was sharp cold to the touch, the warning thrilled through his fingertips, but the passing urge to turn and flee barely troubled him.
It was not that the stone failed in its purpose, but for Seama Beltomé, and he alone, this message from the far past had an alternate power. It was for him a summons - and his response inevitable.
Seama stepped away from the stone and threw back his cloak, defying cold reality. Why should he not? Welcoming the challenge, he strode onwards into the forbidden pass of Kentreth’s Grave.
The gods of the Earth had another name for that valley. It cut through everything they knew and everything they were.
They kept the name safe upon a time of choosing.
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Chapters available to sample Chapter Titles Part 1 COINCIDENT Geografia Visionary Heartland Disorderly Behaviour Blood, Blight & Ballistics Living Legend Living Myth Kentreth’s Grave Booty Trouble in the Market Place An Extraction A Trip Upriver An Island in the Sun The Kingdom of Halfi Passage Demonography
Part 2 INTRUSIONS The Creation and Beginning Tea and Toasted Rabbit Found and Lost Mixed Reception Ancient History Baked it Black The Siege of Eternity Sortie Bangers and Mash The Sword of Ages
Part 3 The Evil That Men Do Part 4 Lessons in Conflict
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I Cantaro
Aetaticum
en
Haslem
Heed my words,
Chiefs of men!
Let not thy children,
Strong or frail,
Seek out my grave.
It is forbidden
To mortal men.
Death or damnation
Be their course
If my words are forgotten.
This is no curse,
Take heed of my warning:
Only the Sayoshant
Will pass unscathed
To say a prayer at my grave.
The Twist Inside
Part 1 ABOMINATIONS
Affairs of the Heart
False Horizons
Evermind
The Tale of Lost Lenore
Nostrums and Narrywigs
Hard News
Nai’vedya
Assets and Losses
Into the City of Offerings
Bloodstone
Part 2 INVENTIONS
Intercourse
Mortal Remains
Mortal Enemies
Indiscretion
Out of Her Stays
Perpetual Motion
Restoration
Normal Life
Beyond Decency
Mysteries & Assumptions
Garassa
Lying Low
A Severance
Kreet’s Yard
Part 3 Wrongs of Passage
Part 4 Allegiance
THE BEST OF MEN
SONG OF AGES
v.1
An epic fantasy of monsters, gods, warriors and wizards, of heedless villains and decent everyday people.
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pt 1 of The Twist Inside
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A Song of Ages