But with kingdoms fated on the edge of spears, alliances and pagan magic, betrayal, doubt, and dangers await him at every turn. With a troubled past, a cursed sword, and a mysterious spirit guiding him, Othrun means to be that ruler, and conquer all. With his Single God binding his knights to chivalric oaths, intent on wiping out idolatry and pagan worship, they will have to carve out a new kingdom on this mysterious continent―a continent that has for centuries been ravaged by warlords competing for supremacy and mages channeling the mystic powers of the elements―and unite the continent under godly rule. Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmering Sea from their ancestral home, now lost beneath the waves. Sort of makes the whole ‘not dying’ part redundant. The offer gets him into the Guild of the Arcane, but nowhere did it mention he’d be an apprentice to a battlemage about to embark on a certain mission. If he wants to stay alive-which he decides would be a preferable outcome-he has to accept an offer from the very man he tried to kill. At least until he finds out he’ll work alongside mages with powers responsible for the infection in the first place.Įight, a human experiment of torture, fails to assassinate his target. When his guild leader contacts him after years of silence, it’s to send him on a mission with an assembled crew.
Kynnar is a Guild Drengir mercenary roaming the Corrupted Lands, a place of maddening sickness that took the life of his beloved. Their mission: deliver an arcane explosive into the heart of the corruption. A boy struggling to understand emotions he cannot feel.Ī journey into a land of bloodthirsty creatures was never a simple matter to begin with. Katherine and Ethan face many dangers within the multi-verses and the outside world where they uncover secrets that the First Family would rather have remain hidden.A man hearing the voice of his dead wife. Trained since they were children to connect with their genetic doubles they work for the corrupt rulers of their planet, the First Family, in the Jump Unit. The air has become unbreathable, the water undrinkable and mutants in all species have emerged. Humanity is on a countdown towards extinction as climate change, pollution, and radiation have gone unchecked for decades, and it has taken its inevitable toll on their Earth-like planet and all of its inhabitants. In a setting where the multi-verse is real, and travel between them can be manipulated, Katherine and Ethan must learn to navigate to these alternate realities to try to save their dying planet.
How far would you go, and what would you sacrifice for those you love?
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