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Can You Feel It?
The spark of vengeance at last ignites,
waking the sleepless skies
N'er to oblivion we slowly come,
blood and fire on ashen eyes
Woe to men, the time draws near,
whispers raging on
And from the night the sound of wings,
an omen of waking dawn...
What is the Awakening?
The 'Cycle of Awakening' is an up-and-coming fantasy series, with book one, 'When Blood Burns', currently in the editing stages. This multi-novel series will be set in a familiar, yet unique, fantasy setting. The first novel will follow the story of several key characters as they embark on their own journeys - both sides out to avenge the death of their parents in a conflict going back thousands of years.
This is just the beginning...
'When Blood Burns' Synopsis:
The world is broken. Magic is fading. The ancient races have vanished. Only humans and dragons remain.
Far from the capital, on the outskirts of human lands, twins Kai and Mara know little of the world’s troubles, dutifully serving their oaths to the Order–a small group of men empowered by the blood of dragons. But with nearly 100 years of peace, the blood coffers dried up long before Kai and Mara joined. With the power to avenge their parents out of reach, Kai especially grows restless.
Whispers soon spread of a strange sighting in the mountains, a group of hunters waylaid by a woman with inhuman qualities, her eyes burning with vengeance, her voice asserting dark thoughts in the minds of men. Her arrival speaks of a new conflict, one with roots that extend far deeper than any of them could possibly know. And somehow, Kai and Mara seem to be at the very heart of it.
Peace will not last. Revenge will not forget. And before it’s all over, blood will burn.
"Echoes of something stirring in the East, far across the Thousand Peaks
a chilling wind runs down the Spine, biting roots and seeds beneath"
- an excerpt from one of the Lost Tomes
Experience the beginning of an all-new fictional saga in the world known as Velasia [Vel-ay-zhi-uh] - a mystical place full of both familiar and unfamiliar fantasy elements. While you might find many familiar, Tolkien-esque races, being referred to, in Velasia, nearly all of them have vanished.
Only dragons and humans remain, the prior the only beings who can still wield magic. Though humans have no innate magical affinity, they've been studying for years, using their ingenuity to craft devices capabale of giving them some semblance of control over it. But has their thirst for magic driven them too far?
In the heart of the human empire lies the Vale. And on the outskirts of the Vale sits Eastend, a village bordering a massive mountain range named the Thousand Peaks. Here, a group of warriors known as the "Order of Scales", within whose blood flows a small fragment of the dragons' power, watches over the lands beyond the Wall. Though they cannot wield magic, the blood gives them extra-human abilities, and it is with these abilities they've stood as the first line of defense against their ancient and powerful foe.
But with the elder dragons seeming an all but forgotten threat, the world has moved on, leaving the Order and the lands beyond the Wall to fend for themselves against the threat of lesser dragons who occasionally roam into human lands from beyond the mountains.
And it is in this part of the world where our story begins...
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