CHAPTER 1: THE BATTLE FOR WORDHAVEN (Part 3)

“Jeo pur’theron!” (1)

A blur of sun-kissed steel whipped passed Brasen’s eyes, thudding heavily as it sank into the flesh of a guardian’s neck, his body already ablaze with blue fire from the soldier’s Word. Brasen blinked, as if awakening from a dream, and looked up to take in where he now found himself. (2)

He saw only fire—a wall, a tower, a swirling tempest of deep orange and red, rippling like a mirage behind thick waves of heat that made his skin feel tight and scorched black the leather on his arms and thighs. Accosted by the flaming mass, he...

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CHAPTER 1: THE BATTLE FOR WORDHAVEN (Part 2)

As if to challenge his declaration, the mountain that encircled Wordhaven’s valley rumbled in reply.

“A quake?” asked one of the soldiers nearby. Brasen raised a hand to quiet him, and listened. His eyes searched the distant ridge for signs of shifting stone, but all remained still, as if the mountain itself were suddenly, inexplicably, holding its breath.

Just then, a quivering thunder rose beneath their feet. One startled gasp later, a tremendous explosion sprang forth from the bowels of the mountain, shattering the entire cliff face north of Wordhaven’s walls. The sound of it was ominous and hard, like a...

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Big Announcement: Book 3 Will Be Blogged!

You heard right! I’ve decided to post the entire 3rd book of The Pearlsong Refounding right here on this blog, uploading a new entry week by week, as it is being written!

If you’ve read the first two installments— Gideon’s Dawn, and Waymaker—then I know you’re as anxious as I am to see the third and final book of the trilogy— The Word Within—completed and published. And I will certainly still publish the book, when it is complete.

But I’ve decided to take it one step farther, and actually publish the book online as it’s being written as well. That way,...

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CHAPTER 1: THE BATTLE FOR WORDHAVEN (Part 1)

I wish I could have seen Wordhaven before that day, when the shadow of the Council’s malevolence first fell across that sacred valley. Having stood as the bastion of light and hope for so many centuries, who could have conceived such a place as that could ever be marred by darkness. But once the darkness found the gates, it was like the ending of a dream. There was no going back again.
— The Kyrinthan Journals, Musings, Chapter 30, Verses 121-123

“They’re coming!” Brasen Stoneguard yelled to his men, his voice booming across Wordhaven’s valley by the mystical power of...

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Book Review Alert (again)!

Tim Frankovich of Christian Fiction Review posted this gem about Gideon’s Dawn recently on his oft-visited fiction review site, and promises a review of Waymaker as well soon! Hoo-Yah!

See the review by visiting www.christianfictionreview.com!

And Tim—Thanks!