A REAPER OF STONE
by Mark Gelineau and Joe King
GENRE: Fantasy
BLURB:
A Lady is dead. Her noble line ended. And the King’s Reaper has
come to reclaim her land and her home. In the marches of Aedaron, only one
thing is for certain. All keeps of the old world must fall.
Elinor
struggles to find her place in the new world. She once dreamed of great things.
Of becoming a hero in the ways of the old world. But now she is a Reaper. And
her duty is clear. Destroy the old. Herald the new.
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EXCERPT:
The girl stared
directly into Elinor's eyes. There was no hysteria, and no more tears. Just
sadness matched with a hard, cold determination. “For the murder.”
At the word, Elinor
felt a cold inside her that had nothing to do with the chilling rain. “They
were attacked by bandits.”
“They were not killed
by mere bandits,” she hissed. “My father was a tempered razor of the Aegis
School. He was a match for a dozen armed men. Perhaps more. That is no
exaggeration.” She stared into Elinor's eyes with a fierce intensity. “The
death of my father and Lady Lliane was no accident. It was an assassination.”
“Stop,” Elinor
commanded. She looked around to be sure there were none of Piersym's razors
nearby. Two were outside, but on the far side of the tower. Elinor assumed that
over the rain, they wouldn't have heard what the girl said.
“You don't believe me?” Tae asked, the hurt
clear in her eyes.
Elinor moved close,
until they were almost nose to nose. Her voice was quiet, but carried a sharp
edge of intensity. “It is not about belief,” Elinor said, holding the girl with
her gaze. “You must be careful what you say. Some things once said, cannot be
unsaid.”
Tae looked confused
and Elinor continued on. “If you make an accusation, you turn your home into a
den of wolves.” She shifted her eyes in the direction of the Hearthfire razors
on the far end of the parapet. “And these wolves will not allow you to escape
if they believe you threaten them.”
The girl frowned, but
shook her head defiantly. “But you said it yourself. You fought every day for
what you believed in. How is this any different than the rendworms?”
“Because this is not a
fight you can win, Tae,” Elinor said.
AUTHOR BIO:
Mark and Joe have been writing and telling stories together for
the last 25 years. They share a love for the classic fantasy tales of their
childhood. Their Echoes of the Ascended series brings those old epic characters
and worlds to new life.
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