The Ever Fiend
by Randy
Ellefson
GENRE: Fantasy
BLURB:
Only a fool steals from a wizard.
Talon Stormbringer thought he knew the risk of stealing from Viland Shadowbreaker - until he got caught. The wizard will spare him if Talon performs a service - fetch the deadly silver elixir from the Everway, a supernatural land that Talon assumed wasn’t real. Only children believe the stories about what lies within - lost souls, corrupted magic items, and mysterious destinations that most people never escape. Ruling over it all is the Ever Fiend, a bogeyman that people use to scare unruly youngsters into behaving.
Talon agrees to go, if only to stop Viland from doing something unholy with the potent elixir once retrieved. Joining him are a band of people he can’t trust. Their leader, a sorelia with nefarious plans of his own. The sorelia’s battle-trained mynx, a large cat who obeys only its master. An alluring swordswoman who wants to enchant her blades with the elixir. A cocky guard whose bravado might prove more liability than asset. A warrior kryll whose curiosity about the elixir might cost him more than his life. And a tortured Knight of Coiryn who seeks redemption in a place where most are damned. Of all the things they might discover on their journey, one is the most obvious and yet the hardest to learn...
Only a fool steals from the Ever Fiend.
Talon Stormbringer thought he knew the risk of stealing from Viland Shadowbreaker - until he got caught. The wizard will spare him if Talon performs a service - fetch the deadly silver elixir from the Everway, a supernatural land that Talon assumed wasn’t real. Only children believe the stories about what lies within - lost souls, corrupted magic items, and mysterious destinations that most people never escape. Ruling over it all is the Ever Fiend, a bogeyman that people use to scare unruly youngsters into behaving.
Talon agrees to go, if only to stop Viland from doing something unholy with the potent elixir once retrieved. Joining him are a band of people he can’t trust. Their leader, a sorelia with nefarious plans of his own. The sorelia’s battle-trained mynx, a large cat who obeys only its master. An alluring swordswoman who wants to enchant her blades with the elixir. A cocky guard whose bravado might prove more liability than asset. A warrior kryll whose curiosity about the elixir might cost him more than his life. And a tortured Knight of Coiryn who seeks redemption in a place where most are damned. Of all the things they might discover on their journey, one is the most obvious and yet the hardest to learn...
Only a fool steals from the Ever Fiend.
Excerpt:
While most in Talendor slumbered,
Talon Stormbringer crept through a hallway dark with flickering shadows, his
human ears and eyes alert. He’d already slipped undetected past a jhaikan and a
mynx, undeterred by their ferocity and taste for man-flesh. Even the dozen
sleeping riven in the courtyard hadn’t given him pause, when even fully armored
knights would have turned away. The little monsters were infamous for stirring
at the slightest sound and waking to become like a whirling dervish of steel,
not unlike what Talon himself could unleash from the sword he gripped in one
hand.
Now he heard nothing, not even his
own passage, the supple black leather pants and tunic he wore never squeaking
as he crept toward the doorway and his prize—the gold figurine of a great bird
of prey, said to be magical and worth a fortune. Stories in taverns had piqued
his interest but also warned him of the dangers, the greatest of those being
the wizard whose white tower he now prowled. Some said Viland Shadowbreaker
enjoyed unsavory habits when few were looking, his public persona of benevolent
charm masking a dark truth. But men with great secrets often hide things of
greater importance than their private sins.
AUTHOR BIO:
Randy Ellefson has written fantasy fiction since his
teens and is an avid world builder, having spent three decades creating
Llurien, which has its own website. He has a Bachelor’s of Music in classical
guitar but has always been more of a rocker, having released several albums and
earned endorsements from music companies. He’s a professional software
developer and runs a consulting firm in the Washington D.C. suburbs. He’s
married and loves spending time with his son and daughter when not writing,
making music, or playing golf.
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1 comments:
Thank you for posting about my book today! I'll try to answer any questions your readers have. I have one for them - Do you like a fantasy world with all new races or is that a turn off? THE EVER FIEND has a bunch of new ones. Randy Ellefson
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