Half Price Books Solo Book Signing Event In the months following Awakening Dusk's release, I received messages from readers asking how to...

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Pronunciation Guide Kingdoms Enicia: eh-nee-see-uh Enician: eh-nee-tion Falel: fuh- lel Falelench: fuh-lel-ench Dead gods Pati: pa-tee...

Cast of Characters Raden Wade- Logger and carpenter, grandson of Wesley and Dorothea Wade Wesley Wade- Raden's grandfather Dorothea Wade-...

Chapter 2 Crypt Leoni’s long black hair cast a shadow over the crumpled parchment in her trembling fist. It curled as she wound it back into the canister. The pigeon cooed from the parapet beside her. She reflexively dropped a handful of seed along the weathered stone. Leoni stared unseeingly at the forested hills below her, the bright glare of the sun watering her eyes. She shouldn’t have opened it. Shouldn’t have tracked the messenger bird’s skyward path and met him in t

Chapter 1 A Wade in the Valley The axe arced through the air, making the final cut. With a groan, the tree collapsed to the ground. Raden cleared broken twigs and shrubbery from around the trunk. In rapid succession, he lopped off branches and began sorting them into piles. He worked his way down the tree as the sun rose higher. The natural quiet of Sunset Forest amplified his disruption, and the wild inhabitants skirted around the harsh echoes even as tranquility filled Rade