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A teenager’s wish to escape his stressful life just came true — with otherworldly consequences.

Nothing is going right for Justin Holmes. Like many seventeen-year-olds, he sometimes wishes he could just run away and leave everything behind. But he gets more than he bargained for when he storms out of the house after an argument with his father and accidentally steps into a parallel universe of swords, shields, magic, and monsters.

Suddenly, Justin is desperate to find a way back to his ordinary life in small-town America. His search for answers takes an unexpected turn when a strange old man and a powerful mercenary recruit him to rescue a kidnapped princess. But their rescue mission quickly takes a disastrous turn and becomes a life-or-death flight deep into the unknown wilds. Justin and his unlikely allies are on the run from dark forces wielding deadly, arcane power — demonic beings that seem to have suddenly arrived from somewhere beyond this world . . . just like Justin.

Justin may not be a fighter, but he is intelligent and strong-willed. He soon realizes that nothing in this world is what it seems. Even his allies’ mission may have all been a ruse . . . to get to him.

Ancient secrets are revealed that could shake the foundations of this alternate world . . . and might unlock Justin’s portal home.

The Fallen Odyssey is a contemporary portal fantasy novel for college and “new adult” audiences. It is the first of a trilogy but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. If you like epic, serious fantasy about dangerous quests in magical worlds, check out The Fallen Odyssey.

The Fallen Odyssey

It took the blue tiger seconds to close the gap. In three lunges, it pushed through the trees and jumped with claws outstretched.


Justin, frozen in shock, would have been killed if not for Ahlund. The tall Guardian planted his boot against Justin's hip and kicked hard at the same moment, simultaneously pushing Justin forward and himself backward. Justin tumbled headlong into the ground as the tiger crashed through the foliage.


Before he even stopped rolling, Ahlund drew his sword, set it ablaze, and brandished the flaming weapon at the tiger, trying to ward it back. The tiger hesitated, sizing Ahlund up for a weakness. Retractable claws the size of a man's fingers sheathed and unsheathed within the toes of its massive feet as it pawed the leafy ground in anticipation.


Justin scrambled to his feet. Only now did he begin to grasp the size of the tiger. It was a cat as big as a rhinoceros.


Chapter 94: Gnashing of Teeth (Part 2)