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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

Endrus led the way, a torch in hand, and Leah and Hook followed through dark rooms of the palace. Everything was plastered with dust. When she had asked to see her family, she had expected to be led out beyond the city walls to the Downs. Instead, as Endrus led them deeper and deeper into the palace, Leah had trouble reconciling herself to the realization that her family were not resting in peaceful, open-country graves. They lay deep under her feet, down in the palace catacombs.


Endrus halted at the top of a dark set of stairs leading down, deep into the recesses beneath the castle. Leah took a torch from a sconce on the wall and lit it with the torch Endrus carried.


"I'll proceed alone from here," she said.


Endrus hesitated but said, "As you wish, my lady."


Chapter 102: Anavion Bone