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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

Justin took the glossy, wallet-sized photo from Cyaxares, but he could summon no other words. He stared at the photo of himself-hair carefully styled, a collared shirt, posed before a blue, marbled background-in a photo that looked like it had been in storage for a lifetime.


"To explain the existence of what you hold in your hand," Cyaxares said, "I must start with the story of Avagad himself." She took a deep breath. "You asked me if he was the one whom I referred to as the master of the cythraul. Avagad is a dangerously powerful man, but he is still just that. A man. His roots can be traced back to a group of warrior-monks devoted to aurym, who harnessed the Ancients' power of unlimited years."


"You mean he was one of the Brethren?" said Justin.


Chapter 113: Earthrise (Part 3)