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Corey McCullough is an independent copy editor, proofreader, ghostwriter, and author. He lives in western Pennsylvania with his amazing wife Vanessa and their two beautiful daughters. His favorite pastimes are reading, writing, playing video games, spending time with his best friend (Vanessa), and, most of all, being a dad.

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

Green energy exploded from Justin's sword with each swing. Rock and earth blew apart. The daemyn bombs hitting the city were only background noise. Justin defended against the blasts when necessary, but he focused his efforts on cutting down the crater wall.


Sweat coated his face as he pumped out the waters of aurym from the deep, deep well of his soul, steadily carving a trench through rock. It was as if he were watching himself from somewhere outside his body, awestruck and a bit terrified by what he was doing; a seemingly normal teenager with the ability to impose his will upon the very planet, to manipulate and carve it to his liking.


Until now, he hadn't fully comprehended the potential. This was the power Avagad wanted. This was what Zechariah had warned him about-a weapon that could bring entire civilizations to their knees. And the name of the weapon was Justin Holmes.


Chapter 167: Power