Craig_Beckham

Jake is the firstborn in his family, and he is about to undertake the challenge of a lifetime. Along with fifty other 'first-born' students, he must take Feldspar Academy's mysterious exit exam. 

He will have to design a new world; full of wonder and promise, where the only limit will be his imagination. 

The pressure is crippling; he alone holds power over where his family and friends will live out the rest of their lives. If he fails, then everyone who he has ever loved will be doomed to try and survive his creation, whether it is finished or not.

Please be advised that this is a fast-paced novel, with a plot that spans many realms.

Brockwing Vale

Dauntless exited the portal whole and with a massive splash. It wasn't a particularly rough landing, but I felt myself swaying where I stood.

And as the spraying water dwindled to a trickle and finished rolling down the bridge window, I gasped. 'Where did you take us?'

Cali appeared as confused as I was. 'Tristren,'  she confirmed. 'But none of this looks right.'

I laughed. 'You mean the fact that the realm is all ocean?'

'We don't know that for sure.' Rac interrupted, looking out the window too.

I pointed at the same view. 'Grey choppy oceans stretching beyond the horizon, the only things missing are boats. Please tell me we can float?'

Rac shrugged, still not wanting to dispute anything yet. 'Give me five minutes.'

While the Rachi pilot busied himself with mapping the waterscape that was Tristren,  I moved to see how Asher was doing.

Strange Tides