In the dim light of a storeroom, Vekaya wakes up, alone and with no memory of who she is, where she is, or how she got there. In an orphanage run by an arcane religious cabal, our first protagonist has no choice but to become an investigator, a rebel, and her very own hero. At nearly the same time and not far away, a mysterious and deadly force from an uncharted region causes the town of South Hall to destroy itself, leaving Gyrath and his little brother Caedrus equal parts baffled and horrified. Taken from a stable and easy life, they are now adrift in a world of wolf packs, shapeshifters, will-bending shamassons, and the death crawler: a worm made entirely of corpses, the size of a tower that breathes violent madness into those unlucky enough to be near it. The trio must learn to put aside their differences in the hopes that the three of them will survive their adventure and save Hammercleft - and possibly the world - from those who would dominate it. A Flash of Sparks is created by Emile Bienert, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

A Flash of Sparks

I don’t remember what – or if – I was dreaming when it happened. All I know is that I was soundly asleep when an impossibly loud boom threw me into the air above my bed. Before my eyes could open, my body was rising into the air, limp, barely awake. Then as my muscles took stock of the situation and became iron, gravity returned me to the bed with a thud. I looked over at Caedrus to see him halfway out of his bed, as well. His eyes met mine. Both of us looked to the window. In our new consciousness, we could only assume that the sound had come from the east. The Carrowind. The soldiers. What? A million possibilities filled the silence between us. It was cracked by distant screams that grew, imperceptibly at first, louder and louder.


Chapter 11: A Fire in the Night