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

These many years later, I am uncertain as to whether or not I ever thought that I would see my parents again. I can remember thinking about it, afraid to feel too strongly one way or the other. Things were happening so quickly that I don't think either Caedrus or I had time to think about much of anything long term. My father had said he would meet us at Hammercleft. I remember feeling that if I went there, somehow everything would be made right, but as for whether or not either of my parents had actually survived the night, I just couldn't think about it. The very idea of it lurked in my mind as a faceless ghost.


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