Emile Bienert

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

Vekaya reasoned, as she joined the throng of children on their journey down the stone steps to the dining hall for breakfast, that she did not need to wait until dark to investigate the mystery of those sacks. So strongly did she suspect what was in the bags, that she had half of a mind to go looking for Captain Taron without investigating. She strode off of the staircase and into the hallway, pondering. Would all of this be enough? The symbol on the canvas bags had to be something representing the Order of Civius. An eye and a hand? Of course, it had to be. Every Pillar that they read involved him somehow watching or manipulating human affairs. Vekaya would just have to find out what kind of person Captain Taron was. Would he hold up his end of their bargain? Would he know who she was? Did she even want him to?


Chapter 18: An Eye and a Hand