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

The classroom had a raised platform at its center. There were tables and chairs at higher and higher elevations in semicircular rows, radiating out from the center. Children were sitting at the tables, looking down toward a woman on the dais in the middle. I assumed, correctly, that she was the teacher. I thought about Instructor Dofa. He was probably dead. There would have been a time when I would have been thrilled at the prospect of never having to go to school again. But, Kabil’s father... Kabil was probably dead. And Garren... And… the names and faces of my neighbors and friends floated up to the surface of my mind like boxes from a shipwreck.


Chapter 22: Learning