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

After that class, there were more study hours. Vekaya directed me to the library. The shamasson stare had worn off, but I still felt that I wasn’t master of my own footsteps. Though my rage had somewhat subsided, and Vekaya had convinced me that if I did go off angrily, I’d have tea in my system before I understood what was happening, I still wanted to look for Caedrus. And, I was furious with myself for having been separated from him. What if what had happened in South Hall spread here? It was surely possible. Especially, because I didn’t know what had even happened.


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