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

There was thunderous applause from the other children, who, having already experienced Vekaya’s charity in getting them out of trouble, were nothing short of ecstatic to see Mrs. Praner at a loss. Heartened by the excitement around her, Vekaya looked expectantly at the woman. She already appeared smaller, worried, uncertain. All of that talk of charity, and I don’t think that Mrs. Praner was actually ready to meet anyone willing to go through all of that abuse simply to undo injustice. To people like Mrs. Praner, being good is a paper test, a puzzle game, something to be leveraged and manipulated. People of that sort loathe the kind of true goodness that Vekaya was showing. Her eyes moved back and forth from Mrs. Praner’s face to the stick. She waited. The applause died down. The children waited. We all watched. What could Mrs. Praner even do?


Chapter 30: Vekaya's Gambit