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

Emboldened by my victory over the storeroom door, I climbed the stairs with great haste. The upper floors of the House of Civius had been emptied. No children.


“Fire!” I yelled. “Get out! The House of Civius is on fire!” A shamasson saw me and was about to say something when I bellowed over her, “The storeroom is on fire! Get the children out!”


“You’re Gyrath, aren’t you?” she said.


It was not an appropriate response for someone who is feeling the gravity of the situation. I remembered what Vekaya had said about the shamassons helping wounded soldiers with their voices.


Well, I can remember thinking, the ones in this particular House of Civius don’t.


Chapter 33: Similar Medicine