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Dead Stars: Part One
A Fantasy Novel by Ben Galley
Book 3 of the Emaneska Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Epic Fantasy,
- Dark Fantasy,
- Multiple POV,
- Gods & Mythic Beings
This book is for you if you're into...
- Grim fantasy where magic spirals out of control
- Multiple storylines colliding in a world on the brink
- Dark quests with mages hunted and gods lurking in the shadows
The sky is falling. The world trembles beneath it. Emaneska is crying out for a saviour.
Somebody is hunting down the Written mages in the wilds. Murdering and skinning them alive. Who? A mere girl. A girl who was born to rip the stars from the sky and bring them crashing down to earth. The direst enemy Emaneska has ever faced.
In the wake of the Battle of Krauslung, the world has changed. For the darker. For the stranger. Magic swells like a storm, spilling from the stunned lips of farmboys and milkmaids, burning spell books to cinders at the lightest of touches.
As Krauslung unknowingly balances on a knife-edge, tension mounts. Insidious whispers have begun to spread, drawing new enemies to the surface. Discontent, fear, betrayal. It seems that the girl is not the only enemy Emaneska faces.
Who can stand in their way? Will it be a pair of struggling Arkmages, one blind, one Written? An Albion maid, on the cusp of her wedding day? Three shadows of gods? Or will it be a ghost, a bloody rumour, lost in a dark world of murder and bitter memories?
One question above all lingers on their lips: where in Emaneska is Farden?
with Ben Galley “ I love to create deep, high concept fantasy worlds, packed with magic and mythology wrapped up in intricate characters working through emotional storylines. ”
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