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Shards: A Story of The Realm
A Fantasy Short Story by Ben Galley
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Military Fantasy,
- War Fantasy,
- Siege Fantasy,
- Golem Fantasy
This book is for you if you're into...
- War-golems clashing in brutal sieges
- Fantasy battles where magic faces off against magic
They say the Malar Dorah is unbreakable. For five centuries, the Realm's mightiest fortress has stood unconquered. Now it is the final bastion of a retreating northern army, and the culmination of the long-raging Diamond Wars. The warlord Belerod stands at the Dorah's doorstep with a southern horde at his back, set on testing the meaning of unbreakable with his war-golems.
Fourteen of Belerod's creations waded into the Diamond Wars. Only eight remain. Their second-youngest, Task, has seen every bloody battle; every crippling defeat and valiant push. The attack on Malar Dorah is supposed to be the dawn of peace. But now, at the end, the soldiers whisper of a wizard hiding behind the Dorah's vast walls. For the first and last time in the Diamond Wars, magic will fight magic.
Shards is a short story set several centuries before the events of Ben Galley's award-winning standalone novel The Heart of Stone. Shards is a prequel tale of Task's beginnings in the Diamond Wars, and a fierce and action-packed look at a time when war-golems were not so rare.
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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