Dragon Spindle

J. Burch Jethro

Description

Balance of life is key to the realm of Ningazia and the struggle between the forces of good and evil have always been in check. But due to an ancient evil that now plagues the realm, a path is set to restore balance and bring the realm back from the brink of destruction. This is the battle of ancient races that starts with the destruction of the dragon race by an evil creature hell bent on total dominion over all. After the once-beloved race of dragons is destroyed, a path is set in motion to restore that was once lost and bring the ancient evil into accord, bringing back balance to the realm and beyond into the multiverse. Varian, a boy with unknowing power, will struggle with the magic he has been granted and choose his journey with the help of his trusted friends and allies he meets along the way, he will try and set the balance and restore what was once lost!

Sujets

• Adventure (Guyana)
• Adventure

Informations

• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Date de parution: 30 août 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528962872
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Dragon Spindle
Jethro J. Burch
Austin Macauley Publishers
2019-08-30
Dragon Spindle About the Author About the Cover Dedication Copyright Information © Prologue Chapter 1 Wolfpack Chapter 2 Out of the Forest Chapter 3 Southbound Chapter 4 Castle Wizin Chapter 5 Teachings Chapter 6 Revelations Chapter 7 The Road West Chapter 8 Mevia Chapter 9 The High Priestess Chapter 10 Black Arrows Chapter 11 Set Sail Chapter 12 Visions Chapter 13 High Castle Chapter 14 The Shadow Chapter 15 Break Out Chapter 16 The Scarlet Harlot Chapter 17 The Eastern Sea Chapter 18 Swimming Lessons Chapter 19 The Dragon Isle Chapter 20 Opening Manoeuvres Chapter 21 On the Hunt Chapter 22 The Storm Chapter 23 Elfindaria Chapter 24 Union Chapter 25 The First Battle
About the Author
Jethro Burch first started writing in 2016, after back surgery gave him an opportunity to take time off work and for his passion of reading fantasy books to become a reality. This is when he started building the realm of Ningazia and making plots, characters and the ideas which would become a huge planned fourteen-book series.
Jethro is dyslexic and had a difficult time at school and in childhood but always loved reading. He enjoyed science fiction, fantasy and his imagination was always in action.
Dragon Spindle is the first installment into the world of fantasy, seen through the eyes of an imagination with no boundaries or limits. His writing is a passion now, and he plans on the series of book that will become a work which ultimately will never be completely finished. ‘The chapters may end but the story will never end,’ he said when first talking about his book series.
The plan is for fourteen books in this series but could spread further with spin-off books for individual characters and other ideas within this multiverse.
About the Cover
Balance of life is key to the realm of Ningazia and the struggle between the forces of good and evil have always been in check. But due to an ancient evil that now plagues the realm, a path is set to restore balance and bring the realm back from the brink of destruction. This is the battle of ancient races that starts with the destruction of the dragon race by an evil creature hell bent on total dominion over all. After the once-beloved race of dragons is destroyed, a path is set in motion to restore that was once lost and bring the ancient evil into accord, bringing back balance to the realm and beyond into the multiverse. Varian, a boy with unknowing power, will struggle with the magic he has been granted and choose his journey with the help of his trusted friends and allies he meets along the way, he will try and set the balance and restore what was once lost!
Dedication
I would like to put two dedications into my books; one is for a friend with an impressive story of determination and hope, and the other is for the British Dyslexia Institute who have helped my progress with dyslexia and diagnosing it early in my life.
Donia Youssef, columnist and an award-winning author, is playing to her strengths and in parallel with her existing successful business, Tiny Angels Ltd. – a renowned modelling and acting agency for children – she recently launched Tiny Angels, which is a publishing house, supporting cancer charities and other cancer survivors who, just like her, want to share their own stories and experiences. Proceeds from her book series are helping charitable causes. Donia is an advocate for cancer survivors; she is raising awareness that behind every cancer diagnostic is a real person with dreams and aspirations and she helps them to achieve business success.
The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) is the voice of dyslexic people with the aim of creating a dyslexia-friendly society where all can achieve their potential. The BDA leads the way in setting the standards for professional practice through its accreditation of dyslexia specialists and The Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark. The BDA, the leading charity in the field, provides advice, information, assessments and training to parents, education/training providers and employers. The BDA is a membership organisation, open to all, that influences national and local policy, breaking down stereotypes and advocating the benefits dyslexia brings.
Copyright Information ©
Jethro J. Burch (2019)
The right of Jethro J. Burch to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.
Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
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Prologue
The skies drew darker as the twilight thickened into a night of dark deeds.
“Are we ready?” said the black dragon in mind speech.
“Yes my lord, all is in order, we can proceed when you are ready,” said a hooded dark figure with a hissing low voice like grinding glass.
“How many do we have?” said the black dragon.
“We have twenty humans, six Orcs and four elves, one of which is a power user,” said the dark figure.
“Let’s begin, Prince Xander. Bring your mages up with the prisoners and let’s begin the ritual, I am keen to see if my bargain with the ancient one has been fruitful,” Beimouth the black dragon said.
Xander signalled to the outer dark robed and hooded figures. After a few seconds, they brought in beaten and dirty humans along with other races including orcs and elves; one human was dragged, whimpering, to a dark coloured altar, in front of the black dragon and tied to it.
“Bring me the soul reaper,” hissed Xander.
The soul reaper was a device that had been given to the black dragon by an ancient being of supreme evil. It had been made with instruction from another realm, but with specific spells and evil enchantments.
A mage approached the altar with the odd looking golden device; it looked like large pinchers. They had writing on them inlayed with silver and it almost glowed with a purple haze.
The hooded Mage handed it to Xander, who then bowed at the evil black dragon.
Beimouth moved forward and crouched his head in front of the human on the altar.
Xander moved up to the altar and raised the soul reaper over the tied human, who had eyes wide in terror.
He then stabbed the soul reaper down and into the stomach of the human. He bucked and writhed in shear agony as a purple bulb of energy grew on the end of the device.
The bolt grew into a huge bulge of purple energy, then it exploded out as fork lightning and engulfed the black dragon. He reared his head up as the electric charge danced over his body; the human on the altar seamed to wither and shrink as his life force ebbed away, guided through the device and into the evil black dragon to bolster his power, increasing his essence in unnaturally stolen and ripped arcane ways. The human body let out a sound of absolute terror, as it finally paled and turned into a husk devoid of any essence; it was just a dry shell, and finally it turned to dust, as any evidence of its life was erased from the history of the multiverse.
Beimouth opened his mouth and roared with pleasure at the feeling of extreme power he felt erupt in his body. The life energy seemed to have made the creature bigger slightly and it made him glow with evil intent. His eyes even danced with purple fire.
“Bring the others, NOW!” he bellowed.
One by one, the disciples of this evil dragon brought him fresh life energies in the form of all the prisoners; all the humans first, then the Orcs, who had a stronger life force, then the elves, who had the strongest.
After the soul dancing rituals where complete, the evil black dragon exhumed power that was unnatural and terrifying in pure menace. It shouted to the world that this being would do anything to gain power, no matter the cost to its soul, or the cost to the realm, as every time this was allowed to happen, it would strengthen all evil intent in the world, shrunken in its entirety from the ritual that was totally against life.
"I want more, bring me every prisoner we capture, I want the life force of all who stand against us ," demanded the black dragon.
“Yes, my lord, I will do all you ask, for you are our Lord and Master,” said Xander.
“I want Upotimere brought up here, let’s see if it works on a Dragon!” said Beimouth.
Xander looked shocked and trembled slightly as killing a dragon was always a big thing and he had not thought his lord would ever do this, on his own kind, but it just showed how evil this creature had become now.
Xander now had to make a decision. If he did this and went through with the black dragon’s plans and demands, he would be choosing himself a life of evil that there could be no escape from; this was his moment and it would dictate his future and the fate of his soul.
He made his choice then without hesitation, as he knew that he would be more powerful than this dragon one day, even if it cost him his soul.
Prince Xander led the green dragon up to the hall, in which they had set up the altar. The green dragon looked beaten and could hardly walk. He wore silver chains that glowed with red energies. These chains where magic and bonded the green dragon, so he could not fly, or use any magic as they sapped his strength and made him weak.
"Ah, Upotimere, there you are. I want you to be the first of our kind to be used by the soul reaper. I will take your energies and burn them into my enemies, whic