Full – THE OLD MAGE MOCKED THE BOY WITHOUT MAGIC
Rain hammered the mountains of Ashkar like a thousand arrows from the sky. Lightning flashed across the broken peaks. Thunder shook the ancient world. And deep beneath…
Full – The Boy Who Jumped Into the Abyss With the Princess
The princess did not scream when the bridge collapsed. Everyone else did. Soldiers shouted. Nobles cried out. Guards stumbled backward as the ancient stone bridge split beneath…
Full – THE BOY LIFTED THE PRINCE OFF THE GROUND
The first thing Prince Kael noticed was fear. Not his own. Everyone else’s. Thousands of people filled the grand arena of Ashkar. They had been laughing only…
Full – THE BOY WHO FOUND THE FORGOTTEN ROYAL BLADE
The first time Ash touched the sword, the entire kingdom heard it scream. Not with pain. With recognition. Cold rain hammered the royal scrap yard behind the…
Full – THE BOY BURNED THE BRIDGE TO SAVE THE PRINCESS
Rain fell so hard it seemed the sky had shattered. High between two black mountains, a hanging bridge screamed in the storm, its ropes twisting, its wooden…
The Boy Who Held the Princess in the Rain of Arrows.
The battlefield smelled of rain, blood, and betrayal. Dark clouds rolled across the northern coast of Eldermere while thousands of soldiers clashed beneath the walls of Ashcroft…
Full – THE PRINCE LAUGHED BEFORE KICKING THE 10-YEAR-OLD BOY ACROSS THE ARENA
The first thing Kael learned about fear was that it did not always look like terror. Sometimes it looked like laughter. Cruel laughter. The kind that echoed…
The Eagle That Chose the Beggar Prince.
The sacred eagle had not touched a living soul in ninety-seven years. So when it descended through the cold cathedral mist and landed on the shoulder of…
Full – THE SOLDIERS CHAINED THE 10-YEAR-OLD BOY TO FORCE HIM TO KNEEL
The first thing the boy felt was pain. Not the sharp kind. Not the kind that came from a blade. This pain had lived with him for…
Full – THE BOY LEAPT INTO THE FREEZING LAKE FOR THE WHITE TIGER
But another gigantic wave suddenly rose behind them like a black wall of water. The boy turned. His eyes widened. The wave towered above them. Twenty feet…