Full – THE MONSTER KNEELED BEFORE THE CHAINED BOY
Because the kingdom’s greatest nightmare… had just recognized its true master. For several long seconds— nobody moved. Rain continued hammering the fortress stones. Thunder rolled across the…
Full – THE BOY THREW HIMSELF BEFORE THE WAR WAGON
The storm swallowed the battlefield roads in darkness. Rain crashed endlessly across the muddy cliffs outside the kingdom walls. War wagons rolled through the swampy ground beneath…
Full – THE NOBLES LAUGHED AT THE CHILD’S TINY DARTS… UNTIL THE SHIELDS STARTED BREAKING APART
The royal throne hall stood beneath cold silver torchlight. Heavy shadows covered the towering stone walls while dozens of elite royal guards slowly surrounded a chained prisoner…
Full – THE ROYAL GUARDS SURROUNDED THE PRISONER… THEN THEIR WEAPONS FLEW APART
The royal throne hall stood beneath cold silver torchlight. Heavy shadows covered the towering stone walls while dozens of elite royal guards slowly surrounded a chained prisoner…
The Dragon Beneath the Castle Was Never the Monster. The Boy Who Freed It Was Never Meant to Be Human.
The first thing Prince Elian ever learned about dragons was that they lied. His tutor told him so while drawing a black-scaled beast across a parchment map,…
Full – THE PRINCE FIRED THE ANCIENT REVOLVER AT THE BOY
The prince’s smile vanished instantly. Then the child lowered the crackling hammer slowly. And sprinted directly toward the throne through exploding thunder. The entire royal hall erupted…
Full – THE BOY JUMPED INTO THE MOAT FOR THE WOUNDED DRAGON
Slowly— he began climbing upward through the freezing storm with the wounded dragon held in one arm. Rain hammered his face. His fingers bled against the jagged…
Full – THE BLIND CHILD STOPPED THE PRINCESS’S SWORD WITH TWO FINGERS
The princess staggered backward. Rain hammered the arena floor. The sword in her hands trembled violently. Then— CRRRRACK. A jagged fracture raced from the blade’s tip all…
Full – THE PRINCESS FIRED THE ARROW FROM THE CASTLE BALCONY
Rain poured across the royal castle walls. Thunder echoed above the black mountains surrounding the kingdom. And standing alone in the muddy courtyard below— was a small…
Full – THE BOY STOOD STILL IN THE ARENA
Then— the roar beneath the arena became louder. Much louder. The entire underground coliseum trembled as if a sleeping god had finally opened its eyes. The giant…