Sixteen-year-old Dante is obsessed with learning to wield the nether, the powerful magic of the death god Arawn. But a century ago, Arawn's followers were scoured from the kingdom of Mallon. Their temples smashed. Their secrets lost.
When Dante tracks down a copy of their holiest book, he throws himself into its study--and finds himself under siege in the city streets. Arawn's believers aren't dead. They're in hiding, and they want back their book. With the help of the nether and a loudmouthed bodyguard named Blays, Dante escapes into the wilds. But Arawn's army is ready to march from the shadows. As they move against Mallon, they hunt Dante relentlessly, in search of the book.
And with his powers growing by the day, Dante finds himself used as a tool in the war against them. He and Blays are dispatched on a thousand-mile journey to assassinate the Arawnites' leader. If they fail, their homeland will fall.
About the Author
Born in Washington state, Ed has also lived in New York, Idaho, and most recently Los Angeles, where the culture is as confusing as the weather. In addition to his novels, he writes short stories, which have appeared in some twenty different anthologies and magazines online and in print. Like many authors, he has a fiancee and two dogs. The dogs wake him early, possibly to make sure he keeps working on the sequel to The White Tree.
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Sixteen-year-old Dante is obsessed with learning to wield the nether, the powerful magic of the death god Arawn. But a century ago, Arawn's followers were scoured from the kingdom of Mallon. Their temples smashed. Their secrets lost.
When Dante tracks down a copy of their holiest book, he throws himself into its study--and finds himself under siege in the city streets. Arawn's believers aren't dead. They're in hiding, and they want back their book. With the help of the nether and a loudmouthed bodyguard named Blays, Dante escapes into the wilds. But Arawn's army is ready to march from the shadows. As they move against Mallon, they hunt Dante relentlessly, in search of the book.
And with his powers growing by the day, Dante finds himself used as a tool in the war against them. He and Blays are dispatched on a thousand-mile journey to assassinate the Arawnites' leader. If they fail, their homeland will fall.
About the Author
Born in Washington state, Ed has also lived in New York, Idaho, and most recently Los Angeles, where the culture is as confusing as the weather. In addition to his novels, he writes short stories, which have appeared in some twenty different anthologies and magazines online and in print. Like many authors, he has a fiancee and two dogs. The dogs wake him early, possibly to make sure he keeps working on the sequel to The White Tree.