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True? Not true?
Well, for my part, just spoke to my best friend, just to wish her happy birthday, or so I thought … right, four hours later we ended the call!
April 14, 2024
Excerpt: Lore of Sanctum: Fireball
Excelsior
General Rorkis’ Home
TRISTAN SNIFFED AT THE air like a bloodhound. He sensedsomething was off-kilter and could not quite place it. Then again, perhaps hisimagination was out of control. Setting off explosions could damage braincells.
Reading titles, he wandered along the shelves of the General’s library.Not bad; the man at least was not a moron, if he had read them, that is. Somephilosophy, a lot of poetry - maybe those belonged to Mrs Rorkis - advancedcalculus and geography.
A tread on the wooden floor spun him around. His senses screameddanger. Tristan froze in disbelief. “You!”
“Me,” came the soft reply.
A hand lifted and Tristan lost all sense of his surroundings, and thenhe lost all sense of self. Soft, satisfied laughter floated over the library.
Weapons Facility
QUILLA HAD INSERTED HIS tiny form between two crates in theloading bay. He watched as massive cranes lifted pallets of packed missiles. Thenthey were rolling the great shutter down on the gigantic flatbed truck. Hewhistled, throwing his voice to the front of the truck, and the two men rantowards the sound with their weapons drawn. Quilla, birdman and spy, hopped upand hid behind the nearest pallet.
A moment later he heard loud arguing and then the shutter came down.The sound of a lock being engaged, and the vehicle started to roll. He wonderedwhere he would end up.
Warehouse
TEROUX LEANED AGAINST the dirty wall, eyes closed. He seemedasleep, but actually tracked Elianas’ movements. Teighlar paced with a lowmutter. They heard him say ‘Alik’ and ‘Alexander’ but were too wrapped in theirthoughts to question him. Elianas, for his part, barely moved. He listened tothe sounds outside, those further afield and those in the spaces. SinceTorrullin left he felt something build, a kind of layering of intention.Something evil was out there and evil would rear its head before Excelsior’snight was done with. If only he could place it.
Then it was too late.
Teighlar gurgled and fell senseless to the oil-spattered floor. Teroux’sgolden head slumped sideways. Elianas had but a moment to know their attacker …and then he collapsed nerveless to the filthy floor. A loud chuckle soundedthrough the empty warehouse.
TWO TRAVELLERS LIFTED INTO orbit from Excelsior’s major landing siteand one cargo ship lumbered up into the skies from a lesser and more protectedone. They achieved the vacuum of space seconds before a massivefireball-mushroom engulfed the planet.
From a sterileworld reclaimed to a heartworld abandoned, from the purity of a unicorn to thehunt for the ultimate clock, the Sanctum series uncovers the accumulatedtraditions and beliefs of every sentient being in the multiverse. Thisvisionary omnibus edition includes The Nemesis Blade, The Echolone Mine, TheNowhere Sphere and The Master Mechanism.
With the energythat connects an ancient sword and throne, a man steps forth to entirely alterthe future. Waiting for him is Torrullin Valla, but another is in the wings andwishes to negate the bliss of the Light, sinking into depravity and draggingall with him into a pit of psychic darkness.
Wielding the LuminSword and a blade that is all about Catharsis, with Nemesis at his side, TheValla strides through Time itself, scattering behind him both the light and thedark. Only one factor can now save him; sacred space.
In Lore of Sanctum the need for inviolate,sacred space is revealed; it about sanctuary and it also delves into the truthresident in souls.
April 13, 2024
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