WotS Fallen Song: A Void Feature.

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Buy for .99 on NookFallen Song.  I hesitated to write this article.  For the longest time I sat on the idea.  How was I going to write anything about Ways of the Stygia- Book 2 without spoilers?  After all the title is somewhat a spoiler in and of itself.
I'm going to say this, Fallen Song is essentially two novels in one...  Combining the first and third aspects lent weight to the segments.  Sometimes the narrative, given us through the voice of the enigmatic Thomas Van Pelt drives the story.  At other times you see the Character's lives, and know how they feel about their actions. 
In my last few Ways of the Stygia articles, I focused mostly on the freshly released Ways of the Stygia Book 1: Cult of Morgod, and it characters.  Rest assured I shall return to Morgod in upcoming articles. 
You might have caught that.  Morgod, just released, is Book 1.  C.o.M. is in effect a prequel to Fallen Song.  Because of Thomas' scope alone, several more of these "prequels" could potentially be written.
It doesn't matter.
The most important thing to remember about the Ways of the Stygia universe is that you do not have to read the books in any particular order.  If you want to a guarantee, read the books in the order they were first released.  Reading Banner significantly enhances the Cult of Morgod plotline, where Banner is involved.  If I were to read all three available WotS books, it would be Banner, then Book 1&2. 
Reading Fallen Song is different.  It's troubling.  It's dark.  It's chock-full of wisdom.  There's a lot of light.  It will shock you.  I wrote it that way. Not for some cheap thrill, but because I do have methods to my madness.  One thing I do is take a feeling I have, give it and situations to my character, and then blow it all out of proportion.  I felt consuming loss during 2012-13 when I wrote the novel. 


Buy eBook for .99 on AmazonOf my novels, Fallen Song is the one I had to edit several times over, as I learned and began to peel away my mistakes so I could reveal the story.  When I revised Fallen Song, I stripped away the fat, getting to the bones of the story.  I looked at several of my early paragraphs and re-wrote them entirely.  The Fallen Song that is on the market today has been re-written by around 65% of it's total word count.  Even so, the story was sublime to start with, and now it is an epic.  It is an accomplishment for me.  I had never released my writing publicly before Fallen Song.  I learned everything I needed to know writing F.S.
It shocked me when it was selling so swiftly.  It sells regardless of what my other books are doing.  Not always a bunch of copies, but it moves a few units once in awhile.  It hasn't gotten a ton of reviews.  One person had the gall to compare Fallen Song to Robocop after reading approximately 8% of the novel, but that was not a highlight.  Seth Lindberg said, "Fallen Song is a modern day Stormbringer for Horror fans!"  Shane Porteous called it "Bloody but brilliant." 
I often have no idea what to think of Fallen Song, I do know it's made me laugh and even cry every time I've edited the novel.  It's emerged as shiny as the quintessential Fallen Song herself. 
Often I wonder how someone could read a novel like Fallen Song and "catch everything.". Truth is it's not that hard to overload on the info involved.
If it's so complex, why should I read it?
I will make you this promise.  If you read Fallen Song start to finish you will be entertained.  This is a story you haven't read.  Ever.  It will make you beg for resolution, and every time you find an answer, the questions will change.
Until the end- which satisfies.
Thomas' shifting emotions, and internal darkness mirrored my own, in huger proportions, given who he is. His actions did not mirror my own.  I let Thomas decide who he was. He came onto the page magically.  I started to feel that magic around the point where Thomas has his first flashback memory.  There was something bigger inside him,  That is what he became.  But who is he?  As the story begins unfolding, he doesn't know either.  You find out when he does.  The eventual truth will widen your mind.

Characters of significance: 

Click here  for Author's CutThe Few: Thomas, Franco, & Henry.  Serena, Lucrettia, Stephan, Kain, Tyrrell, Darrel, & Uncle, Nonyl, Saverus, and Ragnar.  Banner makes a brief appearance as well, but it is not nearly as large as his thread in the Morgod storyline. 
Fallen Song is about Thomas, his self discoveries.  It is through him that the WotS universe becomes plausible in a way.
I'm not going to say Fallen Song isn't fantasy.  Some of these things might happen in a universe such as this one where demons, stalkers, and the devil are very real, where worse yet is around every bend.  Where heroes are flawed, full of righteous rage and passion. Where deities spread the Stygian curse throughout the Seven Realms, which we will explore in the next article.


Battles:
For the Amazon Prime Ed. Click HereFallen Song is as packed with action as it is with Thomas' introspection, and self-growth.  Savishelm and Sistinal (In the Barrens) appear in these sequences. 


Get it for .99 on Kobo Enough here.  I've run out of non-spoiler material.  At this point, I'd recommend the book.



So in closing, I hope you were able to learn something you did not previously know concerning Ways of the Stygia Fallen Song (Book Two) .  Fallen Song is available in Print as two editions, (I'd recommend the Author's Cut for uniformity if you are collecting the complete series) and a substantial value on eBook, at 99.  I hope you do read it.  It is darker than you'd expect, so to quote Janet Morris, "Buckle Up"  Fallen Song is intended for mature audiences.

Thanks again for all your support, Donny Swords