The Legend of Valtera
My debut novel is available on Amazon today. Here’s an excerpt.
Prologue
Fire, hot and bright, streaked across the night sky as a blaze fell from the heavens and collided into the land of Valtera. The ball of light went unnoticed as the few inhabitants of the island nation were asleep under the dotted stars of the night sky. No one would believe that, when the ball of light finally connected with the Earth, it wasn’t a meteor or comet, but a man and a woman hand in hand.
Both beings were statuesque, standing tall and thin in the mass of smoke. Their faces held sharp features, as if they were carved from stone, with round sapphire eyes and soft, full lips. Their skin was ethereally pale and glowing, seeming to emanate a light that was fading in the dying fire surrounding them. There was a crown of golden curls atop the man’s head, a halo of white blonde waves around the woman’s face. They were clothed in gauzy white; the man in a tunic and trousers, the woman in a flowing dress, her hair billowing over her shoulders in the gentle breeze.
The man called himself Ciro and the woman Aylin. Although they looked like humans, there was something that marked them as different, otherworldly. Maybe it was their skin or hair, their poise or their very presence. The couple were from the heavens, beings of light and space and the universe. Their celestial origin provided them with the powers of the universe; the power over fire and air, earth and water.
Ciro and Aylin traveled the land, establishing each canton of Valtera and helped the people flourish. They lived peacefully amongst the humans, living as they did. Ciro and Aylin lived and loved as one, and their love resulted in five beautiful children: Delmare, Rodor, Aldera, Egan and Nodin. They passed their powers, the powers over the elements and the universe, on to those children and taught them how to use their powers to help the land and the human people.
Though their love had combined and resulted in many children and grandchildren, Ciro and Aylin wanted to leave a token of their love on the Earthly plane. When they felt their time in Valtera was coming to a close, they performed a ceremony and in this ceremony, they imbued a stone with a little of their essence, melding their love and powers together for eternity. And when their lives on this plane were over, they said farewell to their family and passed on, retreating back to the heavens.
They returned to their rightful place among the stars, spending the rest of eternity as the two sources of light in the universe, for Ciro was of the Sun and Aylin was of the Moon. They spent their time watching their children and the people of Valtera, lighting their way and helping them live. When their children said farewell to their lives on the Earthly plane, Ciro and Aylin greeted them as they passed into the afterlife, spending the rest of time as the stars in the night sky.
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A crown of gold, a halo of silver
Eternal love, an everlasting pillar
Of hope and peace, faith and love
Delivered from the universe above.
Beneath the sky heavens dwell
Hidden away by an ancient spell.
Where north, east, south, west meet
Lies a stone which quells defeat.
May earth, air, water and fire
Lead you there at your desire.
By valley low and mountain high,
Birds alone spy high across the sky.
Listen close for the song of the stars
To lead you down the path near or far.
While fire arises twice within a day
The entrance unveiled and on display.
Secret stars align to light your lane
Allowing fears to be restrained.
For the celestial presence beckons
In the hidden home of the heavens.
If you happen to reach these lands,
Through bravery and worthy hands,
What you seek shall be found soon,
East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
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