The Ever Fiend
by Randy
Ellefson
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GENRE: Fantasy
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BLURB:
Only a
fool steals from a wizard.
Talon
Stormbringer thought he knew the risk of stealing from Viland Shadowbreaker -
until he got caught. The wizard will spare him if Talon performs a service -
fetch the deadly silver elixir from the Everway, a supernatural land that Talon
assumed wasn’t real. Only children believe the stories about what lies within -
lost souls, corrupted magic items, and mysterious destinations that most people
never escape. Ruling over it all is the Ever Fiend, a bogeyman that people use
to scare unruly youngsters into behaving.
Talon
agrees to go, if only to stop Viland from doing something unholy with the
potent elixir once retrieved. Joining him are a band of people he can’t trust.
Their leader, a sorelia with nefarious plans of his own. The sorelia’s
battle-trained mynx, a large cat who obeys only its master. An alluring
swordswoman who wants to enchant her blades with the elixir. A cocky guard
whose bravado might prove more liability than asset. A warrior kryll whose
curiosity about the elixir might cost him more than his life. And a tortured
Knight of Coiryn who seeks redemption in a place where most are damned. Of all
the things they might discover on their journey, one is the most obvious and
yet the hardest to learn...
Only a fool steals from the Ever Fiend.
Only a fool steals from the Ever Fiend.
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EXCERPT
While most in Talendor slumbered, Talon
Stormbringer crept through a hallway dark with flickering shadows, his human
ears and eyes alert. He’d already slipped undetected past a jhaikan and a mynx,
undeterred by their ferocity and taste for man-flesh. Even the dozen sleeping
riven in the courtyard hadn’t given him pause, when even fully armored knights
would have turned away. The little monsters were infamous for stirring at the
slightest sound and waking to become like a whirling dervish of steel, not
unlike what Talon himself could unleash from the sword he gripped in one hand.
Now he heard nothing, not even his own passage, the
supple black leather pants and tunic he wore never squeaking as he crept toward
the doorway and his prize—the gold figurine of a great bird of prey, said to be
magical and worth a fortune. Stories in taverns had piqued his interest but
also warned him of the dangers, the greatest of those being the wizard whose
white tower he now prowled. Some said Viland Shadowbreaker enjoyed unsavory
habits when few were looking, his public persona of benevolent charm masking a dark
truth. But men with great secrets often hide things of greater importance than
their private sins.
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Randy Ellefson has written fantasy fiction since
his teens and is an avid world builder, having spent three decades creating
Llurien, which has its own website. He has a Bachelor’s of Music in classical
guitar but has always been more of a rocker, having released several albums and
earned endorsements from music companies. He’s a professional software
developer and runs a consulting firm in the Washington D.C. suburbs. He’s
married and loves spending time with his son and daughter when not writing,
making music, or playing golf.
FREE eBook:
http://fiction.randyellefson.com/freebook/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/randyellefson
FaceBook (as author):
www.facebook.com/RandyEllefsonAuthor
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
Randy will be awarding a
$10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the
tour.
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