Lore of Arcana excerpt: Land of Skies

 

“We thought we outran the human race. It was a beautiful world, my friends, more so than now. Pure, untouched, and the sacred sites flourished, tapping the magic of the earth, intensifying the wonder that was Valaris. I wish you could have seen it the way it was.”

“Lord Vallorin?” Lanto interrupted. “May I ask something? Who named this world? And what does it mean?”

“I wonder how many have asked that - maybe you are the first. I named it. This is my world, here in my heart, into all eternity. We were fleeing after another battle with the humans, one that went against us that day, when something bright caught my eye, a flash in the distance of space. There was no time to investigate, but I was intrigued enough to return later, centuries later. It was a world far from well-travelled routes, no more than a blue dot. It was simplicity, purity, and I named it then. Valaris. Ancient Valleur for Land of Skies. I never forgot where it lay.”

“Wow,” Lanto breathed.

“Land of Skies? Really?” Raken asked and, for once, he looked at her directly. “Perfect.” She smiled at him, causing him to look elsewhere again.

“Indeed,” Taranis murmured.

Travel from a Land of Skies isolated in space to civilisations flourishing underground, from a chaos curtain to sacred sites and more, in this epic Fantasy/Sci-Fi omnibus.

 Lore of Arcana Omnibus includes The Infinity Mantle, The Kinfire Tree, The Drowned Throne and The Dragon Circle and delves from the deep and forgotten past into a speculative future, knowing time cannot be truly measured. Time moves between realms and reality in a fashion contradictory to our present, and exposes creatures of myth and legend, and fabled figures thought lost to antiquity.

 One man strides through all, Maghdim Medaillon in one hand, sword in the other. He is the Keeper of the Dragon, Lifegiver and Destroyer. This is Rayne’s journey, descendent of a mighty bloodline, and this is a mighty tale.

ARCANA OMNIBUS