THE STORY OF A WARRIOR
READING AGE 16+
The Story of a Warrior: Right Through the ScarsThe song promised a hero. The truth gave them a broken god.Trapped in a dead world of choking ash and relentless shadow, the final survivors of the King’s Vanguard are waiting for the end. Starving, exhausted, and surrounded, their only comfort is an ancient, legendary ballad the tale of Lycus, a warrior who marched through hell and tore open the gates of the underworld to save the woman he loved. It is the ultimate anthem of hope.But when the song ends and the fires burn low, the mysterious storyteller reveals his bare chest, covered in a network of glowing, silver white scars.The old man is Lycus. And the inspiring legend is a lie.He didn't just survive hell he was brutally betrayed by the very person he sacrificed his soul to save. Cursed with an unwanted immortality and carrying the devastating weight of a silver dagger to the heart, Lycus must now draw his massive iron broadsword one last time. The shadow horde is at the gates, the ruins are crumbling, and the Vanguard is about to learn that the only thing more dangerous than the dark... is the truth.
Unfold
The descent from the limestone basin felt longer than the climb had weeks ago. With every step down toward the Ashen Waste, the loose shale shifted underfoot, kicking up plumes of fine grey dust that clung to their sweat-dampened clothes.
Captain Vane took the lead, using his charred oak staff to probe the ground ahead for hidden sinkholes……
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