When teenagers Liana Keamy and Jerrim Lightrun decided to run away seeking adventure, they couldn't have imagined what would be in store for them. Coming across a strange old hermit hiding away from society, Liana and Jerrim find much more than the fabled treasure they were seeking, but with deadly consequences. They'll have to decide if they can trust the old man when danger comes looking for them, and hope to return home alive. * First Place winner of the Blue Rose Awards Adventure category * "Some of the most vivid and descriptive scenes I've read. I'm on the edge of my seat" - @byconcept "I am still sitting here 20 minutes later, on the edge of my chair with my mouth hanging open!! :) :D" - @HelenGraul

"Poor Sakuma Jirou. Forced to watch as his friends get their just punishment." Tears rolled down my cheeks as the reality of our situation finally dawned to me. Now that I think about it, it's actually funny.At one point in time, we thought that we were invincible, we thought that we were unstoppable, and we thought that we could do anything. We thought that we, the players of Teikoku, were the "gods" of the soccer world. But in one blink of an eye, all of those beliefs, all of what I thought I knew disappeared. Everything changed when he stepped onto the field.

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