"Young Hayden sank deep into the blood stained gore of crimson he had wrought on his village, panting. His hands were as scarlet as the eyes that stared deep into his mother's. A frightfully scream of murder pulsed through the thick air. She quivered and squirmed quietly at his gaze, too scared to startle her son into another rampage. Her eyes drenched with tears, falling on limbs barely recognisable as the Royal Corps laying on the meadow below them. Another figure wearing the royal blue colours gasped for air as he crept away slowly. "Demon...demon," he whispered." In a realm called Arcadia, exists mystical creatures and beings with unimaginable magical power. A long time ago the bridge between Arcadia and the human world almost dissipated, spelling an age of disaster in both worlds. Until two of the strongest of the beings found a way to bind the two worlds in their respective realms, using human beacons to create a boundary. The magic did not fade completely from the human world however. Now the world is full of enchanted weapons channeling the power of the mystical creatures of Arcadia; power drawn from people called mages. The human beacons bound to the boundary. Hayden Thaw is the Black mage, the Demon Prince. Trilogy - Book 1 - Updated Friday - Don't forget to vote!

"The beginning of a journey most unwanted, and anticipated." (text on cover) __________________________________________________ In a continent at war, Wyvengard, the Kingdom of the West, is thrown into chaos after an attack from its Southern opponent. Within this very kingdom, four unknowing chosen ones are brought together by fate's hands amidst a world of corruption and darkness. Aleksandra Bane, Dareon Hallow, Lucan Worshire, and Atlanta believe their lives to be already shaken by circumstance, but then the return of the Dragons sends them into foreign ground as a long foreseen quest becomes their purpose. Reluctant and confused, they begin to follow the orders of their respective Dragons while they struggle to be at ease with one another. Their unwillingness is only weakened as they find themselves exposed to the worst in their very peers and foes, forcing them to tread the path paved for them, and making them discover things about their world that had been hidden for a long time. It is their legendary quest: Save the world by freeing the very same Dragons that were imprisoned, postponing-if not completely ridding themselves of- the end of the world, started by an unknown darkness that has taken root in humanity's blood and shows itself in the destructive actions humans commit. As the new era's Dragon Vessels, Aleksandra the Wielder, Dareon the forester, Lucan the knight, and Atlanta the assassin, risk their lives for the Earthly cleanse. Discover their pasts, their entwined destinies, their secrets, and endure their struggles alongside them in the first of a four-book series, Breath of Flame ________________ **Rated M for violence, torture scenes, language, and sexual themes(not many, but i'm sorry, I couldn't help myself)**