The Darkmoor Gates
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Last published Sat, Nov 30, 2013
In 1778, seventh generation wizard Lawrence Thomas sealed the Gates of Darkmoor Manor.
236 years later, Drake Kyle, an American student, is moving to Scotland to attend an esteemed university. His father decides to move with him, seeking a new life in the United Kingdom. Their new premises, Darkmoor Manor, is a centuries old mansion that has never had any owners for more than 10 years, under the belief that strange and unexplainable things occur within its ancient walls. Drake finds that numerous cabinets, doors, and chests can't be opened and refuse to move from their spots. But these aren't ordinary doors. These are the long lost Gates, tears in the walls of the dimensions. Now Drake, who has somehow broken the Gates' locks, is caught in a millennia old war that could bring down every world. From the freezing kingdoms of Nordfar to the black mountains of Ashfall Drake will have to face unspeakable evils and leave behind all hopes of an ordinary life........and he may have to give up his hopes of living a life at all.
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