SPIRIT AND BONE

A "World of Thelarra" Novel.

SPIRIT AND BONE
BOOK ONE of the BONDS OF FATE series.

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In the Sedran Empire, to be Chosen was the greatest of honors.

For centuries, the Empire has charged those blessed to be Chosen by the Spirits with the task of advancing the Sedran cause, and most of the time that led them to the Sedran Legions.

For Rellian Myre, being forced into a life of service to the Legions was the worst thing he could ever imagine. But the chances of that were slim to none. After all, only the most elite of the elite usually had the opportunity to enter the Tower of Spirits and forge a Bond with a Spirit, and for Rell, who had grown up alone in the streets of Imperial City, there was no chance he would ever enter the Tower.

But a serial killer, coined 'the Slayer' by the people of Imperial City, is on the loose, with a taste for the blood of the Chosen. When Rell becomes a witness to one of the Slayer's murders, all of his options disappear. Because the only place he might be safe is the Academy of Spirits, the school where all new Chosen in the continent are sent to be trained and taught to harness their Bond.

If he could sneak into the Tower, all who were Chosen - regardless of who they were or where they were from - were required by the Pact to be sent to the Academy. And if he could survive the classist, angry students from his own country and emerge on top, maybe he would even be able to avoid being forced to join the Legions.

There were a lot of ifs, but with the Slayer now after his life, Rell is left without a choice. He would have to enter the Tower and become a Chosen, no matter the cost. Fate, it seemed, had plans of its own for him.

And it was waiting for him inside the Tower of Spirits. Patient. Eager. And ancient.