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A Murder of Necromancers

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Time 4h 35m

VictorSerranoWriting

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The Elven battlemage Gynefra Caul-Marrel has just escaped the hangman's noose, even as hordes of undead overtake the Kingdom of Altia. Now she must deliver the plague samples procured from the very center of the Barrowlands to the physikers of the Watchful Tower. It won't be easy-tides of newly risen dead commanded by necromancers and bolstered by mercenary cohorts of orcs, goblins, and trolls block her path-yet she is not about to give up.

A narrow sea separates the spreading plague, providing a glimmer of hope for those realms still untouched by the Twisted One. Yet as the Barrowland Slayers fight their way to safety, the prospect of a fleet of undead drifting across the waters becomes chillingly real. Can Gynefra ignore the threat and continue her mission, dooming countless unsuspecting lives to the Ghoul Army? Or can the Barrowland Slayers somehow sink the Rotting Fleet before it makes landfall?

A Murder of Necromancers is the second book in the sword and sorcery series begun by the Wattys-shortlisted Barrowland Slayers.All Rights Reserved

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From the Ashes (A School for Good and Evil Fanfic) by AnonymousCrow2140

A letter. A secret. And a boy named Ash. This was supposed to be their happily ever after, but Hester isn't so sure. Maybe it has something to do with the letter from an old acquaintance, one that makes her doubt every memory. Maybe it's the secrets from her past that keep coming back to haunt her. Or maybe it's the feelings for her best friend that she can't seem to ignore. Everything turns upside down when a little boy named Ash enters town, a boy who looks eerily similar to the witches' former enemy. There's something ancient, something haunted in Ash's eyes, and with the mysterious Society of Mount Ingerthorn as well as the wicked warlock Zephyr Killoran on the boy's tail, it certainly won't be long until the Coven figures out what, whether they want to or not... This story is a fanfiction portraying the events subsequent to the closing of "The One True King" by Soman Chanani, as well as following the unknown backstory of one of our favorite witches, Hester of Ravenswood. I also did a piece on Anadil's backstory as a part of my previous story, Chaos Rising. A new chapter of this story will be posted every Saturday (or Sunday, but I try for Saturday) WARNING: There is a bit of violence in this story, about the same as the original SGE series. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except for Ash, Lilith, Zephyr, and the Society of Mount Ingerthorn

The Barrowland Slayers by VictorSerranoWriting

[Wattys 2022 Shortlist] The Elven battlemage Gynefra Caul-Marrel has fought many foes over her two centuries. Humans have proven the most obstinate, yet they have forgotten the lessons that led to the War of the Great Coalition. That short-lived race has now spread into the shattered former battlefields of that conflict, building villages atop barrows of ancient dead, toiling away in mines better left abandoned. When a plague spreads through their lands, she is dispatched by the Watchful Tower to investigate. The horrors are much worse than she'd imagined. An unholy alliance has formed in the depths below, which threatens to tear apart the fragile order that's existed since the War of the Great Coalition. It's not enough to simply fight-the Great Evil they face requires a unified defense from every realm. Yet even saving human refugees isn't enough to dampen the paranoia of the Inquisition. The grievances between Elves and humanity have been built over millennia and seem impossible to mend. Yet if they cannot succeed, kingdom by kingdom will fall, until the mortal world is swept clean. Under Gynefra's leadership, a new War of the Great Coalition must be waged-yet this time united in struggle against the Twisted One, who threatens to devour their realms.

The Mage's Knight in Cold Armor: Apprentice to The Betrayer by Qu33nW0lf1399

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Nights of Salt and Shadow (Skyelorn Chronicles #4) by BookNrd

A renowned captain plagued by a mysterious curse. A Mage with a long-held secret. A royal with something to prove. A celebrity who leads a double life. Who can be trusted to protect Karvoth? *** Twenty years following the momentous Battle of Magira, the Seas have lost their deadly touch, ushering in a new age of trade between the kingdoms of Karvoth and Magus Opté. No one is more familiar with the Seas than Ash--expert Sea captain and infamous thief--or his childhood best friend and trusty accomplice, Lane. So when King Markus invites them to the castle to serve as his eyes and ears during the week-long King's Gala celebration, they jump at the chance to escape their lives of drudgery and debauchery. However, the Gala turns out to be much more than they bargained for when they start to suspect that a murderer has infiltrated the castle. Ash, Lane, and their friends--including a famous pub musician and the King's alluring niece--race against time to weed out the killer, and in so doing accidentally unearth a chilling conspiracy that turns everything upside down . Based on the award-winning Shadow Witch trilogy, Nights of Salt and Shadow blends both old characters and new in a brand new, nail-biting story that will keep you guessing up until the last page. (Book Four of the Skyelorn Chronicles trilogy) Content and/or Trigger Warning: Some scenes contain violence that may upset sensitive readers [[Word Count: 50,000-60,000]]

Murder of Crows- Book 3 The Council of the Light by ablueartist

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A Book Of The Lands: The One Who Would Be King by DanDeBono

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Of Tears & Darkness: 1 Light of Elliana by DCFlowers

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From the Ashes (A School for Good and Evil Fanfic)

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