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Paths of Fire

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Reads 87
Votes 6
Parts 6
Time 1h 26m

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The Council Guardians, series Book One

Paths of Fire follows the tale of Elyna, a hybrid woman serving as a guardian for The Council, a coalition of sentient beings dedicated to the eradication of slavers throughout the 'unified' galactic alliance. Gifted with powers to call forth portal fires from her hands, Elyna grapples with dueling desires: to use her aberrant powers for good, or to be accepted and loved. Bitter experience tells her that it cannot always be both.

The Council Guardians is a series dedicated to showcasing how the idea of choice slots into reality. Where mere Earth-bound mortals are oftentimes beset with situations where choices appear to be few in number, we can however choose how we meet the various aspects of our respective realities: head-on or fearfully, tactically or brashly, informed or with ignorance... or-more likely- a mixture of all in various percentages. 

Original story and cover art concepts by Katerin Pareaux.

Rated Mature (MA) for sexual content, language, violence, alcohol references, slavery references, death and intense situations.

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