Blood Rite | | b o o k 3
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  • Parts 20
  • Time 56m
Complete, First published Apr 06, 2016
[BOOK THREE OF "The Immortal Chronicles"] [ADVENTURE FANTASY NOVEL]

As tension in the civil war increases, conflict arises within the tundra of the Southern Wastelands where Attus Sally is being kept captive, and his wife is taken under the custody of his disbanded group of sailors. Finley Orfin, the savior of Miriem Sally, struggles with the inter turmoil of being isolated in the mountains, and suffering under the weight of her fallen comrades. All the while, Beck Dedrick's homicidal tendencies elevate due to his current state of mind. He craves vengeance, and plots to do so with his unhealthy, paradoxical obsession to shed Vene's blood. 

The truth behind General Myron Conroy's plans becomes exposed as Aleron's loyal follower finds her place in this war. Determined to bring everlasting life to her master, Neox threatens to undo the cover Beck holds in the face of his General the moment he takes a step out of Myron Conroy's favor, and turns returns to his bloody conscience, unbound by General Conroy's rules. 

Throughout the course of "The Immortal Chronicles", the four characters exhibited in this book confront one another through a strangely unexpected turn of events circling around the lore of the prelude: "Avarice of the Sea". IT IS SUGGESTED YOU READ THE SECOND BOOK "The Immortal Chronicles" BEFORE SKIPPING AHEAD TO THIS ONE.
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