The Golden Heart Manifest Book One: The Longest Winter

What once was is no longer.

The world as you know it has been destroyed. The sky has lost it color. The sun shrinks by the day.

A man searches for his lost daughter. Only he has the exact tools necessary to find her. But will he get there in time? Let us pray that he does.

Enter Yttrio Vertoli (Pronounced ee-Tree-yo vurr-Tool-ee), son of rebellion, who's sole existence is labeled a mistake, an evil of the highest degree, not deserving to live but refusing to die, the greatest cause of shame and hatred in the whole kingdom of Etherea. And yet, no one could exactly determine what he had done wrong to make him so despised. They had just been told to hate, and hate they did.

But, being treated as such has a way of hardening up a person. So Yttrio was hardened, not against others but himself. He hated himself for being so inferior, so naturally unworthy of attention, appreciation, and god forbid, respect. He chose to shut down his emotions, to become dark inside.

But a wise old man taught him differently. Yttrio learned to care, and more importantly, to love. It was not an easy task to learn, but it burned into his soul and left a mark that would never fade.

This is his story. A tale of man with nothing to lose. A man who would give up his life if it meant saving the one who is closest to him. A man who never quit, never surrendered.

A fool if I ever saw one.