The Ever Fiend
by Randy Ellefson
GENRE: Fantasy
Only a fool steals from a wizard.
Talon Stormbringer thought he knew the risk of stealing from Viland Shadowbreaker - until he got caught. The wizard will spare him if Talon performs a service - fetch the deadly silver elixir from the Everway, a supernatural land that Talon assumed wasn’t real. Only children believe the stories about what lies within - lost souls, corrupted magic items, and mysterious destinations that most people never escape. Ruling over it all is the Ever Fiend, a bogeyman that people use to scare unruly youngsters into behaving.
Talon agrees to go, if only to stop Viland from doing something unholy with the potent elixir once retrieved. Joining him are a band of people he can’t trust. Their leader, a sorelia with nefarious plans of his own. The sorelia’s battle-trained mynx, a large cat who obeys only its master. An alluring swordswoman who wants to enchant her blades with the elixir. A cocky guard whose bravado might prove more liability than asset. A warrior kryll whose curiosity about the elixir might cost him more than his life. And a tortured Knight of Coiryn who seeks redemption in a place where most are damned. Of all the things they might discover on their journey, one is the most obvious and yet the hardest to learn...
Only a fool steals from the Ever Fiend.
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EXCERPT
While
most in Talendor slumbered, Talon Stormbringer crept through a hallway dark with
flickering shadows, his human ears and eyes alert. He’d already slipped
undetected past a jhaikan and a mynx, undeterred by their ferocity and taste
for man-flesh. Even the dozen sleeping riven in the courtyard hadn’t given him
pause, when even fully armored knights would have turned away. The little
monsters were infamous for stirring at the slightest sound and waking to become
like a whirling dervish of steel, not unlike what Talon himself could unleash
from the sword he gripped in one hand.
Now
he heard nothing, not even his own passage, the supple black leather pants and
tunic he wore never squeaking as he crept toward the doorway and his prize—the
gold figurine of a great bird of prey, said to be magical and worth a fortune.
Stories in taverns had piqued his interest but also warned him of the dangers,
the greatest of those being the wizard whose white tower he now prowled. Some
said Viland Shadowbreaker enjoyed unsavory habits when few were looking, his
public persona of benevolent charm masking a dark truth. But men with great
secrets often hide things of greater importance than their private sins.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Randy Ellefson has written fantasy fiction since his teens and is an
avid world builder, having spent three decades creating Llurien, which has its
own website. He has a Bachelor’s of Music in classical guitar but has always
been more of a rocker, having released several albums and earned endorsements
from music companies. He’s a professional software developer and runs a
consulting firm in the Washington D.C. suburbs. He’s married and loves spending
time with his son and daughter when not writing, making music, or playing golf.
FREE eBook: http://fiction.randyellefson.com/freebook/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/randyellefson
FaceBook (as author): www.facebook.com/RandyEllefsonAuthor
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