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M. Alden Phillips

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Fantasy, Mythic Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

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Jack Marshall falls to his death on a winter night—and wakes in Eldriko, a mythic world where memory has weight, shadows whisper, and nothing he once believed about himself holds steady. He didn’t choose this place. But Eldriko has chosen him.

Disoriented and far from home, Jack is drawn into a land shaped by quiet magic and the echoes of lives long intertwined. Eldriko remembers what the living forget, and its ancient currents pull him toward people who seem to know more about his arrival than he does himself. Among them are Kendra, whose steady resolve anchors him, and Scott, whose quiet courage becomes a lifeline in a world that feels both strange and strangely familiar.

Whispers of an unraveling realm follow Jack’s steps. A Manos seer spe ...more

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