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War
The whole town is on fire!
Ryan rushes into the town, inside his burning house, to save his family. Despite being a young boy, he doesn’t hesitate – the heat stings his face, singes his arms, but he crashes through the door – and finds that nobody is there! In fact, he and his best friend Edmund search the town and find that even the horses have gone. Where is everyone?
They’re about to go into the darkening forest to search when they are found by some friendly knights. The knights decide to “help” the boys–by drafting them!
Renek awakens confused, with no memory. The brown-robed monk that is nursing him back to health says that it’s quite common to lose memory when recovering from a disease as strong as his. The monk then hands him the only artifact of the convalescent man’s prior life: an ancient looking sword. The mystery deepens when, days later, he is called upon to defend an innkeeper. Despite the illness, he wields the blade adroitly, like a master. The blade truly must have been his … but what life must he have led, to carry such a weapon? And, more importantly … who is he?
Ryan rushes into the town, inside his burning house, to save his family. Despite being a young boy, he doesn’t hesitate – the heat stings his face, singes his arms, but he crashes through the door – and finds that nobody is there! In fact, he and his best friend Edmund search the town and find that even the horses have gone. Where is everyone?
They’re about to go into the darkening forest to search when they are found by some friendly knights. The knights decide to “help” the boys–by drafting them!
Renek awakens confused, with no memory. The brown-robed monk that is nursing him back to health says that it’s quite common to lose memory when recovering from a disease as strong as his. The monk then hands him the only artifact of the convalescent man’s prior life: an ancient looking sword. The mystery deepens when, days later, he is called upon to defend an innkeeper. Despite the illness, he wields the blade adroitly, like a master. The blade truly must have been his … but what life must he have led, to carry such a weapon? And, more importantly … who is he?
- GenresFantasy
403 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 7, 2013
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About the author
Jason Derleth
4 books4 followersJason is the Program Manager for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. He's worked at NASA Headquarters, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and private industry. But, despite all of that, he thinks of himself primarily as an author.
While earning his BA at St. John’s College in 2000, he was awarded the Baird Prize for Excellence in the Arts or Sciences for his hand-carved cello. He was also awarded the "Best January Freshman Essay" prize for his discussion on Homer's Odyssey.
After St. John's, he went to the Massachusetts Institute for Technology for a master’s in Aeronautics and Astronautics. While at MIT, his "math side" realized how much of an engineer he had always been. He used to count how many steps different routes to grade school took, and tried to optimize routes…when he was 14. (No, he didn’t date much in high school. College was different, though!)
He graduated MIT in 2003 and went to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. While there, he worked on the Mars Science Laboratory (now called the Curiosity rover) for the project systems engineer, optimized spacecraft mission designs by iterating spacecraft models to examine 20,000 different architectures, and led a team that built a rover resource model for Curiosity. He also worked on the START team, optimizing technology development portfolios.
This background earned him a unique opportunity to go to NASA HQ for the Exploration Systems Architecture Study. He helped lead the effort to refocus NASA’s $2B (yes, that's a B) exploration technology portfolio to match the new goal of returning to the Moon. For this work he was awarded NASA’s Public Service Medal. He was asked to stay at HQ.
It was while he was there that he met his amazingly smart and incredibly beautiful wife.
After many years’ hiatus, he has finally returned to writing in his spare time. He has completed two novels, Legend of the Swords and Merlin's Heir, both available on the Amazon Kindle platform
While earning his BA at St. John’s College in 2000, he was awarded the Baird Prize for Excellence in the Arts or Sciences for his hand-carved cello. He was also awarded the "Best January Freshman Essay" prize for his discussion on Homer's Odyssey.
After St. John's, he went to the Massachusetts Institute for Technology for a master’s in Aeronautics and Astronautics. While at MIT, his "math side" realized how much of an engineer he had always been. He used to count how many steps different routes to grade school took, and tried to optimize routes…when he was 14. (No, he didn’t date much in high school. College was different, though!)
He graduated MIT in 2003 and went to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. While there, he worked on the Mars Science Laboratory (now called the Curiosity rover) for the project systems engineer, optimized spacecraft mission designs by iterating spacecraft models to examine 20,000 different architectures, and led a team that built a rover resource model for Curiosity. He also worked on the START team, optimizing technology development portfolios.
This background earned him a unique opportunity to go to NASA HQ for the Exploration Systems Architecture Study. He helped lead the effort to refocus NASA’s $2B (yes, that's a B) exploration technology portfolio to match the new goal of returning to the Moon. For this work he was awarded NASA’s Public Service Medal. He was asked to stay at HQ.
It was while he was there that he met his amazingly smart and incredibly beautiful wife.
After many years’ hiatus, he has finally returned to writing in his spare time. He has completed two novels, Legend of the Swords and Merlin's Heir, both available on the Amazon Kindle platform
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