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Strife: Book I: A two-part dark fantasy series
A town on the edge of the Last Empire. A demon spice in the shadows. One man sworn to hold the line.
Othilia was forgotten — left to rot on the Empire’s frontier. Law died here years ago. Only Guardian Force, a ragged band of enforcers led by Chief Commander Virgil Decinta, stands between order and chaos.
When whispers of Strife — a deadly, mind-twisting spice — reach Othilia, Second-in-Command Giles Durant takes the fight personally. His search for the source will drag him through the underbelly of the smoke-filled taverns, crumbling graveyards, the wild woods.
But Strife is more than a drug. It is a shadow, an ancient hunger, creeping through the cracks of the world — and it has marked Giles for destruction.
Book I is the first installment of a dark fantasy series, which will conclude in Book II.
Othilia was forgotten — left to rot on the Empire’s frontier. Law died here years ago. Only Guardian Force, a ragged band of enforcers led by Chief Commander Virgil Decinta, stands between order and chaos.
When whispers of Strife — a deadly, mind-twisting spice — reach Othilia, Second-in-Command Giles Durant takes the fight personally. His search for the source will drag him through the underbelly of the smoke-filled taverns, crumbling graveyards, the wild woods.
But Strife is more than a drug. It is a shadow, an ancient hunger, creeping through the cracks of the world — and it has marked Giles for destruction.
Book I is the first installment of a dark fantasy series, which will conclude in Book II.
135 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 10, 2025
About the author
Kevin J.J. Carpenter
8 books13 followersKevin J.J. Carpenter is an author from Sydney, Australia. He has a strong literary background, with a Diploma of Publishing (Proofreading, Editing and Publishing) and a long-lasting fascination with the written world.
He wrote his first novel at seventeen while still in high school, prompting many of his teachers to question whether he was studying for his final exams or busy editing his novel. Over the subsequent years, he has pursued various literary ventures, such as a publishing a reconstructed memoir, Child of None (2015), available to purchase on Amazon.
Mirage is Kevin's latest (and most ambitious) project.
He wrote his first novel at seventeen while still in high school, prompting many of his teachers to question whether he was studying for his final exams or busy editing his novel. Over the subsequent years, he has pursued various literary ventures, such as a publishing a reconstructed memoir, Child of None (2015), available to purchase on Amazon.
Mirage is Kevin's latest (and most ambitious) project.
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