Legends

Heirs of Anarwyn #6

by J.W. Elliot

Legends are written in blood and bone.

From the deepest wells of memory spring the legends of the Anarwyn and the Bragamahr, powerful sentient magics locked in a struggle for existence. The legends collected here for the first time detail how these two parasitic magics acquired their first hosts, how they warred with each other for thousands of years until the fall of Goldereth, and the collapse of the Golden Age of the Tathanar.

Once lost, these tales were rediscovered and carefully restored at the beginning of the Fifth Age by the last mage of the Varaná and the greatest lore master of Brynach, Kiera, Queen of the Tathanar.

215 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 31, 2026

About the author

James is a twenty-nine-year-old stuck in an older man’s body. He loves to paddle his canoe, shoot his handmade longbows in the woods, make knives, study martial arts, and generally enjoys challenging himself. When not teaching or writing about the real past, he is imagining worlds and histories that might have been, should have been, or may yet be.

James has two homes (though only one house)--the mountains of Idaho and the forests of New England--where he canoes, hikes, camps, rock climbs, and shoots the longbows he makes himself. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife. ​

James is a professional historian whose published works include two histories of the Inquisition, a documentary history of Columbus's first voyage, a transcription of a colonial era account book from Weymouth, Massachusetts, and a global history of piracy. This means that he is a professional teller of stories, both real and imagined.

James's favorite author is J.R.R. Tolkien, though he will never be able to watch the Peter Jackson Hobbit films again. The first viewing nearly gave him a fit. He loves The Giver and The Book Thief. He has read all the Hunger Games novels, but thinks Katniss should have ended up with Gale. (Sorry Peeta fans.) He enjoys Harry Potter and thinks magic should be real--so long as he owns the Elder Wand.

For more background, images, videos, and information related to my stories and my hobbies, see my Pinterest boards. https://www.pinterest.com/jwelliot1/b...