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Middle Earth: The Secret History #6
Return to Pandemonium
Welcome to "Middle Earth: The Secret History."
Volume six continues the theme of horror, in the aftermath of battle. Ædwe pursues an enemy, down into the depths of Pandæmonium, and enters The Abyss, where all mortal life ends; here he confronts his enemy. He then confronts the Guard in the very heart of Dunfiendsceatha's realm, and makes to escape unscathed, with certain spoils of war, whose significance is yet to emerge. By chance, as it seems, he encounters his boyhood friend Cenewine, and their fates become intertwined.
Volume Six is some 10,100 words long.
Edition 2 contains some minor changes, but no change in plot.
If you enjoy reading this volume, please tell a friend or two.
Volumes 1 - 11 are available from Amazon.
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Middle Earth! - the very name is evocative of a time beyond memory, when a super-continent dominated the Earth. A mythical time of Men and Ælves, pucan or goblins, and Dæmons, when Heroes and Heroines bestrode the land, and battled for supremacy with evil forces; sometimes winning a temporary victory, sometimes winning a Pyrrhic victory, and sometimes losing utterly. It was in this landscape that a young Hero, Ædwe, arose and challenged the Evil rooted in the North. In the various volumes in the series, we follow his childhood, youth and adulthood, as he progresses from obscurity to the climactic ending of the tale. Judge for yourself whether he succeeded or failed...
Volume six continues the theme of horror, in the aftermath of battle. Ædwe pursues an enemy, down into the depths of Pandæmonium, and enters The Abyss, where all mortal life ends; here he confronts his enemy. He then confronts the Guard in the very heart of Dunfiendsceatha's realm, and makes to escape unscathed, with certain spoils of war, whose significance is yet to emerge. By chance, as it seems, he encounters his boyhood friend Cenewine, and their fates become intertwined.
Volume Six is some 10,100 words long.
Edition 2 contains some minor changes, but no change in plot.
If you enjoy reading this volume, please tell a friend or two.
Volumes 1 - 11 are available from Amazon.
***
Middle Earth! - the very name is evocative of a time beyond memory, when a super-continent dominated the Earth. A mythical time of Men and Ælves, pucan or goblins, and Dæmons, when Heroes and Heroines bestrode the land, and battled for supremacy with evil forces; sometimes winning a temporary victory, sometimes winning a Pyrrhic victory, and sometimes losing utterly. It was in this landscape that a young Hero, Ædwe, arose and challenged the Evil rooted in the North. In the various volumes in the series, we follow his childhood, youth and adulthood, as he progresses from obscurity to the climactic ending of the tale. Judge for yourself whether he succeeded or failed...
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First published May 23, 2015
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About the author
Richard Warren
78 books2 followersMarried with a young son, I am a Brit living in the U.S.
I enjoy writing, and write to please myself; if others enjoy this, then that is a bonus. As a writer, I find myself blessed - or should that be cursed? - with an active imagination; there is no way of turning it off; writing is one form of expressing that imagination.
As a single man I enjoyed reading, country walks, weight-training - which I still do, dancing - women love being held, and led around the dance-floor - you can learn a lot about a woman's character by dancing with her; try close-hold tango. I also did a bit of sailing in the English Channel - you should hear the radio traffic - self-inflicted emergencies. Hmmmm, there is material for a story there.
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I am currently writing a series of 15/16 volumes forming "Middle Earth: The Secret History." This is intended to be 'High Fantasy', with a theme of good versus evil.
Volumes 1 - 11 are published, amounting to some 120,000 words so far. The complete tale should amount to about 172,000 words or more, initially; it is on this basis that the work is described as 'epic'..
Volume 12 exists as a 12,000 word draft. In total, I have written over 26,000 words of volumes 12 - 15. The intention is to complete all four remaining volumes, before publishing.
***
If you want to read a novel in which total eclipses play a central role role, then try this one.
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There is an omnibus volume of volumes 1 - 3, giving a better price than buying the individual volumes.
There is also an omnibus volume of volumes 4 - 6, likewise.
All published volumes are available from Amazon as e-books; you do not need a Kindle to read them. If you are not satisfied, just return the book to Amazon; they will give a full refund, I believe, but check the t's and c's first..
There are reviews on www.Amazon.com, but also on www.Goodreads.com; search by author or book name.
***
Ideas can occur to me at any time, plus, when writing, they just occur on the fly. The story almost seems to write itself, with my acting as an amanuensis. Characters just seem to appear, and are as much of a surprise to me as they are to the reader.
A data-dictionary is used to keep track of characters names, place names etc. The names used are based on Anglo-Saxon roots. The Bosworth-Toller dictionary is used as the main source, aided by the Oxford English Dictionary. I will add the data-dictionary to the final volume.
Further volumes planned are as follows:
Vol 12 The Final Battle - Crystal Horse / Total Eclipse (12,000 word draft)
Vol 13 The Final Battle - Arrow-storm ( 5,000 word partial draft)
Vol 14 The Final Battle - Dark Abyss (6,000 word partial draft)
Vol 15 The End of Days (3,000 word partial draft.)
Volumes 12 - 14 cover the Final Battle, originally planned to be just one volume, but now expected to amount to 32,000+ words. Volume 15 includes some half-dozen puzzles for the Hero to solve, but they are also presented as puzzles to the reader; solutions will appear in an appendix to the second edition. Volumes 12 - 15 pull together various threads from the preceding volumes, and present more of a challenge to the writer than preceding volumes, and must not be rushed into print.
It has also emerged that there is a missing Volume 8 - part 2; this completes the description of the journey from the West to the East; this will probably create additional threads, picked up in the final volumes. The 16 volumes are likely to amount to 172,000 words or more, but there is scope for further expansion...
I enjoy writing, and write to please myself; if others enjoy this, then that is a bonus. As a writer, I find myself blessed - or should that be cursed? - with an active imagination; there is no way of turning it off; writing is one form of expressing that imagination.
As a single man I enjoyed reading, country walks, weight-training - which I still do, dancing - women love being held, and led around the dance-floor - you can learn a lot about a woman's character by dancing with her; try close-hold tango. I also did a bit of sailing in the English Channel - you should hear the radio traffic - self-inflicted emergencies. Hmmmm, there is material for a story there.
***
I am currently writing a series of 15/16 volumes forming "Middle Earth: The Secret History." This is intended to be 'High Fantasy', with a theme of good versus evil.
Volumes 1 - 11 are published, amounting to some 120,000 words so far. The complete tale should amount to about 172,000 words or more, initially; it is on this basis that the work is described as 'epic'..
Volume 12 exists as a 12,000 word draft. In total, I have written over 26,000 words of volumes 12 - 15. The intention is to complete all four remaining volumes, before publishing.
***
If you want to read a novel in which total eclipses play a central role role, then try this one.
***
There is an omnibus volume of volumes 1 - 3, giving a better price than buying the individual volumes.
There is also an omnibus volume of volumes 4 - 6, likewise.
All published volumes are available from Amazon as e-books; you do not need a Kindle to read them. If you are not satisfied, just return the book to Amazon; they will give a full refund, I believe, but check the t's and c's first..
There are reviews on www.Amazon.com, but also on www.Goodreads.com; search by author or book name.
***
Ideas can occur to me at any time, plus, when writing, they just occur on the fly. The story almost seems to write itself, with my acting as an amanuensis. Characters just seem to appear, and are as much of a surprise to me as they are to the reader.
A data-dictionary is used to keep track of characters names, place names etc. The names used are based on Anglo-Saxon roots. The Bosworth-Toller dictionary is used as the main source, aided by the Oxford English Dictionary. I will add the data-dictionary to the final volume.
Further volumes planned are as follows:
Vol 12 The Final Battle - Crystal Horse / Total Eclipse (12,000 word draft)
Vol 13 The Final Battle - Arrow-storm ( 5,000 word partial draft)
Vol 14 The Final Battle - Dark Abyss (6,000 word partial draft)
Vol 15 The End of Days (3,000 word partial draft.)
Volumes 12 - 14 cover the Final Battle, originally planned to be just one volume, but now expected to amount to 32,000+ words. Volume 15 includes some half-dozen puzzles for the Hero to solve, but they are also presented as puzzles to the reader; solutions will appear in an appendix to the second edition. Volumes 12 - 15 pull together various threads from the preceding volumes, and present more of a challenge to the writer than preceding volumes, and must not be rushed into print.
It has also emerged that there is a missing Volume 8 - part 2; this completes the description of the journey from the West to the East; this will probably create additional threads, picked up in the final volumes. The 16 volumes are likely to amount to 172,000 words or more, but there is scope for further expansion...
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