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The Feud Trilogy #0.5
Like Cattle
A sacred law broken.
Hunters become prey.
No one is safe.
Nikolai Taurlum has killed the Emperor and escaped the walled city of Altryon. The Imperial Squadron is searching the forests outside the wall for the elusive fugitive.
But a Venator controls these lands. The mighty Venator have super powered senses and a set of iron clad rules. Never kill for sport tops the list. When a member of the Imperial Hunting Squadron unknowingly kills a sacred deer, the hunters will face a far more dangerous enemy than even Nikolai Taurlum.
Pyre is a novella length prequel to the best selling Feud series. Learn more about your favorite characters or find out why USA Today calls the series “A crackling read!”
Hunters become prey.
No one is safe.
Nikolai Taurlum has killed the Emperor and escaped the walled city of Altryon. The Imperial Squadron is searching the forests outside the wall for the elusive fugitive.
But a Venator controls these lands. The mighty Venator have super powered senses and a set of iron clad rules. Never kill for sport tops the list. When a member of the Imperial Hunting Squadron unknowingly kills a sacred deer, the hunters will face a far more dangerous enemy than even Nikolai Taurlum.
Pyre is a novella length prequel to the best selling Feud series. Learn more about your favorite characters or find out why USA Today calls the series “A crackling read!”
- GenresFantasy
68 pages, ebook
First published January 4, 2018
81 people are currently reading
237 people want to read
About the author
Kyle Prue
6 books593 followersKyle Prue is an award winning author, actor and comedian. Kyle wrote The Sparks: Book One of the Feud Trilogy when he was just 16 years old. Kyle spent a gap year before college on a national book tour visiting over 100 middle and high schools and meeting over 80,000 students. Kyle is now a student at the University of Michigan, studying acting and creative writing. He still visits schools and is a keynote speaker for conferences.
Kyle is the founder of Sparking Literacy, a non-profit dedicated to lowering the high school dropout rate by inspiring teens to read, write and follow their dreams. An actor and comedian, Kyle trained at Second City Comedy Club in Chicago, where a number of SNL actors have gotten their start.
The Sparks has won numerous national awards including Best Book and Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015. The Sparks was runner up for Best Young Adult Fiction at the Florida Book Festival and won Honorable Mentions at the New England Book Festival, Midwest Book Festival, Southern California Book Festival, the International London Book Festival and won a prestigious Indie Fab award. Kyle also won an International Moonbeam Award for Best Young Author. The Flames won the FAPA Presidentiial Gold Medais for Best Fiction and Best Fantasy 2017.
Learn more at www.kyleprue.com and www.sparkingliteracy.org. Follow Kyle:
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A note from Kyle: If you enjoyed the book, I really appreciate your help in spreading the word about my books. Please leave reviews on Amazon and here on Goodreads. Thank you so much!
Kyle is the founder of Sparking Literacy, a non-profit dedicated to lowering the high school dropout rate by inspiring teens to read, write and follow their dreams. An actor and comedian, Kyle trained at Second City Comedy Club in Chicago, where a number of SNL actors have gotten their start.
The Sparks has won numerous national awards including Best Book and Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015. The Sparks was runner up for Best Young Adult Fiction at the Florida Book Festival and won Honorable Mentions at the New England Book Festival, Midwest Book Festival, Southern California Book Festival, the International London Book Festival and won a prestigious Indie Fab award. Kyle also won an International Moonbeam Award for Best Young Author. The Flames won the FAPA Presidentiial Gold Medais for Best Fiction and Best Fantasy 2017.
Learn more at www.kyleprue.com and www.sparkingliteracy.org. Follow Kyle:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Kyle Prue
Twitter: www.twitter.com/@KylePrue
Instagram: www.instagram.com/KylePrue
A note from Kyle: If you enjoyed the book, I really appreciate your help in spreading the word about my books. Please leave reviews on Amazon and here on Goodreads. Thank you so much!
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March 2, 2020
4.5 Stars! =D
It was interesting to really get a perspective from Carlin. He's still brutal. He's still the bad guy. I do understand some things about him, BUT, he's Carlin. XD Really though, this is a great little prelude for the series. Really recommend.
Content in Book:
1. Killing animals just to kill animals and to use the body as a punching bag.
2. Violence. (Sword combat. Hand-to-hand combat. Arrows. With animals (a scene with a bear that was pretty violent, but not overly so). Etc.)
3. Getting stitches.
4. Magic.
Who I Would Recommend This Book Too:
Those who want a taste of this series. Those who like prelude stories. Those who like to learn more about villains.
It was interesting to really get a perspective from Carlin. He's still brutal. He's still the bad guy. I do understand some things about him, BUT, he's Carlin. XD Really though, this is a great little prelude for the series. Really recommend.
Content in Book:
1. Killing animals just to kill animals and to use the body as a punching bag.
2. Violence. (Sword combat. Hand-to-hand combat. Arrows. With animals (a scene with a bear that was pretty violent, but not overly so). Etc.)
3. Getting stitches.
4. Magic.
Who I Would Recommend This Book Too:
Those who want a taste of this series. Those who like prelude stories. Those who like to learn more about villains.
January 24, 2020
I read this novella prequel to the Feud Trilogy before I read book one, so I ended up feeling kinda sympathetic to Carlin.
(Which, of course, dissipated very quickly when I hadn't gotten very far into The Sparks.)
(Which, of course, dissipated very quickly when I hadn't gotten very far into The Sparks.)
June 11, 2021
I made the mistake of reading this first without reading the others in the series. It was a free copy in my kindle library so I just read it. Maybe i will reread after reading the others. And then I will understand more.
January 21, 2019
This novella functions as a prologue of sorts to The Feud Trilogy. It tells of a military expedition to track down a fugitive suspected of killing the emperor of Altryon.
Carlin, a son of the current emperor, is ambitious, and jealous of his senior officer, Anthony Celerius. He makes it a point to train excessively, to compensate for his lack of special powers. In doing so, he inadvertently has his men kill a deer that’s sacred to the Venator who controls the land they’re on. This triggers a confrontation during which Carlin is nearly killed himself.
His ambitious and self-centered personality is glaringly obvious, and it didn’t take me long to develop a strong dislike of this character. This is a testament to the author’s writing, that it invokes such a strong reaction. The story also left me intrigued for the rest of the series, especially since the author was so young when he wrote it.
Carlin, a son of the current emperor, is ambitious, and jealous of his senior officer, Anthony Celerius. He makes it a point to train excessively, to compensate for his lack of special powers. In doing so, he inadvertently has his men kill a deer that’s sacred to the Venator who controls the land they’re on. This triggers a confrontation during which Carlin is nearly killed himself.
His ambitious and self-centered personality is glaringly obvious, and it didn’t take me long to develop a strong dislike of this character. This is a testament to the author’s writing, that it invokes such a strong reaction. The story also left me intrigued for the rest of the series, especially since the author was so young when he wrote it.
July 29, 2020
The Pyre was easy to get into and well written. There were some unique aspects to the book and characters that I found intriguing. The first half of the book was better than the last half; I feel like in some ways Prue sort of rushed to the end. For me, the ending was disappointing and I developed a strong dislike for the main character. If you enjoy fantasy fiction and you're looking for something new to read, you should check out The Pyre by Kyle Prue.
April 18, 2019
Good read
This short prequal drops you right in and takes you along for a ride . The main character is interesting and his abiltys are a different type that I'm not sure I've read before which is a good thing . This book definitely makes you want to buy the first book in the series ....😁😁😁
This short prequal drops you right in and takes you along for a ride . The main character is interesting and his abiltys are a different type that I'm not sure I've read before which is a good thing . This book definitely makes you want to buy the first book in the series ....😁😁😁
August 25, 2018
A Fantasy Short written by a teenage writer who has only now reached 21. A group of soldiers, 20 in number are hunting for an assassin in a forest. They incur the wrath of an enchanted guardian of the forest when a sacred animal is killed for sport. Prequel to a series to follow.
April 10, 2019
Great read
I love the book I can't wait to see what the Horseman has in store for Carlin I really hope he gets what's coming to him reading the prequel makes me want to buy the other books I look forward to continuing the series
I love the book I can't wait to see what the Horseman has in store for Carlin I really hope he gets what's coming to him reading the prequel makes me want to buy the other books I look forward to continuing the series
September 14, 2018
Was this book in the past, an alternate universe, the future? Nothing is properly explained. What country are they supposedly in? Are they even on Earth, or is it another planet all together?
April 2, 2019
Novella
This novella was interesting and gave the reader a nice introduction to characters. It was a little slow and the overall plot for each race was well done.
This novella was interesting and gave the reader a nice introduction to characters. It was a little slow and the overall plot for each race was well done.
December 2, 2019
This book was really fantastic.
February 28, 2020
Not bad; it seemed to be imaginative, but just wasn't my style.
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