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The Weapon
In the beginning, there was the weapon. Cold and sharp and mean. It was given as all things were given to the stable children: once and never again. The storm gray metal streaked with black. Even now, it gleamed.
When the city of Amelekhem was destroyed, Vayud’s family fled into the desert with only themselves, a cart and a camel to their name. When a terrible event tears his family apart, he finds himself caged. Little does he know the horrors that await him and the other stable children of Chert at the hands of the uncaring galarati, the brutal wielders and the tyrannical consul. There, he must fight for his life and that of his only friend, Ayu, while trying to figure out a way to escape the city and free the stable children.
When the city of Amelekhem was destroyed, Vayud’s family fled into the desert with only themselves, a cart and a camel to their name. When a terrible event tears his family apart, he finds himself caged. Little does he know the horrors that await him and the other stable children of Chert at the hands of the uncaring galarati, the brutal wielders and the tyrannical consul. There, he must fight for his life and that of his only friend, Ayu, while trying to figure out a way to escape the city and free the stable children.
46 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 5, 2019
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Tim Hereid
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For now, take a look around. Not bad right? Hm. Yes. It DOES seem a little dusty and shabby, doesn't it? Sort of like a hermitage where the hermit hasn't ventured out or mopped the floor planks or started the dishwasher for awhile. Maybe for years. I mean, I DO write in here, so you'll have to excuse the mess. Of course, I also emerge from time to time to release a book.
Like 'The Weapon'. Maybe you've read the one. No? That's the story of Vayud, a young boy from Amelekhem who loses his family in a terrible event in the desert and is hauled to the seedy city of Chert to be imprisoned and forced to fight as a gladiator.
Of course then there's 'The Dry Valley'. Surely that one...? No? Well, it's a tale of family and sacrifice and adventure but really the story of a normal middle school girl named Calliope whose grandfather just started not talking a year back. She and her grandmother now live in a house dark and heavy with silence. Then a monster appears who comes bearing a truth so startling it will change everything and everyone in Cali's life.
What about 'The Long Cold'? That one's quite a tale. Because, you know, in the bitterest of storms during the longest winter Odveig, steward gnome of Gronn Forest, has ever seen, an avalanche has raged over the faraway Gruthold valley where another gnome, Hundein, and a herd of reindeer have gone to seek shelter. Alone and far from the valley, Odveig must seek the help of animal and gnome alike, while battling the vicious cold, the ever-lurking mennesker and his own growing doubts to find Hundein and bring the herd to safety.
Do you notice all these titles start with 'The'? Is that weird? No? I don't know if it is, but I wanted to mention it so that YOU knew that I knew and that it didn't become a thing. You know.
Well, there's more to come, but right now I'm writing them so I can't tell you about them. So don't ask. In the meantime, for more information about me, my teaching and my books, please go to...
www.timhereid.com/books
timhereid.com/books
For now, take a look around. Not bad right? Hm. Yes. It DOES seem a little dusty and shabby, doesn't it? Sort of like a hermitage where the hermit hasn't ventured out or mopped the floor planks or started the dishwasher for awhile. Maybe for years. I mean, I DO write in here, so you'll have to excuse the mess. Of course, I also emerge from time to time to release a book.
Like 'The Weapon'. Maybe you've read the one. No? That's the story of Vayud, a young boy from Amelekhem who loses his family in a terrible event in the desert and is hauled to the seedy city of Chert to be imprisoned and forced to fight as a gladiator.
Of course then there's 'The Dry Valley'. Surely that one...? No? Well, it's a tale of family and sacrifice and adventure but really the story of a normal middle school girl named Calliope whose grandfather just started not talking a year back. She and her grandmother now live in a house dark and heavy with silence. Then a monster appears who comes bearing a truth so startling it will change everything and everyone in Cali's life.
What about 'The Long Cold'? That one's quite a tale. Because, you know, in the bitterest of storms during the longest winter Odveig, steward gnome of Gronn Forest, has ever seen, an avalanche has raged over the faraway Gruthold valley where another gnome, Hundein, and a herd of reindeer have gone to seek shelter. Alone and far from the valley, Odveig must seek the help of animal and gnome alike, while battling the vicious cold, the ever-lurking mennesker and his own growing doubts to find Hundein and bring the herd to safety.
Do you notice all these titles start with 'The'? Is that weird? No? I don't know if it is, but I wanted to mention it so that YOU knew that I knew and that it didn't become a thing. You know.
Well, there's more to come, but right now I'm writing them so I can't tell you about them. So don't ask. In the meantime, for more information about me, my teaching and my books, please go to...
www.timhereid.com/books
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