The Trove

by Christopher Laine

A TREASURE BEYOND RECKONING. A map lost for a thousand years. A quest to secure the wealth of ages. Cyrol, the lone survivor of this quest, stands at the frozen entrance to one of the lost treasure chambers of the Hoarder King. Follow Cyrol as he descends down into the heart of the mountain in his obsession. Go with him into the darkness and the smoke, down to where a horrific monster waits glowering. Surely, Cyrol is doomed, and yet he cannot turn away, not even at the price of his soul. The kindle ebook comes with a Spotify playlist for your reading and listening pleasure. You can find the playlist here The Trove is one of the Seven Coins Drowning series, a collection of short fiction, novels and novellas exploring the enduring myth of the Seven Deadly Sins.

54 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 26, 2017

About the author

Christopher Laine is a writer, software architect, and founder of several business and tech ventures.

He studied literature and writing at San Francisco State University. His interests include world mythology and religions, philosophy, science, cooking, and martial arts.

Originally from San Francisco, he is a world traveller who eventually settled in New Zealand with his partner Mary and two children.

"There's a lot to know about ourselves which art and literature, mythology and psychology have yet to teach us. I write from this perspective, that we are not at the end of our story as a species, but clearly just at its beginning."