Deliverance

by Katika Schneider

Demons will once again become legends... At least if Nessix has anything to say about it. Taken from Zeal and dragged back into the hells before the last pieces of the puzzle had fallen into place, her faith and vows of loyalty are put to the ultimate test. While Nessix is pulled into the savage political scene governing the hells, the troublesome pacts Mathias is forced to make on the surface reveal the secret Berann had died trying to make there is a way to cleanse demons of their curse. With their vile foes growing increasingly suspicious of the forces plotting against them, the unlikely partnership of paladin and undead is running out of time to hunt the artifacts which could save Abaeloth from the blight which has tormented her for so long. Don your armor once again and join Nessix and Mathias for the final installment of Tale of the Fallen!

397 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 10, 2020

About the author

Fueled by bedtime stories of The Hobbit and The Last Unicorn and afternoons adventuring in the woods behind her rural Missouri home, the jump from epic fantasy reader to epic fantasy author was a natural transition for Katika. She discovered her love of writing in fourth grade writing workshop, and embraced this art from that point forward. Spending junior high learning the ups and downs of style development via DragonLance fan fiction, she began crafting her own stories in high school, winning local writing competitions. Happiest when wordsmithing, she enrolled in creative writing courses in college and was told fantasy "wasn't creative fiction." This led her to seek alternative writing wisdom and heavily shaped her indie author ideals.

Kat accidentally discovered her world of Abaeloth in 2003 when creating a character for an RPG. This character shared her life story from birth to death and everything in between. With nothing left to game with, the only logical option was to begin writing so Nessix could live outside of Kat's mind. Devotion, the first book of Tale of the Fallen, was published in 2016 and three more series within the encompassing Afflicted Saga are currently drafted.

Today, Katika still considers rural Missouri home and lives on a farm with her supportive husband and their assortment of special needs animals. She forewent veterinary school due to unplanned life circumstances, and now spends her non-writing time playing with her dog, riding her horses, and drowning in garden gnomes.

Katika strives to draw on the brilliance of the fantasy classics to craft and deliver epic tales reminiscent to those told in the genre's golden age. It is among her most sincere hopes that you fall in love with Abaeloth and those who call it home as deeply as she has.

Reviews

[Tiffany Rupp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Katika is the nicest lady. I had the pleasure of meeting her and having her sign the books I bought. After buying the first book I realized I was going to need the rest. And while I read through to the end I unfortunately didn't enjoy this book like I did with the first one. Too many wordy sentences and whoever the printer was should be fired because it was completely misaligned. Also like the other books I found many errors that the editor should have easily taken care of. At the end of a long series I want to feel slightly sad because I am leaving the realm of the characters I stayed with for so long but I put the book down and won't look back...