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The Swarming Death #5
This World of Smoke
The world is cold and full of smoke.
The smoke is full of visions.
Deadly visions.
His quest for answers takes Veric further north, just as a strange cloud of smoke starts to spread through the Krymean Crowns...
And with the smoke come visions with dire consequences.
The smoke is full of visions.
Deadly visions.
His quest for answers takes Veric further north, just as a strange cloud of smoke starts to spread through the Krymean Crowns...
And with the smoke come visions with dire consequences.
- GenresFantasy
72 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 25, 2021
About the author
Steffen Larken
23 books5 followersSteffen Larken was born in a cloud and dreams of dragons for a living.
Though he's had, in another life, a long career as a writer, editor, and translator, this is his first venture in a brand new world... a world filled with magic, mystery, and mayhem!
Though he's had, in another life, a long career as a writer, editor, and translator, this is his first venture in a brand new world... a world filled with magic, mystery, and mayhem!
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June 21, 2021
The fifth episode of the
Swarming Death, Veric
series by Steffen Larken,
“This World of Smoke”
starts on the shores of the Sangar Sea in Krell, “the crown of the Krymean Crowns.”
Will Veric ever decipher the enigmatic symbols on the box? A mysterious box he cannot open. Veric’s father gave him the artifact just before tragedy struck his homeworld. An apocalyptic tragedy that forced him from Qovv and through a portal that altered his life—forever.
Previous clues bring Veric and Sandrin to join a land-crossing caravan traveling to Uddengahl to learn about a mysterious historical warrior named Kurhen, “The Thrice Cursed.” All but erased from history, why was he called “Thrice Cursed?”
As Veric, Sandrin, and their guide Hrosken hike, the landscape becomes increasingly engulfed in a thick blanket of mysterious smoke. “This World of Smoke” becomes more threatening with every step they take. What is this choking smoke, where is it coming from, and why does it cause hallucinations?
The series explores ideas of friendships, belonging, bias, community, magic, iconic beasts, and warring kingdoms as Veric and his friends quest together—facing certain doom—and he seeks to unravel his mysterious past. The series has the elements fantasy readers love; magical beasts, swashbuckling battles all wrapped in menacing mysteries.
I recommend this series to any who enjoy a good fantasy story because it is entertaining. Each book can be read on just an hour or two. I was hooked upon completing the prequel and the first book.
First take the series for a risk-free test drive. Go to Larken’s website, snag his newsletter and a free copy of the prequel "For Fog Adorns Her.”
For additional details check out all my reviews about this series to date:
For Fog Adorns Her
Of Dragon Bones and Ashen Tears
House of Wizardry
A Kingdom to Die For
To Drown on Sunken Land
Will Veric ever decipher the enigmatic symbols on the box? A mysterious box he cannot open. Veric’s father gave him the artifact just before tragedy struck his homeworld. An apocalyptic tragedy that forced him from Qovv and through a portal that altered his life—forever.
Previous clues bring Veric and Sandrin to join a land-crossing caravan traveling to Uddengahl to learn about a mysterious historical warrior named Kurhen, “The Thrice Cursed.” All but erased from history, why was he called “Thrice Cursed?”
As Veric, Sandrin, and their guide Hrosken hike, the landscape becomes increasingly engulfed in a thick blanket of mysterious smoke. “This World of Smoke” becomes more threatening with every step they take. What is this choking smoke, where is it coming from, and why does it cause hallucinations?
The series explores ideas of friendships, belonging, bias, community, magic, iconic beasts, and warring kingdoms as Veric and his friends quest together—facing certain doom—and he seeks to unravel his mysterious past. The series has the elements fantasy readers love; magical beasts, swashbuckling battles all wrapped in menacing mysteries.
I recommend this series to any who enjoy a good fantasy story because it is entertaining. Each book can be read on just an hour or two. I was hooked upon completing the prequel and the first book.
First take the series for a risk-free test drive. Go to Larken’s website, snag his newsletter and a free copy of the prequel "For Fog Adorns Her.”
For additional details check out all my reviews about this series to date:
For Fog Adorns Her
Of Dragon Bones and Ashen Tears
House of Wizardry
A Kingdom to Die For
To Drown on Sunken Land
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