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Rathen: The Legend of Ghrakus Castle

Fantasy

About the novel:

Rathen, a former Captain in King Delvant’s army, retired to a quiet backwater town after the Kingdom’s forces were dissolved following the King’s sudden death. Trying to forget his problems by the copious use of strong ale, he is approached by the emissaries of a powerful lord to lead a team of fighters, healers and mages to dispel brigands from his lands. Rathen quickly recruits his best friend, an ex-gladiator and landlord of the local tavern, Bulo, to assist him. The two join other members of the group and begin to hear stories of magical creatures and numerous dead in the land they are supposed to cleanse. Despite this, they head for Ghrakus Castle and on the way they learn of the Castle’s dark and mysterious history.

Finally arriving at Ghrakus, where the full horror of their task becomes clear, they realize that their chances of returning home were indeed very slim and that betrayal awaits him.

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YA, Fantasy, Fiction, Adventure novel

About the book:

In the land of the great red sun, dogs sing, wolves speak, humans serve, and wolf-shifters rule with magic and menace.
Pietre is a human boy who has spent his life terrified of the Blødguard; a force of wolves starved and released at sunset to feast upon any human who dares the dark. But when Pietre finds a dying she-hound, and her litter in the woods his world is turned upside down. And the Blødguard aren’t the only creatures to be feared.
Responsible for the death of a wolf, King Crespin demands that the she-hound pay for her crimes, but with the she-hound dead; someone must take her place at the gallows.
Wittendon, a magic-less prince of the Veranderen, takes Pietre’s father as payment. But Jager is not just a common man, he is a smith who knows the ways of the deadly Grey – a metal that flows through the mines and can kill the Veranderen. He is needed to construct weapons for the Motteral Mal, a centennial tournament for the Veranderen designed to test physical and magical strength. It is with this knowledge that Jager secures his family’s safety.
Witnessing love and compassion from the humans, Wittendon begins to question all he, and his kingdom stand for, and he is not alone. The beautiful Sadora sees it too.
As the Motteral Mal approaches, extinct creatures and half-breeds rise to the call of the Septugant rebellion; and not all are who they claim to be.
Whisperings of prophecy begin to circulate, and both serf and master must join together to change their world before it changes them.


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