Survivors of an ancient genocide emerge from hibernation to punish the heirs of those who destroyed their kind in Judgment Rising: The Rys Chronicles Book III.
It’s been five years since the war that put Shan on the rys throne ended. Dreibrand and Miranda have founded a colony in Nufal, a land that they thought was empty.
But it’s empty no more once Tempet and Alloi, the only survivors of the ancient magical race of Nufal, awaken deep in the mountains.
The centuries have not blunted their hatred of the rys at all, and the peace that Dreibrand and Miranda have known will be shattered.
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Excerpt from Judgment Rising:
Spring wrapped the somber slopes of the Tabren in an abundant garland of green leaves and flowers. It was an easy place to forget duties and desires, and Tempet and Alloi lingered around the broken city of their birth. After so much time in hibernation, consciousness was distracting and the days slipped by.
Their purpose to punish the rys was not forgotten, but they were not physically or mentally ready to undertake their vengeful journey to the Rysamand. Their ability to cast complex spells had grown rusty. Meditation, food and exercise were needed to rebuild their powers.
Tempet’s talent had always been greatest in physical performance. His magic provided his body with strength and speed, and he focused his spells through his hands and especially his bitaran. He moved fluidly in conjunction with the weapon. Moving through fighting forms, he practiced day and night. His mind was re-learning how to attach itself to the unseen properties of his weapon, and his returning powers exhilarated him.
He had been a mighty warrior during the Great War. Many rys and their human minions had died from the dreadful strike of his bitaran. And his shielding spells had been powerful enough to protect him from the initial creation of the Deamedron that had consumed the vast majority of the Nufalese forces in one great stroke of magic. His elders, the few who had survived that awful blow, had dragged him from the Quinsanomar. He had opposed retreat, slashing futilely at the wraiths of his comrades.
That had been the worst part. Recognizing his kin and allies among the enslaved souls who were in the thrall of his mortal enemy.
The terrible experience was his fuel now. Tempet forgave the spirits of his comrades who had been forced to turn on their people. The rys were the cause of the suffering, and he pictured them now, with their ugly blue skin, as he swiped and hammered the air with his glittering bludgeon. Tempet regained his old strength with each day, and soon he would turn loose his hatred.
Weapons were not the tools of Alloi. Tabre females shunned the use of weapons, which were the affectation of males. Her magic could blast with accuracy and shield her body, so she had not studied the gruesome art of tearing flesh with material objects. Alloi had trained her mind to control the minds of others and her clairvoyance had an impressive range. She meditated every day, expanding her mind and reclaiming the discipline to see far beyond her physical shell.
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About this Dark Epic Fantasy
Continue the saga of The Rys Chronicles or join the story at this point as new adventures and challenges confront Shan and Dreibrand.
To the victors go the spoils, and Shan and Dreibrand have flourished for five years as the leaders of their respective kingdoms. Allied by friendship, they greet the future with excitement and grandiose plans.
Dreibrand counts on his relationship with Shan to protect him from the encroaching Atrophane Empire as he carefully avoids direct confrontation with his former countrymen, now under the undisputed leadership of his old rival Sandin Promentro.
But a greater malice than imperial ambition threatens the new lords of the Wilderness. The long dead civilization of Nufal, where Dreibrand and Miranda nurture their fledgling kingdom, has not forgotten the brutal genocide of its ancient war with the rys. The ghosts of Nufal may have been extinguished but their avengers remain. The inheritors of Onja’s wealth and lands will now battle the nightmare of their judgment rising.
