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"Even if I had gone in with sky-high expectations, I think this still would have blown me away. Somehow, Echoes of the Past feels like the best mash-up of Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie and Michael J. Sullivan, while also being completely its own unique thing." - Esmay Rosalyne, Grimdark Magazine. TWO HEIRS. SIX SHATTERED KINGDOMS. FIVE FORMS OF MAGIC. AND ONE WAR BUILT ON THE LIES THAT MADE THEM. Weckenstone has always revered the royal Tallmight line as divine. Yet when an enemy force invades, driven by a history Weckenstone tried to forget, the capital burns, and the Tallmight dynasty shatters. Tiber , heir to the throne, dreams of becoming the hero who saves everyone. But war leaves little room for heroes, only monsters in gilded armour. And after losing control, Tiber's own destructive magic terrifies him more than his enemies ever could. Gwynn , Tiber's twin, knows no such comforts. Scraping by in the lawless underground of a beautiful city, angry at the world, he searches for something—anything—to be proud of. Yet his abrasive nature pushes most away, except for his young tutor, the one person he dares to care for. Reclaimer Aella , an officer and magic-user in the Phylondras army, has spent years carrying her family's betrayal. But fighting Weckenstone and the Tallmights is perilous. The higher she climbs, the more she realises that rising above her treacherous past might require becoming something far worse. The Tallmights never had a clean past. Their enemies haven't forgotten how it was rewritten by the victors. With the war dragging on, Weckenstone's proud ideals rot into corruption. Now, the twins must decide who to become, how they'll lead—and whether their name is a legacy, or a curse buried in the echoes of the past. "These are the moments I live for on Bookstagram, finding indie authors who write absolute masterpieces. Echoes of the past was simply brilliant, giving me all the fantasy energy I needed." - Kieran Devereux.

A TIME PORTRAYAL FROM A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE This collection includes stories from different societal environments, their drama, and problems. At the same time as the book also is moving on another level in an underlying story. It is a time portrayal of a crumbling industrial society. Where dark clouds are covering the sky as it is no longer in line with the development. The first story starts on a peaceful day on the beach. With an approaching mystery and ends in the eye of a storm in "Breaths" on the edge of destruction. A new society, the digital, is showing its youthful energy as the story is leaving the lighthouse behind. Like in all times of similar transformations the engines always have been a combination of new technologies and people that have shown the way. It is these people that are the Bordertravellers. They, who with a humanistic spirit show the injustices in the old society but also works as the architects for the new, in both small and bigger contexts. In this dynamic environment, we are meeting Emmy that during her teenage-years was affected by a brutal injustice and the current norms forced her to a suffering silence. Then one day she comes back to the place everything started. Or Zoe that despite unique top competence and talent is forced in accordance with the welfare state's norms to clean floors due to her ethnic background. But she breaks out from this imprisonment. Or the timeless struggle between humanism and religious dogmas where the latter all too often develops into a monster. Or how men with power, because it is often men, stand defenseless when the wind of change blows, but they continue like Don Quijote to fight under bloodshed against windmill after a windmill. These are just some of the perspectives that are hiding in this collection of short stories. In general, it is empowered by the dynamism of European philosophy and history, where Erasmus, Aristotle, Sir Francis Bacon, Martin Luther among others gives fuel to the stories.

Enter a world of dungeons and dragons, magic and manticores, goblins and gargoyles in this captivating standalone fantasy from the author of The Gutter Prayer 'Full of wit and adventure, twists and turns, wonderful monsters and astonishing revelations. An absolute joy' M. R. Carey, bestselling author of Once Was Willem Bait doesn't remember a time before the dungeon. Before the dragon stole her from her cot. She doesn't know what her name was before she was handed over to the monstrous denizens of the dungeon beneath the sorcerer's tower. Luckily for Bait, they decided not to eat her. And so, she grows up in the dark - the goblins her adopted family, a vengeful minotaur her protector, a sentient skull her tutor and a faithful blob of corridor slime her main source of nutrition. But the labyrinthine dungeon, with its haunted halls, buried temples and forgotten magics, draws treasure hunters like moths to a flame. And as the outside world starts to intrude, Bait will learn what it means to be monstrous, and she will have to decide where she truly belongs. 'For a story set in the deepest, darkest dungeon, The Dungeon Book absolutely bursts with warmth, heart, and energy. One of the best things you're going to read this year' Jackson Ford, author of The Bone Raiders 'The Dungeon Book manages the difficult task of being epic and heartfelt both at once, and does it with style. I fell in love with Bait and her menagerie of friends immediately' Django Wexler, author of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying 'Full of heart . . . will delight anyone who has ever been brave enough to roll the dice and delve a dungeon' RJ Barker, author of The Bone Ships 'The Dungeon Book is chock-full of wit and weirdness . . . This book was terrific' Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld 'S ensational, brimming with as much heart as it is ghoulies and beasties . . . A great fantasy story told in a unique way. My dungeon crawl-loving heart was absolutely enamoured' ¿¿¿¿¿ FanFiAddict Reader reviews: 'I loved this. I want this book to be my dad' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'If you are looking for a book that feels like a D&D campaign but doesn't take itself too seriously, this is for you' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'A hoot and a blast from the get go, and I have to say it ended with an epic bang. Bait for president, that's what I say. BRAVO' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'A wonderfully original story that stayed with me long after I'd finished it, and one I'll be recommending without hesitation' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I came away from the book with such a smile on my face . . . a love letter to outcasts and the found families we form. It's heartwearming, heartwrenching, really funny, and just a fantastic read!' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Omg I LOVED this, it reminded me of when I first read Gideon the Ninth . . . I couldn't put it down' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'What a funny and original fairy tale! I loved every sentence of this brilliantly inventive and magical story' ¿¿¿¿ ¿