The Written is the first book in the Emaneska series. All of Emaneska books were self-published by their author Ben Galley. The Written opens with a mysterious mage murdering some librarians to steal a book for some nefarious purpose. From their readers are introduced to Farden a sword wield, fi...
I’m not sure the boy’s father would be so welcoming. He’s a powerful man. You can tell just by the way he walks. And men of power don’t have time for flights of fancy. He’s stern, but he seems wise. There’s a scent on him I can’t figure.’ 15th May, 1867 If you have ever been roughly or rudely awo...
Not quite lords, born into land and power. Nor were they kings or queens, with royal blood passed down from vein to vein. No. Theirs was a hierarchy and position based on skill and skill alone. Theirs was a democracy of ability and wisdom. The finest Smith and Pen would ascend the ladder of autho...
Fast and blunt yet bright as sunlight, it slipped behind the tendons of his knee and deftly pulled the earth out from under him. Korrin hit the sand with a crunch and a wheeze. He wasn’t surprised to find the same dull blade tickling his windpipe when he lifted his head to breathe. The scarlet-he...
They passed by without a care to his situation; to his plight, he could say. Merion stared down and let his eyes blur with the lazy flow of the slate-blue Thames. At least its silence could distract him, along with the thunder rumbling in the distance. A storm circled the city. The granite clouds...
The sun beat down like an angry blacksmith who had just found his wife in bed with the cobbler. The day was a sweltering one. Vicious, after the coolness of the damp morning. The rainclouds were long gone, beating a hasty retreat at the first sight of dawn. Daeven Port was a bustling hub, paying ...