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Arising Magic [MultiFormat]
eBook by Ross Richdale
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eBook Category: Fantasy
eBook Description: Two female babies shall be taken from the realms of darkness to grow up in a distant land. They shall return as maidens of beauty to save the world from corruption and evil. If magic arises unchecked to breed upon itself it is unstoppable and the balance of good and evil will be compromised for ever. Quotes from "The Great Book of Everything That Will Be." In the days of old when knights ruled the land of Castle Rockshade, Kyla Kiro is one of the selected maidens. However, she does not want to be forced to marry the evil Sir Edwin O'Hane and persuades Shane Wynex the man she really loves to escape with her to the surrounding forest. Over the years several couples had attempted to do this but none have succeeded. The males involved were assassinated and the women sent to serve their days in the royal concubines. However, Kyla has friends from the forest who can help, from Sliver a transman, half human and half tree to the forest dwarfs and talking birds. Edwin finds she has escaped the castle and uses his own magic, a sun orb to trace her. After his attempts initially fail he returns to select another bride, this time Jaythen Gardan. She suffers badly and cries out for help. The forest animals hear her call, she is rescued and teams up with Kyla and Shane. Unbeknown to either of them these two young woman were the babies evacuated from a war torn land twenty years earlier and the prophecies from The Great Book of Everything That Will Be are about to be played out. Prince Albert over-rules Sir Edwin as he wants Kyla as his own bride for reasons more than just her beauty. The two men are determined to find her and overcome the creatures of the forest protecting her. So the magic of the land arises to a power never before seen. However, the good, through a twist of fate, turns evil and a docile creeper turns into a voracious monster that consumes everything in its path. Without divine intervention it will smother the forest and the human lands beyond. Nobody can stop it. Can Kyla and Jaythen and their friends save the world from this creeper? And what fate awaits Sir Ervin O'Hane and Prince Albert in their attempt to trace the pair? And the greater force of the rising magic, what awaits the lands of the Inner and Outer Kingdoms? All will be revealed in "Arising Magic", Ross Richdale's fantasy novel.
eBook Publisher: Eloka Systems, Published: 2005
Fictionwise Release Date: March 2005
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [1.5 MB], eReader (PDB) [252 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [238 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [214 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [229 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [250 KB], hiebook (KML) [604 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [358 KB], iSilo (PDB) [195 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [247 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [309 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [314 KB]
Words: 73714
Reading time: 210-294 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 983322704X
 
PROLOGUE
The revolution was over. Throughout the Inner Kingdom, the yellow flag of The Yoke replaced the royal flag. The New People's Revolution had changed the name to something more becoming of the new order. This new order was in place and every old superstition and hierarchy was dissolved. All gods and magic were declared figments of the imagination and ownership of personal property banned. All men from that day forward were equal and titles abolished. Women were equal to each other but were, of course subservient to their fathers or husbands. The underclass of whores and the men who used their services had already been executed with a sword through the heart. These lesser humans did not even deserve the honor of being beheaded.
It was brutal but necessary to create the new People's Republic of The Yoke. By noon on Day Two of Year One of the new order, the beheadings in the square of the ruined city were almost over. King Thomas VIII of the Kiro dynasty had been forced to watch his wife, brothers, sisters and their families including children as young as two being beheaded before he suffered the same fate. Already hundreds of aristocrats, politicians, judges, business people and lesser humans such as priests, nuns, poets and anybody who practiced magic had also been slaughtered.
A thin man dressed in a brown cloak and baggy pants watched as the royal bodies were carted away to the local stadium for cremation.
"So it is done, Kalmorton." The bearded man in revolutionary armor of The Yoke had a gleam in his eye as he watched the scene below.
"Not quite, Prime Minister Gostova. The heretic king's fifth child, a girl, has not been found in the former palace. The People's Army is still hunting for her."
Gostova swung around and his triumphant grin turned to anger. "The king had only four children, Kalmorton. They were beheaded just before their mother at eight am. The ceremony went exactly to plan."
"She gave birth to a daughter six weeks ago, Prime Minister Gostova. Her child Kyla was gone from the Royal Nursery when the palace was taken."
"So find her!" Gostova ordered.
"Oh the baby will be found, Prime Minister. However, there are over a hundred rooms in the castle, not to mention the dungeons and seven high towers. It is just a matter of time."
"Good," the prime minister whispered. "It is lucky we allocated an extra hour for unaccounted for removals. This baby will be beheaded after the fifteen magicians we captured yesterday." He turned. "By the way, you are invited to the banquet in the Revolutionary Dining Room tonight. You replace Minister Hilgrove."
Kalmorton frowned. "Minister Hilgrove. Prime Minister?"
"Yes. He was found in a compromising position with one of the maids at five this morning and they were both executed at seven. Loose morals will not be allowed undermine the new order."
"Of course, Prime Minister. I shall be please to attend the banquet." Kalmorton almost bowed but remembered the new protocols and held a clenched fist over his heart instead. "May The Yoke last a thousand years," he whispered and turned to walk away.
"I want that baby found within the hour," Gostova added almost casually. "Find it and the late minister's portfolio is yours. Let the child get away and..." The man glowered and cracked his knuckles.
Kalmorton knew his fate if the search was unsuccessful.
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