Yr. 3955: Elberon (20) meets Melinda the Blade. He drinks a Flaming Telepath. He comes to possess the Screaming Skull. The Hydra Incident.
Yr. 3956: The Showdown at the Blue Falcon. Elberon (21) meets Malcolm. He meets Garrin Grimmreaper. He defeats Malacoda in Hell.
Yr. 3957: Melinda returns from Hell to Redhauke, born by Cloud Riders. Elberon (22) finds the Rod of Lordly Might.
Yr. 3959: Elberon (24) and Melinda marry. He re-encounters Garrin and Malacoda. The Lemming Imp Incident.
Yr. 3960: Elberon (25) re-encounters the Screaming Skull. He is attacked by the Crimson Hand. He meets Cassiopeia and Wilberd. Cassiopeia receives a vision from Jo Ki-Rin. Elberon flees Redhauke for good. The Dread Wars begin on Woerth.
Yr. 3961: Elberon (26) meets Xingo Lightfingers. Father Jethro of Tull falls in the Sorrowful Pass.
Yr. 3962: The Quest winters with the Cloud Riders. Amabored meets Bellasa. Lithaine finds Starfall. Redulfo encounters the Bad Brain, dies, and is resurrected as Redulfo the Black.
Yr. 3963: Amabored marries Bellasa and receives his wings.
Yr. 3964: The Siege and Fall of Helene. Elberon (29) meets Andrigan, James, and Lindar. Lindar dies in battle and is resurrected by the Quest.
Yr. 3965: Elberon (30) defeats Redfang the Terrible. He builds Redfang Keep. The Quest enters the Valley of Sorcerers. They journey back to the year 3956 to participate in the Showdown at the Blue Falcon. The death of Redulfo the Black.
Yr. 3966: The Quest begins the journey to the Sky Ship in the Pustiu Wastes. They have a campfire discussion about politics.
Yr. 3967: Garrin Grimmreaper assassinates all rulers of the Free Kingdoms, including Olderon, Elderon, and Bellasa. Elberon (32) confronts Garrin atop the Crimson Citadel.
Yr. 3969: The Quest crosses the Coldsoul Abyss. Malcolm is slain by Lithaine and falls to his doom. Elberon (34) learns that Cassiopeia is pregnant. The Quest enters the Chamber of Eternity. The fall of Koschei and end of the Dread Wars. Elberon encounters the Black Mirror. Lithaine is imprisoned in Hell.
Yr. 3970: Elberon (35) and Cassiopeia are married. Alderon, son of Elberon, is born. James marries Queen Arianna of Kenwood.
Yr. 3976: The death of Cassiopeia.
Yr. 3978: Elberon (43) marries the Lady Astrid of the Talon Republic.
Yr. 3996: Elberon (61) re-encounters Lindar along with Andrigan and Wilberd. He re-encounters the Black Mirror. Amabored loses the 12th Battle of Oxcipius Plain. Amabored receives a vision from the Archangel Metatron.
Yr. 3998. Elberon (63) and James visit Amabored in the Beradon Forest. They learn of the death of Jaspin Spellbinder. Amabored gives Elberon the Time Stone. Xingo attempts to assassinate Elberon and James. Elberon imprisons Xingo in the dungeons of the Kraken.
Yr. 3999: Lithaine escapes from Hell. Wilberd tells Elberon (64) that he will die on the toilet in sixty-five years. Elberon prepares for his sixty-fifth birthday party. He begins dictating The Chronicles of Elberon to his scribe.
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About the Author
Rick Ferguson is a globally recognized marketing expert with appearances in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, Fast Company, the Globe & Mail in Canada, the Guardian in the United Kingdom, the Financial Times in India, MSNBC, and the Fox Business Channel. He has delivered keynote speeches on marketing principles and best practices on six continents. He is also a master of time, space, and dimension. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife Allison, son Ian, and cat Penny.
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Acknowledgments
Despite the reality of writing as a solitary occupation, no book is written in isolation. First and foremost, love and thanks to my wife, Allison Cripps Ferguson, for her unwavering support and encouragement during the book’s completion. Special thanks to Ian for being awesome. Thanks also to Obsidian Abnormal for the fantastic cover and interior art; to Kate Shepherd for her essential editing job; and to my beta readers for their necessary assurances that I hadn’t wasted my time. And, lest I forget, thanks to you for reading. If you like the book, be sure to tell your friends!
THE SCREAMING SKULL: THE CHRONICLES OF ELBERON, VOL. I
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