“Habbad!” Cole cried, covering his mouth. The stench stung his eyes.
Habbad stood with Kreed in the palm of the Colossus, which Cole could now see was made from charred bodies, just like the ones that now lined the towers. The entire form of the Colossus appeared to be made from broken corpses. Decreath placed Kreed’s arms around Habbad, pulling him into a fatherly embrace. Habbad looked back over his shoulder, his eyes containing an entire world of agony. An evil smile spread across his wrinkled face. Habbad was no more.
“Habbad! I’m sorry,” Cole wailed, inching closer. “I couldn’t save her. I’m so sorry.”
Habbad’s grin deepened, revealing teeth Cole had never seen as he glared up at Cole with Hunger in his eyes. The fingers of the Colossus came up like a massive drawbridge as the form pulled Habbad into the night. A whistling hum cut through the air as the giant’s other hand came rushing down to obliterate him. Cole fumbled for the Rage that would save him, but there was nothing there. A rough hand grabbed Cole around the middle as his back slammed against something hard.
“Hold on,” Roth thundered, pulling him closer.
Cole sank into Roth’s chest as the wind buffeted his eyes. The giant fist crashed behind them as Costas became nothing but a blur of passing lights. They were gone.
END OF BOOK 1
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From the World of Aeneria
Saving The Dark Side
Book 1: The Devotion
Book 2: The Harbingers
Book 3: The Unbound
The Swindlers And The Squall
Her Gift, For You
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From the Author
Greetings Traveler!
I’ve been writing sporadically for most of my life. However, it wasn’t until January 2016 that I began to take it seriously thanks to one of my closest friends. While I’d like to be writing full-time, I (like most independent authors) have a day job, which is a logistician position in the National Guard. I joined in 2005, deployed twice, and have been active duty since 2012. The military lifestyle has had a tremendous impact on my life, filling it with more ups and downs than I can keep track of, as well as some lifelong friends.
My days are spent at a desk or bumbling around in a humongous truck. After work I get myself to a gym and do battle with my inner fat kid for a couple of hours, then rush home and hopefully start writing before 8 pm. I nurture a love for performance arts, especially plays and local stand-up. During summers I don’t ride my motorcycle nearly enough, and the same goes for my snowboard during the winters. At least once a year I’ll go abroad, usually your typical over-indulgent Caribbean cruise, though recently I spent a week in France, where I had the privilege of officiating at a wedding for two dear friends.
The stories I enjoy the most usually leave me shaken for a few days, not because I’m a glutton for masochism, but because they resonate with the wounded parts of me that I wouldn’t ordinarily take notice of. With a somewhat busy lifestyle where stoicism has become my go-to survival tool, I need those stories that derail me from my daily grind, that kick me in the gut and make me feel something.
As of writing this I’m 30 years old and live in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
From the World of Aeneria
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: Ridicule
Chapter 2: Breaking Point
Chapter 3: Time Travel
Chapter 4: Questions
Chapter 5: Fading
Chapter 6: Egress
Chapter 7: Arrival
Chapter 8: Nightfall
Chapter 9: Proper Introductions
Chapter 10: Falling
Chapter 11: Enlisting
Chapter 12: Among Giants
Chapter 13: Passions
Chapter 14: Orientation
Chapter 15: Contribution
Chapter 16: Descent
Chapter 17: Trials
Chapter 18: Reunited
Chapter 19: Angels and Burdens
Chapter 20: Lore
Chapter 21: Warrior
Chapter 22: Rise and Enter
Chapter 23: Final Rendezvous
Chapter 24: The End of Habbad
From the World of Aeneria
From the Author
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