The Dark Passenger (Book 1)
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“I’m sorry. I just thought you should know,” Sam said.
The cart stopped once in the middle of the day so that Edwin and Sam could get a drink of water and stretch their legs. The blacksmith and his wife were glad to see that Edwin was up, and Edwin was surprised that they really did seem as kind as Sam said.
After they climbed back behind the metal bars, the cart didn’t stop again until nightfall. The blacksmith and his wife lived in a sleepy little town, but the enormous gates of Newick loomed in the distance. Torches flickered across the city’s great wall, and Edwin worried who might be waiting for him there.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Thank you for reading The Dark Passenger. This is my first novel, and I very much hope you have enjoyed it. As a new author, I am especially interested in getting your feedback, learning what you liked and didn’t, and growing professionally. Please feel free to email me: joshuathomasauthor@gmail.com.
I am writing this author’s note several months after I uploaded The Dark Passenger to Amazon, and I would like to let you know how important you, the reader, are to me and to other new authors.
I spent a lot of time writing and editing The Dark Passenger, and when I finally took the plunge and posted it on Amazon, at first not much happened. Then, as reviews started to trickle in, The Dark Passenger began to get more attention. Only then did I realize how crucial reviews are to getting discovered on Amazon. Amazon provides a great opportunity for indie novelists and debut novels, but they want novels to prove themselves before they shine a spotlight on them. Reviews seem to be one of the biggest metrics Amazon uses to gauge a book’s relevance, so if you have time to write one—good, bad, or otherwise—I would greatly appreciate it. I will definitely read it, and hopefully it will help others decide whether they would enjoy the book.
Click here to review The Dark Passenger.
So what’s next for Edwin and Sam?
The Empyrean Compass: Book Two of the Sorcerer’s Tomb Trilogy is coming soon.
Thanks again for reading.
-Josh
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joshua Thomas wrote his first novel at the age of thirteen about space, aliens and the like. It was horrible, and hopefully all traces of it have been destroyed (though his family may still have a copy saved on a floppy-disk in storage somewhere). In the years that followed Joshua Thomas studied finance, worked for a tech company, lived on three continents, and continued to write. He is a recent law school graduate, and The Dark Passenger is the first of his novels that he has allowed to see the light of day.
www.joshuathomasauthor.com
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Night-Mahr
Chapter 2: Five Candle-Made Maidens
Chapter 3: The Dirty Sacrifice
Chapter 4: A Boy Returned
Chapter 5: Of Dreams and Beans
Chapter 6: The Lucent Speaks
Chapter 7: The Cost of Magic
Chapter 8: Blind With Fury
Chapter 9: Blue and Red Tickets
Chapter 10: An Imp on the Road
Chapter 11: A Conversation in Blood
Chapter 12: An Injury Best Not Seen
Chapter 13: The Winter Fair
Chapter 14: Nothing But Ash
Chapter 15: Truths and Consequences
Chapter 16: A Home For Mischief
Chapter 17: A Pinch of Spice
Chapter 18: The Fallen Roger Goodfellow
Chapter 19: Three Tests
Chapter 20: The Umbrage Box
Chapter 21: A Meal to Remember
Chapter 22: Through The Black Keep
Chapter 23: The Great Herald
Chapter 24: Preparations at the Gate
Chapter 25: Parlor Tricks
Chapter 26: A Boy Taken
Chapter 27: Borrowed Magic
Chapter 28: The Skeleton Key
Chapter 29: The Host's Tomb
Chapter 30: The Gates of Newick