Experience a dark and thrilling new adult fantasy adventure full of death, action and corrupting darkness, alongside a touch of romance.
Two childhood friends and an exiled druid, one born to poverty, the other to privilege, all haunted by the mistakes of the past. Each bound by the will of unseen hands, a war against forbidden magic, and the god determined to claim their souls.
Ayela only wanted to protect her foster siblings from their cruel caretaker. But when the sister she trusted most surrendered her soul to Erithia, the seductive god of death and desire, Ayela's home was laid to ruin. She swore never to follow that same path. Ayela resisted Erithia's temptations, even when the god of desire offered to restore what she lost.
Now alone in a city where gold buys silence and mercy is saved for the rich, Ayela is aided by Bahn, an exiled druid, and Lillia, her childhood friend. The three find refuge in a small band of mercenaries. A flicker of hope burns with this new found family. But the temptations of Erithia's magic linger, and their shadows are all too cunning. Ayela must resist the darkness clawing at her soul or risk becoming the very monster she swore to defy.
TROPES
Found Family, Pantheon of Gods, Evil is Sexy, Elemental Magic, Underworld, The Underdog, Deal with The Devil, LGBT, Friends to Lovers, Flawed Gods, You Were My Brother
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Abuse, Gore, Addiction, Abandonment
For fans of dark fantasy, slow-burn romance sub-plots, and villainous gods.
Perfect for readers of Sword and Sorcery who love Dungeons & Dragons, morally grey characters, and high-stakes adventure.
Fenic, Elias: - A Texas kid with a wild imagination and a love for all things fantasy, Elias has always been a bit out of touch with reality. He always harbored a fascination with the dark, fantastical worlds created by many fiction authors, but it was dragons and the worlds they inhabited that dominated his imagination. As Elias grew older, it was no longer enough to experience the worlds created by others. He needed to create his own. So his journey to becoming an author began in 2008.Emboldened by a discovered talent and determined to hone his craft, Elias devoured many books and whatever advice was offered. But it was the author Jenna Moreci and her YouTube channel that helped take his writing to the next level.For over a decade now, Elias has been writing dark fantasy stories in the fantastical world of Albrene. But in 2019, Elias wrote Blight of Divinity, a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, for his college friends to play together. This campaign, set in Albrene, soon took on a life of its own, expanding far beyond what was initially written. Now, seven drafts later, Rise of The Witnesses, the first book in the Chronicles of Divinity's Blight series, is almost complete. And thanks to the campaign and the invaluable input of his players, there is a wealth of material waiting to be written in the many planned sequels and stories to come.
