Victory was only the beginning.
The Rahmirion Chronicles
Book One
Wells and Bruzzi
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Publisher: New Upper Books
Date of Publication: 4/25/2023
ISBN: Hardcover- 9798986771212
ISBN: Paperback- 9798986771205
Number of pages: 474
Word Count: 179,000
Cover Artist: Mert Genccinar
About the Book:
Prince Mayson Karrok of Astymere grew up hearing countless stories from the night of his birth. Whispers of murder and betrayal; of war and destruction, all at the hands of an emperor who wanted him dead before he could take his first breath. A night meant to being a peaceful conclusion to the Endless War would become known across the world as the Night of Knives. The scar he bears on his chest is a reminder of just how lucky he is to be alive.
But over a decade after his father, King Henry, killed that emperor and destroyed his empire, Mayson finds himself fighting to find his own way, fueled by the desire to both follow in his father’s footsteps, and to break free from his shadow to forge his own path.
Unbeknownst to Mayson, his father set in motion a chain of events that would come to rule his destiny. When he is forced to choose between love and duty, will Mayson have the will to do what is right? For he’ll need all the strength and support he can muster as enemies begin to surround him, both from outside Astymere, and from within.
Read an Excerpt:
Henry
reached out to touch the doors, and the more he fought it, the more the voice
of the Raelian emperor mocked him. Tell me, Henry. Does the boy look like you?
Does the proud blood of the Avaari flow within him, or has your whore given him
too much of her mark?
“Silence,”
Henry said, turning from the doors to break the illusion. He nearly stumbled
upon a line of burnt skeletons strewn across the floor. “One more word and your
death will be slow, I swear it. You will curse the day you first drew breath.”
The
illusion had been broken, but the voice remained. I wish to know the face of my
enemy, Karrok. When we come together at last, I wish to know it well.
“You will
never touch him! Do you hear? You will never lay your hands on him!” Henry
swung about, striking at the source of the voice, but it came from within, as
slippery and foul as pond scum. The Beast will have his day, Karrok. You know
it. One by one, those you hold dear will fall under his might. Your wife, your
mongrel—even your precious Rahm shall be consumed by the Second Flame. But
first, they shall all weep for you. You shall mark the beginning of the end.
The voice
dragged Henry back into his false vision, forcing him to once again see the
devastation he could not prevent. The windows blew apart around him as fire
rained from the sky, drenching the White City in blazing destruction that
consumed flesh, stone, and steel. It seemed like minutes before Henry finally
took control of himself and stood before the emperor on his balcony, overlooking
the growing inferno, listening to the sounds of screams. Tiberian’s hands were
outstretched, his arms spread wide. His smile was filled with what Henry could
only describe as pure, unhinged madness as he gazed upon the burning city and
laughed. Even after Rahmirion took Tiberian’s head from his shoulders, that
smile remained—and the emperor’s laugh could not be silenced.
“Nooooo!” Henry bellowed into the empty
corridor. The vision was gone, and so was the voice. Those words stayed with
him for nearly twenty years, but he had never heard them so clearly. He had
tried to forget the look of glee on Tiberian’s face as fire bled from an
otherwise clear sky.
JONATHAN WELLS, lifelong fantasy and sci-fi lover, has been making up stories for as long as he can remember. Some have been scribbled on scraps of printer paper, others were left to just rattle around in his head. And that is exactly how this novel came to be.
The seeds for this epic fantasy were first planted in his 12-year-old brain, a day-dream world where he could wander off when school became too boring. After ten years, the daydream had taken on such a clear shape, with a linear plot and fully fleshed out characters, that he decided it was time to give it a proper “birth.”
After showing rough sketch of one of his characters to college roommate, DENNIS BRUZZI, his friend “wanted in,” and the rest is history. Dennis, a proven storyteller through his work in journalism and video production, is taking pen to paper for the first time in the fantasy realm. An avid reader and a fantasy enthusiast, he is ecstatic to have worked with his longtime friend to bring this unique and expansive story to life.
“And The Blood of a King is only the tip of the iceberg,” promise Jonathan and Dennis. There are eight more books planned in this epic fantasy series.
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