This is my full cover blurb for the second book in the Chronicles of Ardis. The final edit will be drastically shorter, so as to fit the back cover....
Chronicles of Ardis: Reckonings, by Tracy L Reeves.
“Hear the tale of Reshna the far-traveled,
hailing from the Lands of Bounty. Hear the words recorded of she with hair like
bright copper and eyes like glass-flecked zophrite. Know that this fair one, a
mere metal maker’s daughter, stood with those of her bearing, facing forces few
others could withstand…”
It is Pavrenisis, the fourteenth and final month of the Ardan calendar. It is a time culminated in Vernas, the capital city of Degna, with the Feast of Lights. Though before any new year’s preparations can be completed, Algrin, High Chief of Degna, is hit with news of a wave of destruction heading straight for them. Yet, as unexpectedly as it appeared, so too does it vanish, by the hands of a familiar benefactor sending the massive pyroclasm into regions unknown…
During an archaeological expedition in the deserts of Dielberen, Dowen Merstis and Kesra Topheres stumble upon a mystery, over a hundred millennia in age. With unknown symbols etched on tablets, pottery, and other items, predating the oldest recorded civilizations, Doctor Merstis enlists aid in the form of an old friend, Maerlas of the Scholar’s Guild of Sinsera, to help solve this quandary. But the price may be more than what they bargained for…
After a decade long pilgrimage, Alceris, Ashen Sorceress of the Ember Wastes, returns to unsavory developments. Heedless of the warning given by her daughter, the Ashen Guardian, Sarnas, the Dagdrim Council seeks to annex the Ember Wastes, a land long considered sacred to their people. Spearheaded by Shellicida of Clan Maldorne, Alceris’s return is regarded as little more than an inconvenience. Moreover, in her absence, that which once slept within an ancient temple complex at the heart of the wastes, has awakened amidst calamity to stalk the land of the living once more…
Accompanied by a protégé, scholar initiate Castris, Maerlas, Dowen, and Kesra, set forth on a journey to learn the mystery behind the oldest story in recorded history. From Dielberen, to the Sinseran Empire, and ultimately Degna and the Ember Wastes, it will become a race to uncover what happened so long ago, and help to set things right before everything spirals out of control…
During an archaeological expedition in the deserts of Dielberen, Dowen Merstis and Kesra Topheres stumble upon a mystery, over a hundred millennia in age. With unknown symbols etched on tablets, pottery, and other items, predating the oldest recorded civilizations, Doctor Merstis enlists aid in the form of an old friend, Maerlas of the Scholar’s Guild of Sinsera, to help solve this quandary. But the price may be more than what they bargained for…
After a decade long pilgrimage, Alceris, Ashen Sorceress of the Ember Wastes, returns to unsavory developments. Heedless of the warning given by her daughter, the Ashen Guardian, Sarnas, the Dagdrim Council seeks to annex the Ember Wastes, a land long considered sacred to their people. Spearheaded by Shellicida of Clan Maldorne, Alceris’s return is regarded as little more than an inconvenience. Moreover, in her absence, that which once slept within an ancient temple complex at the heart of the wastes, has awakened amidst calamity to stalk the land of the living once more…
Accompanied by a protégé, scholar initiate Castris, Maerlas, Dowen, and Kesra, set forth on a journey to learn the mystery behind the oldest story in recorded history. From Dielberen, to the Sinseran Empire, and ultimately Degna and the Ember Wastes, it will become a race to uncover what happened so long ago, and help to set things right before everything spirals out of control…
