Awaken The Dark: Book One: The Shadow of Death Trilogy
I see a looming Shadow, a prince in captivity.
I see the death of Kings, and a son swallowed by the Void.
I see enemies who become allies, and a world upended by Fire.
-Skald the Seer
Biblical history, Canaanite legend, and the ancient roots of Norse myth collide in a dark historical fantasy set in the world of David, Saul, and the last days of Jebus.
Around 1000 BC, the fortified Canaanite city of Jebus still stands unconquered in the heart of a land being reshaped by war.
To the west, the Philistines remain a formidable power. Across the hill country, Israel is becoming a kingdom under Saul. And somewhere beyond the walls, the young warrior David is moving toward a destiny that will one day make the city his own.
But inside Jebus, history is only part of the story.
Fourteen-year-old Prince Baaldir has grown up beneath walls his people believe cannot fall. Curious, restless, and drawn to the world beyond the palace, he has no idea that forces older than any kingdom are beginning to move around him.
Ancient passages lie beneath the city. Forgotten powers linger at the edges of human memory. Ravens watch from unexpected places. And stories that will one day be remembered in distant northern lands may have roots far older than the cultures that eventually gave them names.
As armies gather outside Jebus and darkness awakens within it, kings, princes, servants, warriors, and children are drawn into a struggle that will test far more than the strength of the city's walls.
Because the greatest darkness does not always come from somewhere else.
Sometimes it finds what is already waiting within us.
Awaken The Dark is Book One of The Shadow of Death Trilogy, blending biblical history, Canaanite culture, supernatural horror, and ancient mythology into a sweeping historical fantasy in which the oldest stories may be memories of something real.
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