Pillars of Crossing: Book One of the Kingdoms

By Russ Crites

Jonathan enjoyed the Renaissance fairs and had participated in them since he first became a teenager. He had finished college and now was in his last year of working with the fair for a whole summer. His life changed on a fateful day when a warrior called him out during an exhibition. What was intended to be a simple exhibition of swordsman against a man with a long staff changed into a life and death struggle.Jonathan, from an adoptive home, found out that he was something other than what he thought he was. He indeed had a biological family, but it was in a distant land....another place other than earth and now he had to find them or die.Little did he know that he was all that stood in the way of a great evil in his family's home world. In his home land a great prophet had predicted that: "When the evil comes the Chosen One will die. From the Chosen will come one much greater. He too will have the mark of the Raven, and will be accompanied by one who never sleeps."With that prophecy setting the scene, so begins the story of Raven Blackstaff and the companions. According to Pernius, Raven must identify companions that will help him, find large groups of people who will provide warriors to help overcome the evil in the land and he must put the rightful rulers back on their respective thrones. All of this and more had to be accomplished so he can stop the tide of evil that will soon sweep across the land plunging it into a pervasive darkness and destroying all that is good. Initially, Raven meets a warrior Elf, a beautiful temple cleric, a powerful druid, a ranger of great skill and a powerful sorcerous who are all caught up in helping him accomplish his tasks. He ultimately meets a mysterious woman who has amazing powers that he has to ally himself with. In doing so, he may find one of his greatest resources to help take back the kingdoms. One of his greatest problems is that he is no great warrior and cannot protect himself well. His enemies are many, they seem to know where he is and are committed to killing him. As this series begins, Raven's first task is to find those who will help him as he attempts to take back the kingdoms. This is book one in the multi-book Kingdoms series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1533686505
• ISBN13: 9781533686503
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"