The Emralds of Ruerc (Tales of the Waste)

By Mr. Gene Lancour

This fantasy tale is the first book in a sub-series called Tales of the White Dwarf, and the fourth in an interlocked collection unified by the five-thousand year history and culture of a barren region in Tales of the Waste. The whole collection spans belief in magic to practical science, myth to recorded history and the rise of successive empire from the ruins of countless others. All these rose and fell in the same region, which may or may not have been preceded by races called forerunners who left still evident remnants. This particular novel is focused on political reunification of old provinces in one of the previous Empires centered on the Cleft, to the south of the Waste.This is also a tale of the impact of the physical environment on human culture. The central fact in this world is the Waste-an arid region floored by rock, sand and salt flats roughly corresponding to the present day Mediterranean basin. To the north there are still massive receding glaciers, to the east mountains and an immense meltwater lake. To the south a river has carved a deep gorge, in whose cliffs lie mystery and eons of history. And, to the west lies the most interesting ancient artifact of all: There stands the Wall. A massive construction of stone that wards off the encroaching ocean, which at any moment threatens to overtop it and then flood the entire known world. Men now maintain it, but the forerunners began it. It is a central focus of their lives, for if the Wall fails, everything dies.A sweeping epic, in the tradition of the Lord of the Rings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518722849
• ISBN13: 9781518722844
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"