The Past's Skybound Bane

By Samuel Simons and Samuel Simons

Two centuries ago, the Liberated World's sorcerous tyrants vanished. The use of their ancient magics and soul-eating technologies is outlawed in the Phoenix Empire, which has all but won its struggle for freedom from their lingering influence.

Melody is a priestess: a leader, a counsellor, and a healer. When a calamity of magic slaughters a village and ends the fragile peace, she fears she will find the role of avenger far more difficult.

The townsfolk of Tiller's Green are dead, and whoever slew them is at large.

Discovering the disaster has made Melody some mysterious and powerful enemies: anyone could be a thrall to the catastrophe's perpetrators, and assassins lurk in the shadows. The underworld guardian of Melody's faith bestows upon her a frightening power over others' minds and lives, and Melody finds that her dubious miracles may be all that stands between the Phoenix Empire and an even greater catastrophe. She must track down the last known magic-users in the Empire, fugitives who must be responsible for the tragedy: the enigmatic Dead Lord Alendras and the elusive Fae Melianne.

Too many questions remain. In what world do soul-eating fiends behave almost like people? Why do Melody's newfound powers have such a deathly bent? And what captivating chaos hides behind the alluring features of Melianne, to whom Melody's mission and her dreams both lead?

With thousands of lives hanging in the balance, a priest can ill afford to waver in her convictions... but behind a veil of secrets lurks the truth, waiting to shake Melody to her very core.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1777709067
• ISBN13: 9781777709068
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Eternity River Publishing
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"