The Shadow Scrolls is a new novel series by PD Lorenz. Book One, The Vale of Blood, follows the coming of age adventures of young Jonathan of Scharp and the girl, quite literally, of his dreams. Swept away from the relative safe haven that is Irenay and the land of his birthright, Jonathan finds himself wrapped up into the mysterious City of Gish and the plight of its people.<br><br>Upon arrival, he becomes enfolded into an insurgent assassin's sect called, The Shade. However, just beyond his meteoric rise through the ranks of power lies a snake in waiting… A serpent called betrayal whose venomous strike condemns our hero to a horrifying existence, leaving one question to linger on the edge of eternity… <br><br>Can hope and the light of redemption rise out of the ashes of a life poorly chosen…?
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PD Ph.D. Lorenz. The Shadow Scrolls: Series Book One, The Vale of Blood
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Shadow Scroll the First - A Prologue -
Chapter One. A Safe Haven - The Spring -
- The River -
- The Runoff -
Chapter Two. Pried from the Cobbled Stones - Forgery -
- The Arrangement -
- The Last Meal -
Chapter Three. An Enemy Within - The Search Party -
- The War Party -
- Apart at the Seams -
Chapter Four. Taken In - Wisekoff -
- The City of Gish -
- A Warm and Dry Place -
Chapter Five. Buying In - The Bridge Ordeal -
- Throne Under -
- The Road that Led Him… -
- …To Train -
Chapter Six. Meanwhile… - A Safe Haven No More -
- The Peace-less -
Chapter Seven. A Rise to Power - The Vale of Blood -
- Rising in Rank and Order -
-The Drums of War -
Chapter Eight. The Darkest of Cells - The Three Fold Prison -
- A Revelation in the Deep -
- A Piercing Light -
- The Shadow of Light -
Chapter Nine. A Reunion of Sorts - The Lever and the Door -
- Adjoining Journeys -
- The Reunion -
- The Reconciling -
Chapter Ten. The End of the Beginning - The Judgment -
- The Turning of the Point -
- Shades in the Shadows -
- The Sub-Setting -
- The Sent Ones -
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This project has been a very long time in the making and there are almost too many people to thank, for the journey has brought me across a multitude of pathways. However, some just have to be acknowledged.
First, I’d like to thank God for…, well, everything! I’d also like to thank my beautiful wife who has always been my number one supporter, sacrificing many hours of labor and encouragement, and for creating the stunning cover. I’d also like to thank my awesome boys, Joshua, Joseph, and Samuel for their attentive listening skills and palpable excitement. Thank you guys for all of the hard work that each of you put into this project.
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And then, silence prevailed…
The next day, when all seemed to be clear, Salmon and Oliver made their way to the war torn body of the great horse Diokalees, and dug a trough next to the place where he had fallen. While they dug, neither spoke to each other and only the thought of how they could possibly tell the tale of what they had seen. They wondered if any would believe the story of a warrior, possibly even a king, who had stripped himself of his soldiery, surrendered to the lances of a thousand volleyed arrows, and was dragged beyond a macabre gate into a well of darkness. And, as they pondered the meaning of it all, they hauled the body of his horse into the shallows beneath the floor of the valley…, a valley that would forever be known as, “The Vale of Blood.”
