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    Shattered Destiny
    Shattered Destiny
    Shattered Destiny
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    Shattered Destiny

    By Giancarlo G.

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    The world of Alion, better known as the immortal world, the fabled center of the Universe immortalized in song, myth, legend, and home to the Gates of Creation. Powerful tunnels through time and space, the Gates of Creation connect all worlds in the vast Universe to Alion. The power of the Gates is the ultimate price and the powers of Darkness and Light struggle endlessly, for mastery of the Gates means mastery of Alion, and perhaps the power to challenge the Creator.

    Five thousand years ago, in the world of Alion, a man named Raynard is searching for his mother and brother, who disappeared mysteriously a year before. The journey has brought him to the door of a merchant who may be the one responsible for his family's disappearance. However, what started as a noble quest would become a test of Raynard’s heart and soul, forever altering the fate of Alion and humankind’s future.

    Coming soon, the sequel to Shattered Destiny and the first novel in the Traveler's Gate saga: Forgotten Tears!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGiancarlo G.
    Release dateJul 26, 2012
    ISBN9781476089812
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      Shattered Destiny - Giancarlo G.

      Prologue

      "Some lives are forged, like the living blade, by the fires of destiny .While other lives forge, like the hammer of old ,their own destinies"

      Calluis Serm on the seven hundredth year of the Prectorian Alliance’s foundation.

      The world of Alion, the immortal world, the center of the Universe, a world where the Creator’s breath still lingers in the air, and the colors lost to age and death are still vibrant in life. A place that is home to the fabled Gates of Creation, powerful tunnels through time and space that connect all worlds in Creation to Alion. Darkness also calls Alion home, in the form of Terrors, powerful and treacherous beings intent on challenging the power of the Creator. Casting its drab and grim reality over these fair lands, these powers of Light and Darkness struggle endlessly, shaking the world to its foundations. Control of the Gates means control of the Divine Roads, mastery of Alion, and perhaps the power to challenge the Creator.

      Now, five thousand years into our past, the world of Alion is at the brink of catastrophe. The beings known as the Krassians have ravaged the land, leaving death and destruction in their wake. The Enduen, the world’s masters, find themselves outsmarted and outmaneuvered by the warrior Krassians. Men have arisen as a new contender, their numbers having the power to tip the balance of power in either Krassian or Enduen favor. Men’s allegiance is still unclear, feared they might go their separate ways, pitting the world into a three-sided global conflict. Yet the real danger remains undetected, creeping under the surface of this looming world crisis like a silent predator waiting to pounce. Secret and forgotten forces seek to find the Gates of Creation, and the power to control them, to challenge the order of life and the Creator. The fires of war and destruction are being stoked, and the fate of Alion is cast into the winds of uncertainty, until one man, whose destiny was forged in the anvils of peace would walk down a dark and perilous path, forever altering his destiny and that of the world’s…

      Shattered Destiny

      Sulfil Palvat sat on his beloved chair. His hand stroked the soft leather eliciting a weak smile from his thin lips. Large, and expensive, the chair was all leather with little or no wood furniture showing through. It had been nine years ago to the day that he had acquired the chair for his study and the stench of tanned leather still lingered in the air. Sulfil had heard some of his servants compare the chair to a stuffed cow, and his closest associates agreed on that assessment. Sulfil simply did not care. To him this was the most comfortable chair he had ever sat on. The leather was soft and supple, cradling his body snugly. It was never too warm or too cold. For Sulfil, the chair was perfect.

      With a deep yawn, he looked at the numbers of his business’ latest profit reports. All were better than expected with one unit actually surpassing its goals tenfold. He smiled and as he did so, he looked at the reports again, savoring the addictive pleasure of success every time he reviewed them. Owning the largest distribution network of Gora nectar in the continent was the greatest achievement of his life, and the numbers backed that assessment up nicely.

      The Gora tree was one of the world's strangest plants. When full grown the Gora tree looked dead, every single sharp branch old and withered. At the end of each branch, a long thin, green shoot dangled. These vines served as the tree's only source of food production. Behind the shoots was a small bulb full of thick, syrupy nectar. This nectar was sweet and contained a strong hallucinogen that if ingested without refinement could kill a full-grown man in twenty seconds. Once refined, the nectar served as a mild analgesic or as a high-powered drink, depending on the level of refinement. Sulfil was one of the few select entrepreneurs that possessed a Central Government issued license to harvest, refine, and distribute the Gora's product.

      Standing up he looked out the window, at the small garden that lined the interior of his residence. Three armed men moved about, flanked by large colorful planters full of Durionesse Firecharges in full bloom. The guards drab taupe vests contrasted with the bright green and orange flower petals of the Firecharges. Sulfil had been able to buy off, or run out of business most of his competitors leaving him immense amounts of revenue, and an equally immense amount of enemies. Life behind a ring of well-armed guards and

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