The Destiny of Thom Havenkin will reach across worlds.
Here, learn how that story truly begins.
Young Thom Havenkin is an orphan. His days are filled with stories and lessons while his nights are laced with twilight adventures and daring deeds. It's a wonderful, idyllic life; a life he doesn't even know to cherish.
Until one fateful evening that changes everything thereafter: the night of the Haven's fire, the night Thom's life burnt to the ground.
In this short prequel, fans of the award nominated "On the Matter of the Red Hand" will learn more about the dire moment where the whispers of darkness and sorcery first touched Thom's life. They will be introduced to new faces of Teredon, faces who will have long shadows in the coming darkness that haunts the city.
This one night will change Thom's choices for a lifetime. Because of this event, the fate of Teredon rests in the balance. Yet this short story is about far more than sorcery or the haunting darkness. It is a story about questions, and about the paths one takes.
This is a story about becoming a hero.
A Myriad of Worlds...
This story is a prequel in the series, Judicar’s Oath, regarding the adventures and case of Thom Havenkin, a youth who will, one day, keep the law for the Last City of Man. It is a story of a steampunk realm, a place where corruption runs rampant and secrets can kill.
It is the story of a world with an intimate and horrifying connection to our own.
This series is itself a strand in The Paean of Sundered Dreams, a multi-genre, universe-spanning array of tales with Lovecraftian themes. Some of the strands of this work are science fiction, some fantasy, and some steampunk, but they share the same horrific universe. They weft and weave together, each leaving breadcrumbs of clues for the next story.
Each tale echoes a beating heart of darkness, cackling quietly in the shadows of existence.
These stories may be enjoyed as individual series or as part of the Paean in its proper order. If you are a reader who is only interested in Thomas Havenkin and his adventures, rest assured, more is forthcoming.
If, on the other hand, you are the kind of reader who cannot rest until every secret is found, for whom genre is unimportant, and who will travel a wide and vast multiverse to learn things man was not meant to know…
Welcome, wayward wanderer.
