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The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. Sometime later I woke as Pascalli brushed dust from my clothes and armor.  My bones ached.  My hands and neck felt raw, and breathing was painful and difficult. “You’ve bruised your chest somehow,” said Pascalli.  “I didn’t get all of the details of what happened in there.  You’ve been asleep for nearly an hour.” “Are we safe?” I asked... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. I freely admit that I was not prepared for that confrontation.  I had steeled myself to face the kind of horror that would spawn the grotesque lizard creatures and that would consort with demons of the sort we had fought all along the way, but I was not prepared to face her beauty and majesty. No hint of the previous struggle touched her face... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. I didn’t realize how much our journey had taken out of me until I sat down on the chill stone floor in the darkness of that little room.  The tension of constant vigilance and the repeated attacks had taken a toll of exhaustion.  After only a few minutes I felt stiff, and I drifted into a dreamless sleep.  Pascalli woke me after a time and... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. Knowing that a person has a key is one thing.  Knowing what the key goes to is something else.  Perhaps most important, however, is the will to use it for its intended purpose knowing full well the consequences. I held no illusions that facing Asmordreda would be a simple affair.  Pascalli’s grim demeanor served as ample warning to the... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. Time seemed to stand still in the study.  We ate, we rested, we slept, and we searched, but we had no way to mark the passage of days or hours. During this time I discovered that Davmandius had created Golgaron as a sort of weapon practice machine, but that the statue grew in intelligence and ability over the winters until he had a life of... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. I was rather nervous about what we might find, and also somewhat let down.  The room was essentially a library.  Shelves lined the walls, packed with neatly arranged books.  My first thought was that Pascalli would have me reading them for the next hundred winters whether I felt inclined or not.  There was a sturdy table and two padded chairs... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. Pascalli woke me with a nudge, and I followed the direction of his pointing finger.  A robed figure was moving north along the street, deeper into the occupied city. We avoided the light of the mossy gardens as much as possible, and followed the creature.  The dwellings had no windows, but they also lacked doors, each having but one opening... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. Pascalli woke me with a nudge, and I followed the direction of his pointing finger.  A robed figure was moving north along the street, deeper into the occupied city. We avoided the light of the mossy gardens as much as possible, and followed the creature.  The dwellings had no windows, but they also lacked doors, each having but one opening... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. Judging distance in that half-light was intolerably difficult.  I imagine we followed the path for less than a kilometer, but truthfully we judged time and distance only by the changes that happened to our surroundings and by the degree of weariness our bodies felt. A distant scrape of something hard against the stone brought us up short... Read Full Story

The Cleansing of Darnuth Keep is a fantasy novel describing the adventures of Colter Halfspear as he becomes a man and an initiate of magical powers. Judging distance in that half-light was intolerably difficult.  I imagine we followed the path for less than a kilometer, but truthfully we judged time and distance only by the changes that happened to our surroundings and by the degree of weariness our bodies felt. A distant scrape of something hard against the stone brought us up short... Read Full Story