β Scribed by L.R. Hunter
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In the city-state of Bradford, tensions are flaring. On the cusp of a Council Election, an underground human trafficking ring is exposed and an assassin starts killing religious figures in a foreboding ritual. But the powers devoted to saving this city may be the greatest threat of all.
The idealistic Fare Breekon is committed to catching these criminals. But he has further ambitions and requires the particular touch of two infamous mercenaries.
Cohl is a philosophical mercenary with a black reputation. When he returns home, he expects a transactional relationship, but he is employed by a man with connections to his pastβand he finds that trauma is flooding to the surface.
Peyton has long given up on change. She is drifting with a veritable monster, but with Cohl becoming more distant, and new connections being made, great change might be upon her.
Ehric stands by his faith when he joins a great competition. But he must confront the brutal implications of political realism, and balance that with the responsibilities that Evelyn and her sister bring.
Evelyn is trapped in Bradford with her unwanted younger sister. As she locks horns with Ehric and her sister, she aligns herself with the sharpest critics of the government.
The Paths We Have Taken is the first Arc in The Broken Reality, an Epic Horror Fantasy series that draws from ASOIAF, The First Law, and The Second Apocalypse. Steeped in scheming, uncertainty, and extreme violence, it paints a grisly picture of society, where our characters become ensnared in a complex web of corruption that seems destined for oblivion.
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