Reawakening

by Alexander Dashaun

Overview

Reawakening, the first volume in a series about the realm of Eversora, is the tale of Darius, a young warrior who has grown up unaware he's the child of a wolf person and a sorcerer.

On the island of Lyrea, sits the town of Sinac. Once the sacred home to the Ananta, a tribe of the race of snake people known as the Nagas who were overthrown by their wolf slaves, Sinac became a stronghold of the Szahn clan of the Nueri, wolves that can take on human form, along with a few men who helped them defeat the Nagas. More men and women came to live alongside the Szahn.

Then, the Szahn returned to the forest.

Reawakening begins in Sinac, on the day Darius's life is forever changed.

After an encounter with a strange little girl, Darius, the blacksmith's son, discovers a secret passage in the castle library, where he finds a mysterious book. Later, his father reveals the shocking truth of who he and his family really are.

And Darius will soon find himself in an epic battle against a sinister force that threatens the realm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781522709879
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/16/2016
Series:	Legends of Eversora , #1
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Alexander DaShaun has been writing in one form or another since he was a child, spinning tales as a boy and turning to poetry in the more difficult times of his teenage years. He has been granted the unique ability to peer into alternate realms of reality-domains where abilities and creatures we believe to be myth are commonplace.

Hindered only by the necessity of a day job to support his family, DaShaun has needed this story to be told for a great deal of time. Reawakening is the first in the upcoming Legends of Eversora series and DaShaun's debut novel.

Editorial Reviews

2016-05-25
In this debut fantasy, a shape-shifting sorcerer attempts to develop the skills necessary to thwart an ancient prophecy. In the realm of Eversora, on the island of Lyrea, 15-year-old Darius is the son of a blacksmith. The boy's best friends are books and knowledge, since the other teens shun him for not having a mother. His father, Keron, is the blacksmith for Baron Jesha, who oversees the mining town of Sinac. When Darius wonders what happened to his mother, Keron decides he's old enough to know the truth. First Darius visits the library in Baron Jesha's castle. On the way, he encounters a young girl with hypnotically green eyes. Further strangeness occurs inside the castle when Darius accidentally locates a chamber protected by magic. Inside is a book that won't open. He brings the volume home, and his father explains that only nueri—shape-changing wolves—or people with majik in their blood, could have entered the chamber. Keron then tells him that the foul snake people, the Ananta, once enslaved a tribe of nueri called the Szahn. Darius' mother, Virana, belonged to the Szahn. She left Sinac with the tribe, and the book is her journal. Later, Keron acquires a troublesome wolf pup that's been caught nearby. The pup bonds with him and says that she is Dyla, Darius' sister. That Keron possesses no knowledge of having had a second child with Virana is the grand intrigue in DaShaun's grisly, toothsome novel. He places Darius at the convergence of several fantasy tropes, including Keron's sorcerous bloodline and the prophecy stating that a child born of man (and another born of the soul) will destroy the Szahn. DaShaun sets a large stage meticulously, but once the action starts, the plot delivers thrills with monstrous gusto. The transformation sequences are visceral, as when one character "could feel ligaments and tendons snapping away from their connections, twisting inside his skin." Further components like elemental lineages and a set of triple moons make for a magically layered narrative. The ultimate crossroads for fans of werewolves and medieval sorcery.

Kirkus Reviews