Volume I
A Flight From Shadows
Illusions fall. Shadows remain.
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The Chronicles of Duradim · Part I
Ascension of a Queen
A high-elf princess, a coronation on the horizon, and a safety that was never real. Two authors. One world. Fourteen books.
Illusions fall. Shadows remain.
Jared Lovelady & Christopher Howald · Paperback & eBook
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The saga
Six volumes to raise a queen. Eight more after that.
Part I, Ascension of a Queen, is underway. Volumes I and II are in the world. Volume III is now being written. The destination of the saga is already known. The rooms in between are still being lived in.
Volume II
To Bind With Blood
Blood binds. Destiny demands.
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Volume III
To Kill A Queen
A crown is not a shelter.
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The authors
Twenty years of a conversation. Then a manuscript.
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Blood binds. Destiny demands.