Bradley R Blankenship

In Lost Dreams the Four Were Bound - Genean Chronicles Bradley R Blankenship

Turn of the screw terror meets abominable horror in this dark sci-fi fantasy tale circling four pasts filled with lust, violence, and longing. In Lost Dreams the Four Were Bound marks the first entry into a universe of sword and sorcery action within a cruel sci-fi world.




Reviews

"A vivid fantasy with shocks that accompany the author's inventiveness." - Kirkus Reviews




"A high fantasy novel with the feel of a folktale, punctuated with a science fiction twist..." - BlueInk Review




"The bleak landscape provides an evocative backdrop for characters obsessed with lust, power, duty, and death... Fantasy lovers with large appetites will be gripped." - The Prairies Book Review




"His knack for building characters with pathos and wit, his immersive dystopian world, and stellar prose... This dark tale is sure to impress." - BookView Review




"A well-imagined dive into a science-fiction fantasy world in which the reader will be swept along with the riveting narrative." - Literary Titan




"A story that is felt rather than read, with passages washing over the reader..." - OnlineBookClub




"A dark fantasy novel that introduces a complex world..." - Foreword Clarion Reviews




Description

In lost dreams the four were bound: the ancient friend lulled by comfortable melancholy, the jilted lover bent to sisterly duty, the prideful brother jailed in bloody ambition, all while Virage slept trapped in nightmare...




For over three hundred years, a tribe of elvish Hyunisti talvuo has lingered in somber isolation deep within the giant trees and briar trails of the Lorinian Witchwood. Within their treetop village, the burdens of four outsiders underscore a chain of catastrophes eyed by watchers from afar. These chains weigh upon them, each a strand of past friendship, star-crossed love, resentment, and tragedy.




While the outsiders toil beneath their ambitions, the rites of spring herald cascading changes for the forest folk. With four days remaining, suspense clings to the village. Yet beneath the anticipation, an abominable evil stirs. Its promise of freedom lures the cursed villagers to play to its manic tune. Its insatiable hunger threatens to devour all it touches.




Can the four dreamers weather the coming storm?




Or are they destined to be consumed by the horrific madness welling from the depths of the forest?




Fantasy, mystery, swords, and sorcery await you in In Lost Dreams the Four Were Bound!