The Fall of Light
Book 1 of The Crystal Companions Saga
Chapter 6 – Retreat to the Throne Room (shortened Version)
Linta stood at the window, paralysed with fear as the monstrous creatures ran riot beyond her Kingdoms walls. When the first blinding blast of lightning hit the outer wall...
The Crystal Companions Saga - Book 1
The Fall of Light
Chapter 5 – A Dark Night
Down on the huge impregnable grey walls, two guards stood atop the battlements looking out over the cold barren grounds beyond the castle boundary. It had started to snow and the wind was picking up, the two...
The Crystal Companions Saga - Book 1
The Fall of Light
Chapter 4 – Flash Backs and Dreams [3916]
By the following midday, Alesson was desperate to get out of his father’s chambers, which he had come to know as his prison. He had been rudely awoken before breakfast time by Trengar, who...
The Crystal Companions Saga - Book 1
The Fall of Light
Chapter 3 - The Kings Discretion (and Secrets) [3607]
The blackness of unconsciousness was starting to lift and the darkness gave way to lighter shades of grey and white swirls. The swirling patterns behind Alesson’s eyes reminded...
The Crystal Companions Saga - Book 1
The Fall of Light
Chapter 2 - Battle Practice [3960]
The twins left the classroom and went into the great Scorvain Archives, with row upon row of bookcases, holding a variety of books, scrolls and charts. It was also considered a sacred place, which...
The Crystal Companions Saga - Book 1
The Fall of Light
Chapter One - History Lessons (3775)
Prince Alesson Scorch gazed out of the classroom window and surveyed the cold city of Scorvain, the city he was destined to rule one day. It was late wintertime and snowy clouds were rolling...
The Crystal Companions Saga - Book 1
The Fall of Light
Prologue [2412]
Life from lifelessness
(The Legend of Karna and Kax, Part 1)
When Clanesta was born at the beginning of time, she was nothing more than a ball of rock, spinning chaotically around, on an erratic orbit of a deep...