Middle Earth: The Secret History - The Village: Volume 2
Description
Welcome to "Middle Earth: The Secret History."
Middle Earth! - the very name is evocative of a time beyond memory, when a super-continent dominated the Earth. A mythical time of Men and Ælves, pucan or goblins and Dæmons, when Heroes and Heroines bestrode the land, and battled for supremacy with evil forces; sometimes winning a temporary victory, sometimes winning a Pyrrhic victory, and sometimes losing utterly. It was in this landscape that a young Hero, Ædwe, arose and challenged the Evil rooted in the North. In the various volumes in the series, we follow his childhood, youth and adulthood, as he progresses from obscurity to the climactic ending of the tale. Judge for yourself whether he succeeded or failed...
In Volume Two, "The Village", Ædwe walks South to The Village, in the Kingdom of Albion, where he stays for a few seasons, learning the ways of the people. He befriends various villagers, and meets the mysterious Æthelthryth, but remains apart from them all, before moving on; but unbeknownst to him, his stay will have major repercussions for the future.
If you enjoy reading this volume, please tell a friend or two.
Volume Two is some 11,600 words long.
Edition threehas some minor changes, but no change to the plot.
You can read these books at no risk to yourself; if you do not like them, return them to Amazon, and they will refund your money in full.
Amazon allows you to read up to 10% of a volume, as a sample.
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In Volume One, "Pandæmonium" the first of fourteen, Ædwe grows up in Pandæmonium, the abode of The Enemy, Dunfiendsceatha - the "Dark-fiend-enemy". As a boy, he explores the warrens, as they are called, and discovers a secret of The Enemy; The Chamber of Strategies. Meanwhile, he does what he can to disrupt the logistical system of Dunfiendsceatha. He gradually comes to realise the importance of what he has seen in the Chamber of Strategies, and eventually decides to escape from the warrens, to the outside world; he then travels south to the Kingdom of Albion, leaving behind his boyhood friend, Cenewine, but they will meet again.
Volume One is some 10,200 words long. Edition two has some minor changes, but no change to the plot.
In Volume Three, "The King of Men", Ædwe walks South to the City of the King of Men, as a recruit to the army. After some training, he is involved in skirmishes, and advances his career. He meets a maiden in the forest, and instinctively feels an attraction to her, and later finds that she is well connected; an advantage, but also a pitfall. Eventually, he is forced to leave Albion, for the neighbouring Ælvish kingdom, where the Mountain King holds sway.
Volume Three is some 11,500 words long.
Volume Four is "The Halls of the Mountain King".
Volume Five is "The Valley of the Shadow of Death".
Volume Six is "Return to Pandæmonium".
See Amazon and www.goodreads.com for reviews and ratings.
Please rate, after reading:
* I did not like it.
** Not very interesting.
*** Interesting.
**** Good. I want more, if it is free!
***** Very good. I would even pay for more like this!
As I understand it, rating a book on Amazon is anonymous, so no one will know who you are.
Middle Earth! - the very name is evocative of a time beyond memory, when a super-continent dominated the Earth. A mythical time of Men and Ælves, pucan or goblins and Dæmons, when Heroes and Heroines bestrode the land, and battled for supremacy with evil forces; sometimes winning a temporary victory, sometimes winning a Pyrrhic victory, and sometimes losing utterly. It was in this landscape that a young Hero, Ædwe, arose and challenged the Evil rooted in the North. In the various volumes in the series, we follow his childhood, youth and adulthood, as he progresses from obscurity to the climactic ending of the tale. Judge for yourself whether he succeeded or failed...
In Volume Two, "The Village", Ædwe walks South to The Village, in the Kingdom of Albion, where he stays for a few seasons, learning the ways of the people. He befriends various villagers, and meets the mysterious Æthelthryth, but remains apart from them all, before moving on; but unbeknownst to him, his stay will have major repercussions for the future.
If you enjoy reading this volume, please tell a friend or two.
Volume Two is some 11,600 words long.
Edition threehas some minor changes, but no change to the plot.
You can read these books at no risk to yourself; if you do not like them, return them to Amazon, and they will refund your money in full.
Amazon allows you to read up to 10% of a volume, as a sample.
***
In Volume One, "Pandæmonium" the first of fourteen, Ædwe grows up in Pandæmonium, the abode of The Enemy, Dunfiendsceatha - the "Dark-fiend-enemy". As a boy, he explores the warrens, as they are called, and discovers a secret of The Enemy; The Chamber of Strategies. Meanwhile, he does what he can to disrupt the logistical system of Dunfiendsceatha. He gradually comes to realise the importance of what he has seen in the Chamber of Strategies, and eventually decides to escape from the warrens, to the outside world; he then travels south to the Kingdom of Albion, leaving behind his boyhood friend, Cenewine, but they will meet again.
Volume One is some 10,200 words long. Edition two has some minor changes, but no change to the plot.
In Volume Three, "The King of Men", Ædwe walks South to the City of the King of Men, as a recruit to the army. After some training, he is involved in skirmishes, and advances his career. He meets a maiden in the forest, and instinctively feels an attraction to her, and later finds that she is well connected; an advantage, but also a pitfall. Eventually, he is forced to leave Albion, for the neighbouring Ælvish kingdom, where the Mountain King holds sway.
Volume Three is some 11,500 words long.
Volume Four is "The Halls of the Mountain King".
Volume Five is "The Valley of the Shadow of Death".
Volume Six is "Return to Pandæmonium".
See Amazon and www.goodreads.com for reviews and ratings.
Please rate, after reading:
* I did not like it.
** Not very interesting.
*** Interesting.
**** Good. I want more, if it is free!
***** Very good. I would even pay for more like this!
As I understand it, rating a book on Amazon is anonymous, so no one will know who you are.
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