Orbelon's World (Book 3)
Martin Ash
Martin Ash
Mysteries ever more strange unfold as the epic saga of Enchantment's Reach continues with Volume 3: Orbelon's World.---------Betrayed
and now powerless in his own domain, Leth, beleaguered king of the
magic-haunted realm of Enchantment's Reach, finds himself cast through a
combination of treachery and freak circumstance from his own world.
Stranded with his two children in the seemingly endless blue void of
Orbelon's World, he encounters mysteries, dangers and unworldly
intrigues unlike any he has met before.In Enchantment's Reach
itself, the enigmatic, eons old god-entity Orbelon has revealed to
Leth's young queen, Issul, that her husband and children are trapped
within his world. Orbelon knows of no way to locate or release them.Issul has no choice but to believe - and indeed to trust him.And still the question hangs over her: who, or what, is Orbelon? And what are his real motives?Accompanied
by Orbelon, Issul finds herself bound upon a terrifying quest back to
the mysterious land of Enchantment, seeking clues and a lost, perhaps
mythical living artefact, the Soul of the Orb, that may represent the
one slim hope of saving her world from the brutal, inhuman warrior race,
the Karai, and the god-creature that appears to lead them. It is a
quest that also demands the presence of the deranged assassin, the
murderous head of the outlawed True Sept, Grey Venger, with his
knowledge of the Legendary Child. But the nature of the quest cannot be
revealed to Grey Venger himself.Equally, the quest must be kept
secret from the ruthless Head of Security of Enchantment's Reach, Lord
Fectur, known as The Spectre. The scheming Fectur has already
demonstrated beyond all doubt that he harbours mighty ambitions of his
own, and will stop at nothing to achieve them. Ahead lie
perilous unknowns for Issul, and a growing yet troubling bond with
Shenwolf, the young soldier who holds secrets of his own and is not
entirely what he seems.And in Orbelon's World Leth discovers a reality beyond anything he could have imagined...
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What Lies Within (Book 5)
Martin Ash
Martin Ash
Volume 5 of the six-part series, Enchantment's Reach"It
really is very pleasant here at Glancing Memory. Please come.
Urch-Malmain is preparing a celebratory banquet in your honour. He is
most pleased with your success. We await you . . . Harg."Leth
could hardly now doubt that the murderous Harg had arrived unharmed at
Urch-Malmain's Tower of Glancing Memory. Yet he was filled with
misgiving. Portals of this kind were both rare and highly unpredictable
in nature. And to return was to be in Urch-Malmain's demented clutches
once more...He turned back to where his two young children lay
curled in uneasy sleep. Was he prepared to risk their lives as well as
his own by stepping through?Far away, other travellers stood
with pounding hearts before a portal of another kind, peering into the
unknown. The air in the underground chamber was close and unnaturally
lit. Overhead Karai warriors swarmed through the ruined camp. Knowing
that in moments she would be discovered, Issul clutched the blue casket
of the Orb to her bosom. What choice did she have? Orbelon had cautioned
that a Reach Rider might lay waiting on the other side...But she had come this far . . .With
Orbelon and Shenwolf at her side she entered, for the second time, the
glorious oval of trembling, opalescent light, the gateway to Enchantment
and all the dangers and mysteries it held...
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OrbSoul (Book 6)
Martin Ash
Martin Ash
OrbSoul is the sixth and final volume in the brilliant speculative fantasy series, Enchantment's Reach.As
war escalates, further terrible events befall Enchantment's Reach.
Murder, perverse magic, intrigue and treachery from within beset the
inhabitants, and the inhuman Karai launch their final overwhelming
assault to occupy the great city castle and control its lands and the
secrets held deep within its core.Leth and Issul, trapped in
Enchantment, are compelled to embark upon a further perilous quest back,
via the occupied Karai, camp to Urch-Malmain's Tower of Glancing
Memory, and beyond into the ever-greater mysteries of Orbelon's World. The
enigmatic Shenwolf accompanies them once more. The troubled
god-creatures Orbelon and Triune urge them on. And at last, as disaster
strikes, the shocking truth is unveiled.One by one the true scale and horrors of what they face, the conspiracies, corruption, mysteries and deceits are revealed...Here is OrbSoul, the final apocalypse, the last revelatory instalment in the epic fantasy saga that is Enchantment's Reach.
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Enchantment's Reach (Book 1)
Martin Ash
Martin Ash
In this world, anything is possible...The small kingdom of
Enchantment's Reach lies close on the border of the mysterious land of
Enchantment from where strange energies seep, borne invisibly on
unnatural breezes. Untamed 'magic' resides in the air, in the land
itself, and sometimes also deep within the minds of its inhabitants.It
is a time of immense tension. Enchantment's Reach is being torn apart
from both inside and out. From the southwest have come the Karai, a
brutal warrior race not wholly human, one of whose armies now musters
just a few leagues from the border. The Karai are in league, it appears,
with mysterious entities who dwell within Enchantment itself,
commanding awesomely powerful technologies and commonly held to have the
powers of gods. Yet neither the Karai nor these godlike creatures of
Enchantment have been known before to interfere directly in the affairs
of lesser creatures.What do they seek from Enchantment's Reach?
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The Orb And The Spectre (Book 2)
Martin Ash
Martin Ash
Volume 2 of the outstanding speculative fantasy series, Enchantment's Reach.
Mysteries deepen.
Conflict abounds, and treachery lurks ever closer.
From her extraordinary encounter in Enchantment, deeply troubled,
Issul faces the countless perils of a long journey back to Enchantment's
Reach, seeking her husband, King Leth, and their two young children.
But her companions are virtual strangers, mostly unaware of her true identity. How far can they be counted on?
In Enchantment's Reach, King Leth is beset by mounting crises:
The savage Karai launch their first attacks.
The mystery of the Legendary Child grows, and Leth takes desperate
measures. Against the wishes of Enchantment's Reach's scheming spymaster
and Head of Security, the implacable Lord Fectur, he arranges to meet
alone with his would-be assassin, the crazed and deadly outlawed faction
leader, Grey Venger.
What he discovers fills Leth with ever greater foreboding.
Meanwhile, the enigmatic Orbelon, imprisoned denizen of his own
inexplicable world, reveals strange truths about the nature of
Enchantment, and of Enchantment's Reach itself.
But who, or what, in fact, is Orbelon?
Can he be trusted?
Can anyone?
Too late, Leth discovers the extent of the treachery that surrounds him...
Disaster strikes, and the mysteries deepen further...
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Into The Dark Flame (Book 4)
Martin Ash
Martin Ash
Volume Four of the six-part epic outsider fantasy series, Enchantment’s Reach.Setting out across the unutterably alien terrain of Orbelon’s World, accompanied by a band of psychotic killers and miscreants, Leth finds himself pitched into a journey deep into the Death Abyss. There, in the blood-lit Fortress of the Dark Flame, dwells a monstrous entity who holds captive the children of Orbelon’s World, Leth’s own children among them, and employs them to her own world-destroying ends.There too, so Leth is led to believe, may lie a portal which, though unstable, could hold the key to freedom.Issul continues her perilous quest back to Enchantment, seeking the tri-partite god-creature, Triune, and clues to the existence of the Soul of the Orb. But at every turn she is met by forces that would prevent her from succeeding. Among these, it now appears, are the companions she has come most to trust.In Leth’s and Issul’s absence, the spymaster, Lord Fectur, goes to ever more ruthless lengths to seize the throne, tormenting those who oppose him and contriving intricate stratagems to ensure the rightful rulers of Enchantment’s Reach may never return.The Karai, seemingly invincible, march on towards Enchantment’s Reach and Orbia itself.And the Legendary Child begins to reveal its true nature…
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