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January 2021 Indie/Self-Published Author New Release
From The Ashes
Living a simple, rustic life in a quiet mountain village, Diarmuid never expected to be thrown into the midst of conflict. But when his home is razed by a band of evil creatures seeking to take him alive, he finds himself key to a legacy of cruelty and evil that was set in motion eons ago.
Overnight, he is thrust into a perilous world where the peoples of the kingdom of Verdenta battle against the rule of their mistress, the Witch Queen Maeivra, whose Empire of the Phoenix rules the land with an iron fist. Commanding power he never imagined possible, Diarmuid, along with his guardian and village bard, Cameron, and childhood friend, the free-spirited Tabitha, races across the kingdom, the Witch Queen's agents hot on his heels, seeking safety amidst those opposed to Maeivra before he can fall into her clutches and discover first-hand what she wants from him...
Overnight, he is thrust into a perilous world where the peoples of the kingdom of Verdenta battle against the rule of their mistress, the Witch Queen Maeivra, whose Empire of the Phoenix rules the land with an iron fist. Commanding power he never imagined possible, Diarmuid, along with his guardian and village bard, Cameron, and childhood friend, the free-spirited Tabitha, races across the kingdom, the Witch Queen's agents hot on his heels, seeking safety amidst those opposed to Maeivra before he can fall into her clutches and discover first-hand what she wants from him...
Meet the Author
Luke Courtney
Who am I? My name is Luke Courtney, I’m a 30 year old Londoner who by day works in a little military museum in the city, and by night, works on writing an array of stories that I push myself towards getting finished and published.
Writing and story-telling has been a passion of mine since childhood; I was surrounded by books and stories at home, so I grew up on stories from Greek and Celtic mythology. I came to love reading tales of knights and heroes rescuing princesses from monsters and fighting evil tyrants to save the world, as well as making up ones of my own.
That love carried on when I was in school, but the real impetus for me to start writing properly came in 2010/2011, not long after I left university. One of my first jobs was working in a second-hand bookshop, and after handling and flicking through so many works of fiction, some better than others, I started thinking, surely I could write a story of my own and get it out there, and maybe get some readers as enthralled by my work as my favourite authors did to me.
I'm currently working on my two fantasy series of novels, the Phoenix Saga and Argent Blade, as well as another high fantasy story that's been rattling around in my head for a while, The Girl Who Sings To Dragon. When I’m not writing, I enjoy art, history, reading a variety of genres, running and spending time with the wonderful woman in my life, Becky.
Writing and story-telling has been a passion of mine since childhood; I was surrounded by books and stories at home, so I grew up on stories from Greek and Celtic mythology. I came to love reading tales of knights and heroes rescuing princesses from monsters and fighting evil tyrants to save the world, as well as making up ones of my own.
That love carried on when I was in school, but the real impetus for me to start writing properly came in 2010/2011, not long after I left university. One of my first jobs was working in a second-hand bookshop, and after handling and flicking through so many works of fiction, some better than others, I started thinking, surely I could write a story of my own and get it out there, and maybe get some readers as enthralled by my work as my favourite authors did to me.
I'm currently working on my two fantasy series of novels, the Phoenix Saga and Argent Blade, as well as another high fantasy story that's been rattling around in my head for a while, The Girl Who Sings To Dragon. When I’m not writing, I enjoy art, history, reading a variety of genres, running and spending time with the wonderful woman in my life, Becky.
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