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The Epic New Fantasy Adventure
Novel by Richard Sparks

The Epic New Fantasy Adventure
Novel by Richard Sparks

Tens of millions of viewers around the globe watch live as we go all out for glory in the World Championship of sword-and-sorcery. The others in my crew are Qrysta, a dual-wielding sword dancer, and Grell, the best damn Orc you’ll ever see with a battleaxe. In Real Life, I’m a retired teacher, and hard-core gamer; but in-game, I’m Daxx, an apex-level battlemage / healer. I built his avatar to be young and heroic – well, why would I want him to look like dull old me?

The virtual crowd in the arena goes wild as we win – but before our triumph can sink in, I’m hurtling off and away from the cheers, and my crew, and my actual living room on a wild ride to… somewhere very else indeed. Where I land all alone, in the middle of a wilderness of trees and hills and mountains, my only gear a crappy, noob-level sword and buckler.

And I’m not who I was IRL anymore.

I’m Daxx.

For real.

And I can hear wolves.

This is—or rather, was— me, IRL: the man behind Daxx, my heroic, young battlemage avatar, who I built myself. And who I now am. For real. As to where I am, and what the hell happened, and why, and where Grell and Qrysta are: well, I’ll just have to find out.

A stick
A stone
A book
A bone
Go down and down
For half a crown
A knife
A life
A throne

Dual-wielding sword- dancer. Moves like the wind and hits like a hurricane. Californian, so from her avatar I assume she’s Asian American. Cool as a cucumber—but rile her, and her tongue is as sharp as her blades.

The “tank” of our dreams, Grell is best damn Orc with a battleaxe we’d ever seen. An Aussie, at first he couldn’t believe he was crew with a bloody pom. When he saw how good the three of us were, he forgave me.

Rowan
Wicken
Roden-Quicken
Wiggin
Witchbane
Royan
Witchwood

Rowan

Wicken

Roden-quicken

Wiggin

Witchbane

Royan

Witchwood