When Ravens Call: The Fourth Book in the Small Gods Epic Fantasy Series (The Books of the Small Gods by Bruce Blake (books under 200 pages txt) 📗

"Yes, child. You have done well."

The evenstar laid his hand on the living statue's shoulder, and energy flowed through Vesisdenperos, and excitement. He put his other palm on the creature, and the sculptor redirected the golem's eyes, saw Ine'vesi's fingers sink into the clay. It caused no pain, only exaltation.

The One Who Watches From the Sky stepped forward, sinking into the golem like a red-hot dagger pressed against a block of lard. Vesisdenperos felt a change. The living statue grew around him, altering his point of view so he looked down on the priests from on high—not because they knelt but because he stood twice the height of the tallest of them. He swelled within the clay, taking up more space though he knew he now shared it.

He glanced to his right, at Kuneprius, who had raised his gaze and stared up at the golem with both astonishment and stark terror reflected in his features. The sacrificial blade lay shattered on the ground at his feet, its role complete. Would the same thing happen to his mentor and handler now he'd completed his job?

"Arise."

The lips and tongue of the statue formed the word, but its mouth spoke with the combined voices of the evenstar and the sculptor. The single utterance rattled the stone and wood altar, shaking dust from its joints and the rope holding it together. Priests gathered at the feet of their god raised their heads, clambered to stand.

"Arise, my faithful, for the return of the Small Gods is nigh."

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The fight against the rise of the Small Gods continues April 15 in The Twilight Fades, now available for pre-order for your Kindle.

Hello again, readers.

I have to admit, writing can be a little bit of one of those love/hate things. While the joy of creation is undeniable, there are times tings just don’t flow as well and authors have to just trust the process. I don’t believe “writer’s block” is a thing—any pause in the creative flow merely needs to be worked through—but it can be frustrating, nonetheless. The funny thing is, the stuff that gets written when one is simply “forging ahead” is often as good or better than everything else. Sometimes the best stuff arises out of adversity.

Speaking of adversity, things aren’t looking great for out heroes, are they? I hope you want to see what happens. If so, you can find out in the fifth book of the Small Gods, The Twilight Fades.

As always, if you have any comment or questions—about this book, the characters, or even about me (or if you found a mistake or typo)—I'd love to hear from you. Simply fire me off an email to bruce@bruceblake.net.

The Twilight Fades (The Fifth Book of the Small Gods)

Blood has been spilled on the altar of the Evenstar. As the prophecy forewarns, the return of the banished is nigh.

The forgotten scroll spoke of unbelievable things: A man from across the sea, a barren mother, a living statue, and the return of the Small Gods. Unbelievable, and yet the pieces for the second coming of the Small Gods are drawn together by fate’s hand, destined to bring evil back to the world.

Those who would stop them are spread far and wide without hope of coming together, leaving them no chance of fulfilling their destines. Captured, threatened, fleeing…the sister, the firstborn, the Mother can all only pray to escape with their lives.

If they die, what hope is there for a kingdom?

The Twilight Fades (The Fifth Book of the Small Gods)

Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

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