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About Bloodlet: The Growing Veil Series - Book One
Product Description Character driven. Morally gray. Emotionally enthralling. Bloodlet is the harrowing debut of the Growing Veil trilogy, a suspenseful literary work and human story of survivorship, morality, and immortality. Betrayed and grappling with the loss of his family, Faron finds himself an unwilling servant to the criminal lord, Dageran. Forced to commit horrendous crimes or be executed, Faron struggles to balance his morality with the need to survive. But survive for what purpose? As hopelessness and guilt threaten to consume him entirely, Faron hears whispers of a lost city, a society of immortals who are kidnapping children, and the truth about his dead family that push him to action. How far will he go to unravel these deadly truths, and will he even recognize himself when he’s done? Review ★★★★★ "I struggled to put it down, and when I finally did put it down to start studying, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I think right now, there is this feeling that everything has been done, but I felt that, at least for me, this book had a lot of originality to it... Easily one of the best finishes to the first book in a series I have read." - Rex Crabb, Goodreads Review From the Author If there is anything I'd like you to know about me, it's that I can hardly take credit for writing this book. The characters it contains are very real to me and created themselves, often in spite of my judgement. The story in these pages is one that's burned inside of me for years and is very close to my heart. Excerpts: Vam Aranath burned.For the first time in a thousand years, the city of the Twinborn gods glowed red with the light of fire. Slaves, servants, and lesser priests ran through the streets bearing torches, axes, and even ploughs to carry out a bloody rebellion. Nobles were killed in the courtyards. Archons, hundreds of years aged, were slaughtered in their beds. The rebellion was swift and overwhelming, and the white streets ran red.***"You caught me on fire! I had things well in hand, and you dumped oil on me and lit me up like a torch!""Oh, calm down," Faron panted. "I know this isn't your first time being on fire or even the most unusual.""Hey"--panting on his knees, Synick lifted a finger in the air--"that brothel was on the cutting edge of intrigue, and I won't tolerate you slandering it."***"You're such a sad drunk," Synick said. "I don't know why I even ask you to drink with me.""Because you don't have any friends," Faron snapped, in no mood for Synick's games. He looked up, stifling a groan."What in the Iron Halls are you doing?"Synick's usual half grin was plastered on his face as he poured the remains of a wine bottle and beer bottle into the same tankard. "Bine, I call it, or weer. Beerine? Wineer? I don't know, but it's just the most expensive wine mixed withthe most expensive beer on the menu.""That looks disgusting," Faron grunted, holding his head in both hands."Oh, it tastes like piss, that's for sure--maybe not piss but fermented piss with a hint of apple.""What in the world are you doing it for then?""Science, I suppose." He lifted the large wooden mug. "In the name of scholarship!"What Inspired You to Write This Book?The original inspiration for this series came from a rumor I overheard in a conversation not meant for me. "Did you know that blood is the reason we grow old and die? Apparently, it's responsible for the wear and tear on our bodies and the reasons our organs start to get weak and eventually fail."Now, the science is still out on that statement, but that didn't matter one bit to me. My mind exploded with ideas of a fictional world where people stole the blood from others in order to live forever. I imagined mad scientists, victorian era villains, and other baddies all vying for the blood of children until I realized, what is that if not a vampire?Strangely, that conclusion didn't lead me to a world of vampires, magic, and monsters, but to a more realistic world of low fantasy,
