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Ruin and Escape (A Thousand Roads Book 2) Kindle Edition


Azzadul, the god-king, the Lord of Light revered by many. When the darkness corrupted him, he became the Dark Lord, feared the world over. His magic, once a gateway to immortality for his people, delved instead into horrors as he sought ever deeper levels of mastery. Children were stolen from their beds, coveted for his blood-rites. When he vanished, it all ended, and the people of the world tried to forget, to move on…

Jak Fuller has been bound to a magic he does not understand. Adopted into the household of a mysterious man, he grew up in Fort Lasthall trusting that somehow it would all work out. He did not expect his home to end up in ruins, nor his would-be father to end up dead, nor to have a bounty on him tied to the heart of Azzadul's former Underworld.

Jak will run, how he will run, yet can he outrun the darkness that is now tied to his soul? He will sail far away, lead the life of adventure he once dreamed of, but can he outrun the shadow-man who stands over his bed sometimes when he awakens at night?

Once, he wanted to be somebody. Once, he dreamed of the powers of Azzadul and the Dwarf Men of old. Now, he wants more than anything to be nobody, to start life fresh and experience the pleasures of the world denied to him during his former life of devotion.

And it just might be too late...

Ruin & Escape is the second part in the 5-part serial publication of A Thousand Roads.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KNWL3D5
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dreamsphere Books
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 17, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 118 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 2 of 5 ‏ : ‎ A Thousand Roads

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John Robin
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After working for many years in academia and adult education, John left his job in 2014 to pursue his dreams as a writer. Having cut his teeth as an editor at a small publishing company, John decided that, while he worked hard to prepare his debut novel, he would build a book production business to help connect self-publishing authors with editing, cover, design, and marketing services based on the traditional model. He presently is the director and senior editor for his company, Story Perfect, and oversees a team of twelve.

In 2019, John published his debut epic fantasy novel, A Thousand Roads. It is a prequel to Blood Dawn, which he is presently working on. He also enjoys writing nonfiction, as an instructor for the lifelong learning website, Highbrow. He has numerous other projects in the pipeline, both in fiction and nonfiction, and is also a ghostwriter.

When he’s not writing or reading, John is listening to educational podcasts, gardening, toying with recreational mathematics, drawing trees or maps with pen, playing classical piano (especially Beethoven and Chopin), and occasionally, working with textiles. He also enjoys strength straining, running, and yoga, long walks, serially watching his way through TV series’ in the evenings, board game nights with friends, RPG video games, and of course…pandering to the whims of his cats, Wizard and Shyger, who are the true muses behind his stories.

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