Series Summary
Desperate to save his kingdom from falling into the sea as Pangea splits, the king of the Delnor people begs the Maker for divine intervention. The Maker creates Evynlore—a new dimension of the world to transport the king, his lands, and his people to—on one condition: the Delnor must abandon the Morrs (demons) they worship and forsake their magic, pledging loyalty to the Maker alone. The king agrees, and Evynlore is born.
For a time, it is paradise. But within a generation, the eldest prince, craving his lost magic, seeks out the morr he once worshiped as his god. He pursues a way to connected the demensions to regain his sorcery. He spills blood to create magical portals. The covenant is broken, and the Maker’s peace withdraws from Evynlore. These portals do more than connect the human demensions back together by physical gateways, but simultaneously connect the humans worlds to the Planes Between, the spiritual dwelling space for spirits, both good and bad. Before the good king can create keys to lock the portals his son has bad, five morrs invade Evynlore and join the Prince’s morr in an oath to rule over the Delnor as gods. This invasion of spirits causes an imbalance between the worlds, and conflict within every Delnor’s heart which now has to choose their god, their religion, their alignment. The morrs need to be removed from Evynlore and the portals destroyed to restore balance.
But is it too late?
Are the Delnor poeple’s destinies sealed by their ancestors' transgression? If they ask the Maker again for His help, will He answer them even though the covenant is broken?
Book One
The Unknown Past
“The First Scroll | Earth, Evynlore and the Planes Between the Worlds.”
Ella’s family is a mystery, except for her mother, who refuses to divulge any information about their relatives. Lonely while living in one of the largest cities on Earth, Ella creates a found family with two brothers. When the older friend is called by God to go to war and goes missing, Ella blames both war and God for her pain, vowing to forever be a pacifist and misotheist. Haunted by nightmares of a foreign world, as well as the lands described in her friend’s letters from the war, she begins to suspect a connection between the war he fought in and the world she sees in her dreams.
On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, a magical portal transports Ella to Evynlore, the world she’s seen in her dreams. There, she learns she was right: after fighting in a war on Earth her friend continued on to the war in Evynlore, for both wars wage against the same enemies—demons called Morrs. The last known information about her friend was that he went to defeat the tyrannical sorcerer named Dèmarrëus, who is possessed by the most evil Morr of them all. Although no one knows for sure what happened to her friend, they know his heroic attempt was futile, for the prophecy declares that only an heir with ancestral blood can kill Dèmarrëus. Meanwhile, wraiths still plague the lands, their existence sustained solely by Demarreus’s magic, which proves he still lives behind the walls of his fortress.
With no way back to Earth, Ella's life is now tied to Evynlore’s fate as Dèmarrëus launches a war to annihilate all mortals. She must now decide whether to follow the prophecy and accept war as a necessary evil for peace, or to hold steadfast to her pacifist beliefs with death looming on the horizon. With uncertainty about what will become of her soul after death, she realizes the answers she seeks lie with the one being she despises most. As the most inwardly conflicted person tasked with saving the world, will she choose to do it? Can she pay for the cost of her soul in the afterlife if she chooses to die for her grudge against God?
Embark on this journey as Ella uncovers the truth.
Why did her friend take on an impossible mission?
Why is her ancestral blood tied to the prophecy?
And most importantly, after the last spell is cast and the final prayer uttered, will Ella find the peace she desperately seeks for her soul?
TOPICS THE STORY INCLUDES |
Coming of Age | Pacifism | Friendship | Platonic Love | Romance | Love Triangle | Religion | Salvation | Redemption | God | Struggle for Power | Responsibility | Assassination | Abandonment | Loneliness | Arrogance | Destiny | Supernatural Abilities | Prophecy | Purpose | Worth | Faith | Purity | A Sense of Belonging | Heritage | Sacrifice | Betrayal | Prehistoric Animals | Dragons | Castles | Need for Family | Kindness | Magic | Demons | Archaeology | Honesty & Trust