Excerpt

Maiden of a Darkness Shining

Part One – Inroads to a Shadowed World

Aria backed away, her lips uttering Lyrica, her hands once more weaving their iMagiNaciale spell.

    Stunned, not a giant moved as the grave closed around their boisterous leader and sealed tight. The next instant, the ground trembled and the tomb exploded open, and roaring forth in a gush of molten rock was the raging Mákayesh. Now much greater in size, his outstretched arm, craning neck, and struggling form were attempting to rise in an effort to extricate himself from the soil. But he was disallowed his freedom by the restraining arms of the dead Dohrdúnn—the oversized clothed skeleton holding Mákayesh fast to his earthly keep. The magma congealed and began to glow with WhiteLight, the images bound in stone for an eternity to come.