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    Nocturne, Son of the Night
    Nocturne, Son of the Night
    Nocturne, Son of the Night
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    Nocturne, Son of the Night

    By AJ Cooper

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    "Seeing the great darkness within the elven prince's heart, the High God cursed his descendants with a thirst for blood..."

    Nocturne, a descendant of Prince Gilden, is an outsider. He sees humans as more than bloodmeals - something not well respected in Druen society. One winter night, his compassion gets the best of him when he kills his neighbor to save a human slave.

    Forced to flee his village and everything he's ever known, he begins a world-spanning journey in pursuit of his true home. His search will take him from the frozen wilderness of the Druen to the great cities of the non-cursed Elves and beyond, perhaps even into the realms of humanity.

    A novel of 40,000 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRealms of Varda
    Release dateJan 5, 2011
    ISBN9781466030046
    Nocturne, Son of the Night
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    AJ Cooper

    Cursed at birth with a wild imagination, AJ Cooper spent his youth dreaming of worlds more exciting than Earth. He is a native Midwesterner and loves writing fantasy, especially epic fantasy set in his own created worlds. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and the author of numerous fantasy novels and novellas. His short stories have appeared in Morpheus Tales, Fear and Trembling, Residential Aliens and Mindflights, among others.

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