A Raven's Quest

By Justin Camp

Have you ever woken up in a world you didn’t recognize or understand? Well that is exactly what has happened to Raven. In the fog of just regained consciousness he has to figure out why he is here and will ultimately be dragged into a cat and mouse game that will span worlds that only two brothers could understand. Every part of Raven will be tested on his quest for the truth and all the while bits and pieces of a dark past come back to haunt him. Does he have what it takes to find the answers to his questions? But more importantly do you have what it takes to come along and join him?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Justin Camp
• Release date: Jan 29, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458129086

Justin Camp

Justin Camp has had a love for reading and writing since grade school. Starting out with short stories that mostly are of the horror genre, he has moved on to writing longer books. He lives in the United States with his beautiful wife and son. His main focus is entertaining people with his words the way he has spent his life being entertained by others.

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A RAVEN’S QUEST

A Tale of Two Brothers

By

Justin Camp

Copyright 2010 by Justin Camp

Smashwords Edition

Edited by Brandi Camp

Cover designed and created by Mark Gentry

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Manufactured in the United States of America

ISBN - 978-0-557-36119-9

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Foreword

Before you read this story I would just like to say a few things. Ever since I was little I liked to read. I’ve read all kinds of books, short stories, poetry and magazines. King, Koontz, and Patterson taking up space on my shelves and constantly keeping me entertained. The Gunslinger being my all time favorite and at the same time giving me the inspiration and will power to start writing again after some time. A lot of people criticize the Gunslinger saying it was boring and self indulgent but when I read it all I see is genius and an imagination as endless as the sea. If one man could write a massive epic of huge proportion I could right this book.

My late grandfather was a huge fan of old westerns even though grandma would fuss at him and tell him to turn the television because they were to violent. I say thank you to him because his love of westerns rubbed off on me and that was the inspiration behind the first town our journeyer encounters.

I also have my mom to thank for patiently teaching me how to read and write.

And last but most importantly my wife and son. They make life worth living and without them my hobbies like reading books and writing stories like these would be utterly pointless. Without those we love life isn’t really life is it?

Now I will let you, the reader, get to the real reason you are holding this book. I hope you enjoy reading this as I did writing it. But there will be those, yes there will always be those who dislike, dare I say hate this book but please remember that we all have hobbies and that whatever your hobby might be you probably weren’t a master of it when you started so please be kind in your opinions. Thanks for listening to me babble on and on and now dear reader our journey begins.

Justin Camp March 21, 2010

For my son, I hope he grows up to share the same love for reading and writing that I do…

PART ONE:THE BEGINNING

It is a proven fact that our universe is vast. Scientists have spent hundreds if not thousands of years studying it and they have found many galaxies ranging in size. Planets, moons, suns all orbiting in perfect balance. Our human minds can’t even begin to comprehend it all. So far our planet Earth is the only known planet that has, and is capable of life. But what if it wasn’t? What if there were just as many universes out there as there are galaxies? What if there were planets just like ours out there with people like us living on them? What if there was a way to travel between them? It’s just a thought, no big deal, but what if?

THE WILDERNESS

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Somewhere off in the distance a black bird cawed, and it just sort of happened. All of a sudden out of nowhere, he just was. It was hot, very hot. Brown dirt, that in the sun kind of gives off an orange hue, was as far as the eye could see.

This place that he would eventually know as the Wilderness was not for the faint of heart. He didn’t know where he was or where he came from. Completely deracinated, the only thing he did know was his name, Raven, and a number, 081722. The reason or purpose of the number