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Salthaven
Salthaven
Salthaven
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Salthaven

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WAR...
From the rocky face of Nirenia, to the tent-strewn sands of Salthaven, to the underbelly of Brokentide's tyrannical reign, to the frightened citizens of Atyrliss... upon troubled winds comes word that evil has prevailed...
Hadoric, once the royal scribe to the empress herself, is now The Messenger. His burden is to dethrone the most powerful woman in the world, but in the process he will risk igniting a conflict so destructive that the halls of the gods will rally its might against him.

... IS COMING.
His return gave hope to a tattered nation and cautioned the growing darkness that threatens it, but Nathiel Maudin knows that he is playing a dangerous game against cunning foes. It is a game that he, alone, cannot win. With Valaria at his side, Nathiel will return to Crayethon to train a new generation of Viperwind agents, but never could he have predicted that a group of young misfits would heed his call. To prove themselves worthy, they must first accompany Nathiel to Salthaven, to the heart of the enemy invasion, and against overwhelming odds, survive.

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Release dateDec 24, 2013
ISBN9780987466327
Salthaven
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Grant Costello

Grant Edward Costello was born in Western Australia (1980), before moving to Queensland where he began his education in Bundaberg. Avidly fascinated with all things otherworldly and make-believe, film and literature was a mainstay throughout his earlier years, and art quickly became the output for a growing wealth of inspiration and blossoming ideas. In the closing months of Grant's schooling, he put the paintbrush down in favour of literature, for within the written word he found a limitless playground, one where he could expand from static imagery to a broader medium of expression.Grant's first story took the form of 'Aconite', a screenplay script that was faithfully recreated into a comic book format, and was then depicted in a short film at the Morningside Institute of TAFE. Grant's second project; 'Winter Realm', was his first ever novel, and it was a young adult science fiction/fantasy that was a collaboration of genres mixed into a post-apocalyptic epic. During the writing of 'Winter Realm', Grant experienced his first taste of Fantasy and its limitless potential. Hence came 'The Demonthrone', a story that was sadly never completed, mainly due to the emergence of a more vivid and ambitious idea, one involving deeper characters, fast-paced action sequences, and a narrative that contained a strong socialism theme, and also dealt with issues like autocracy and prejudice. That story was 'Brokentide'; a bold first chapter in the upcoming 'Legend of Shadows' series. With a passion for Fantasy driving his every written word, Grant's ultimate desire is to contribute something truly original and noteworthy to the world of storytelling.

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