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    Waiting for the Scarlet-Raven Woman
    Waiting for the Scarlet-Raven Woman
    Waiting for the Scarlet-Raven Woman
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    Waiting for the Scarlet-Raven Woman

    By Silas DeBoer

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    This free short story is a prelude to the novel "The Prometheus Cycle: The Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and details the origins of a character from the novel. This story takes place a few years before the events of the novel, and is the only first person narration of any of the short stories, which centers on a slave's life in the Realm.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSilas DeBoer
    Release dateMay 31, 2015
    ISBN9781311947406
    Waiting for the Scarlet-Raven Woman
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    Silas DeBoer

    Born in 1980, Silas A. DeBoer is a graduate of Concordia University, Seward NE in 2003, and completed a Master of Arts in Communication Studies at the University of South Dakota in 2006. He has been an avid storyteller since picking up his first role playing game in the early 1990s, and continues to game with his spouse and their friends. His first novel is "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" which tells the tale of three young persons flight across the Realm when they are branded as witches by Inquisitors of the Church of Elene.

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