The Fate Healer

By Noel Coughlan

A five thousand word short story where the quill proves to be more dangerous than any sword.

The genealogist Draston is charged with the impossible. His master, Hamvok the Merciful, craves a royal ancestor or two to legitimize his tyranny. But every avenue of Draston’s research comes to a dead end. Nobility has never sneezed on Hamvok’s ancestors, much less married into them. And now Draston’s time has run out.

To save himself from Hamvok’s violent displeasure, Draston promises to prove the tyrant is descended from a god. In doing so, he commits himself to a path of forgery and sacrilege. His enterprise will risk the wrath of gods. But, far worse, it will draw him to a shadowy figure more terrible than all the gods combined, the Fate Healer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noel Coughlan
• Release date: Aug 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781910206102

Noel Coughlan

My name is Noel Coughlan. I am married and have a daughter. I live in the west of Ireland.From a young age, I was always writing a book. Generally, the first page over and over. Sometimes, I even reached the second page before I had shredded the entire copy book.In my teenage years, I wrote some poetry, some of which would make a Vogon blush.When I was fourteen, I had a dream. It was of a world where the inhabitants believed that each hue of light was a separate god, and that matter was simply another form of light.I tinkered with the idea for a couple of decades, putting together mythologies, histories, maps etc. but world building isn't worth much without a gripping story. And then I finally found one, a tale so compelling I had to write it, The Golden Rule Duology.I also write other fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories.

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THE FATE HEALER

by Noel Coughlan

THE FATE HEALER

Copyright © 2016 Noel Coughlan

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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THE FATE HEALER

Copyright © 2016 Noel Coughlan

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except in the case of a reviewer, who may quote brief passages embodied in critical articles or in a review.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover by The Cover Collection

Edited by Finish The Story

Additional Proofreading by Proofed to Perfection

Published by Photocosmological Press

Epub Edition: ISBN:978-1-910206-10-2

Build: A3

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In frustration, Draston slapped the moldy tome shut, catching his long, wiry beard. With a snarl, he tugged it free.