Order Into Chaos

By Mark Wooden

Bad boy sorcerer Dwyer Strathan had a problem: he wanted out of an exclusive club of sorcerers.

To this end, he had acquired three of the coveted Vyntari shards. Along the way, he had pissed off the Knights of Vyntari and a certain vampire assassin named Adriana Dupre.

It was totally worth it.

Now he'll use the shards to barter his way out of the Order of Haroth.

Unfortunately, the Order is just as deceitful as Strathan. They want the shards but also don't tolerate deserters.

Will Strathan survive his final confrontation with the Order? And if he does, will his vampire girlfriend Valentina Lorena stab him in the back to take the shards?

"Order Into Chaos" is a free ebook short story that takes place during the missing six months of For Her Sins. Read that book first for a true feel for this story.

However, you can read this story first to get a taste of the Shadowdance. Minor spoilers for the events of For Her Sins.

You've been warned.

Welcome to the "Shadowdance" saga. More action, less paranormal romance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mark Wooden
• Release date: Dec 20, 2016

Mark Wooden

Mark Wooden is a SYFY Wire Fan Creator and a writer of novels, screenplays, and short stories.Mark is the son of a sharecropper (not really, but he likes “The Jeffersons”) who has actively pursued the dream of being a Creative since his epic kindergarten work, "Ne-Ne the Vampire Panda.”He draws inspiration from vampire slayers Buffy, Anita Blake and Blade; decades of "Batman" and "X-Men" comic books; and conspiracy epics "24" and "The X-Files." He'd be remiss if he didn't mention the Frank Miller-created assassin named Elektra.Mark mines his two decades of experiences as a video director of live events (concerts and corporate) to instill humanity into the vampires, demons, and other creatures of his self-published “Shadowdance” urban fantasy saga."Fall to Grace," a short story from his "Shadowdance" series, was a quarterfinalist in the 2017 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Contest. "For Her Sins," the second novel in the saga, was a Quarterfinalist in the 2018 ScreenCraft Cinematic Novel contest.Outside of his self-published works, Mark wrote for EA Games's “Quiz Show.” He also wrote the short film, "Reload: Two in the Chamber" for Focused In Entertainment.

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