The Awakening: Into the Fire: The Frozen Flame Prequels

By Paul J Bennett

The path to one's destiny is never easy!

Athgar and Natalia are destined to become great mages, yet everyone has to start somewhere. In this prequel to Ashes, the first book in The Frozen Flame series, discover who they were before magic chose them.

The Awakening:
For Stanislav, it's a mage hunter's dream, an easy job on the edge of town. At first glance, Natalia is nothing more than a peasant child, though word of her magical powers has come to light.

Now all he needs to do is confirm the rumours, grab the girl, and hand her off. What could go wrong?

Into the Fire:
All Athgar needs to do is make the kill! To his people, tradition is everything, but to him, it feels like a prison. Every day is the same, until the Orcs arrive, offering him a way out.

Now he must make a choice, follow in his father's footsteps, or forge his own path.

Pick up your copy of The Frozen Flame Prequel today to learn the origins of these powerful mages!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul J Bennett
• Release date: Apr 7, 2020

Paul J Bennett

Paul J Bennett (b. 1961) emigrated from England to Canada in 1967. His father served in the British Royal Navy, and his mother worked for the BBC in London. As a young man, Paul followed in his father’s footsteps, joining the Canadian Armed Forces in 1983. He is married to Carol Bennett and has three daughters who are all creative in their own right.Paul’s interest in writing started in his teen years when he discovered the roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons (D & D). What attracted him to this new hobby was the creativity it required; the need to create realms, worlds and adventures that pulled the gamers into his stories.In his 30’s, Paul started to dabble in designing his own roleplaying system, using the Peninsular War in Portugal as his backdrop. His regular gaming group were willing victims, er, participants in helping to playtest this new system. A few years later, he added additional settings to his game, including Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, World War II, and the all-important Fantasy Realm where his stories take place.The beginnings of his first book ‘Servant to the Crown’ originated over five years ago when he began running a new fantasy campaign. For the world that the Kingdom of Merceria is in, he ran his adventures like a TV show, with seasons that each had twelve episodes, and an overarching plot. When the campaign ended, he knew all the characters, what they had to accomplish, what needed to happen to move the plot along, and it was this that inspired to sit down to write his first novel.Paul now has four series based in his fantasy world of Eiddenwerthe, and is looking forward to sharing many more books with his readers over the coming years.

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