Ghost Mirage

By Jonathan Moeller

A haunted ruin holds a deadly curse.

When traveling across the Desert of Candles, Caina comes to the ruins of Tamurah, now nothing more than an empty pile of rubble.

But an ancient horror has made the ruins its home.

A horror that hungers to feed upon lives...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jonathan Moeller
• Release date: May 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005618438

Jonathan Moeller

Standing over six feet tall, Jonathan Moeller has the piercing blue eyes of a Conan of Cimmeria, the bronze-colored hair of a Visigothic warrior-king, and the stern visage of a captain of men, none of which are useful in his career as a computer repairman, alas.He has written the "Demonsouled" trilogy of sword-and-sorcery novels, and continues to write the "Ghosts" sequence about assassin and spy Caina Amalas, the "$0.99 Beginner's Guide" series of computer books, and numerous other works.Visit his website at:http://www.jonathanmoeller.comVisit his technology blog at:http://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed

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GHOST MIRAGE

Jonathan Moeller

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Description

A haunted ruin holds a deadly curse.

When traveling across the Desert of Candles, Caina comes to the ruins of Tamurah, now nothing more than an empty pile of rubble.

But an ancient horror has made the ruins its home.

A horror that hungers to feed upon lives...

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Ghost Mirage

Copyright 2021 by Jonathan Moeller.

Smashwords Edition.

Some cover images copyright Photo 1234113 © Chee-onn Leong | Dreamstime.com.

Ebook edition published May 2021.

All Rights Reserved.

This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination, or, if real, used fictitiously. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission of the author or publisher, except where permitted by law.

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Author's Note

This story takes place between the events of the novels GHOST IN THE TALISMAN and GHOST IN THE LORE.

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Ghost Mirage

Caina Kardamnos had almost reached her goal.

She carried two cursed relics of ancient necromantic power, the Sword and Dagger once born by Rasarion Yagar, the Iron King of Ulkaar. Yagar had been dead for a thousand years, but his relics remained. If all five relics were reunited, the Iron King could be summoned back to the material world to unleash his tyranny once more. Talmania Scorneus, Caina’s aunt, already had three of the five relics, and she sought the Sword and the Dagger.

Caina had to keep them away from Talmania.

So she traveled to the ancient city of Iramis, the home of the loremasters and the valikarion knights. Once the Sword and the Dagger were behind the mighty wards of the city, Talmania would not be able to take them. Then Caina and her allies and friends could find a way to get the remaining three relics from Talmania. Only once all five relics were gathered could they be destroyed, ridding the world of their evil for all time.

Caina rode to Iramis, but