Hunters Of Perath

By David S Hunter

The hunters of Perath are a secret society of magic people, who excel at hunting the most dangerous of predators, the Vempyro. When Lipik Orphanage is besieged by the merciless creatures the hunters rise to the occasion, and defend the orphanage with their skill, daring, and magic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David S Hunter
• Release date: Jan 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9781778006913

David S Hunter

I was born in Montreal Quebec but so sorry my French is very minimal Then moved to Brampton Ontario and J A Turner High School to University of Toronto then overseas for a Year of University at James Cooke University in Townsville Queensland Australia, where i won a creative writing contest and had a couple poems published in The American Poetry Anthology under pseudonym Scotia Davidos then back to Canada to Complete my BA at York University, Then courses in Finance and Accounting which led to Accounting job an Olympia and York then to Sedgwick James and transfer from Toronto to Calgary Alberta where i continued my education at SAIT to get my CGA then moved to Ottawa Canada and continued as corporate accounting for a few companies until i was terminated when requested sick leave, Then continued Travels throughout Asia and friends in USA. Then 2018 I suffered a Stroke and stopped working in Finance, as my CGA became CPA, and during Rehabilitation joined the SCWG, Stittsville Creative Writers Groupto reactivate my creative writing life and through them led me to writing about my vivid Dreams which has become my Hunterverse starting in 2020 with Treasure Hunter about a young girl with special abilities and how she uses those abilities in memory of her mother to help others. then 2021 to Hunters of Perathwhich depicts the basis of the Magic in my Hunterverse and next book to be Storytime Hunter in which Tommy learns to use his hereditary family Magic to help his diagnotes Autistism to his Fantastic Telepathic abilities and growth as well. The books will grow with my imagination and dreams. A

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Hunters of Perath

David Scott Hunter

ISBN: 978-1-77800-69-2

© David Scott Hunter 2021

Cover art ©: https://www.123rf.com/profile_mariyaermolaevaAcknowledgments

Acknowledgements

Author’s Note

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three, at Lipik two days earlier

Chapter Four

About the Author

Other Works by this Author

The Next Book

Acknowledgements

The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a great outlet and helps everyone by being the muse we all need. This specific Vampire story of my Hunterverse began with the Writer’s Group asking me to write a Vampire Story as they knew it was a favorite genre for me and My Mentor in writing being the infamous Anne Rice of who I met at a Book signing in Toronto in the 1980’s. and have since read most all of her works.

I also like to thank my Caregiver Glenn Aldridge who left his life in Toronto to come to the Suburbs of Ottawa West near Almonte Ontario after I suffered a Stroke and had been terminated from employment after illness. Then we both moved into Ottawa and bought a condo to make life better for us both though I do miss those 23 acres as time goes on and some friendly neighbours.

And continued thanks to friend Robert Jones who is like a brother and puts up with me for the few weeks each winter when I escape down to Alexandria, Louisiana for Mardis Gras and great food (especially Brown Bag, Arnauds and Little Big Cup) and Friends like him and Dave and Don and our trips to N’awlins and Natchitoches for Pralines.

Also, thank you to John W Partington for his help in formatting this book.

Author’s Note

This story is about two societies of peoples (of a sort). Although this story is independent and autonomous, it is also hereditary to my further stories: Treasure Hunter and even Storytime, Tommy the Autistic in which the magic in this Story is the base for the others. The era of this story is one of very old (geographically late 1800’s) compared to my time, 2021, during a great pandemic where technology is rampant, cell phones that work like computers, and computers and laptops connect people with each other while in the same room or home or from Countries a far distance away.

Chapter One

The village of Perath and the people of Perath are almost normal human families with horses for work and travel. There are legends of dragons and gryphons. Though neither of these have been seen in centuries. Although the society is not luxurious it is comfortable. They domesticate animals, and most children are schooled for basic knowledge. The elderly are revered for their knowledge and experience. However, it is the young adults that are trained in hunting and battle skills required to lead and fight enemies, and to help train those with special abilities.

You might wonder what the need of hunters and warriors in this peaceful society is. However, the outside world does not know of the people of Perath as other than Roma who are very reclusive in keeping away from others as are their ways, lore, tales of monsters, magic, and special abilities. The People of Perath also excel in language abilities and pick up dialects and other languages written and spoken.

Yes, the People of Perath are special; some even have powers such as fourteen-year-old Claire, named for her family powers of Clairvoyance. Claire’s mother, Serena, was a powerful oracle who could see the future when her ability worked well. When Serena recently died Claire’s abilities started to manifest, though it was possible it was also due to