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Closing the Gap
Closing the Gap
Closing the Gap
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The king of the Aelfin is dead, seemingly murdered by Paddy and Seamus right in front of the king’s Elderfin Lords. The death of the king takes the Aelfin to the brink of civil war, as rival factions vie for the right to the throne. Imprisoned and facing a death sentence, Paddy and Seamus must find a way to escape from Aelfinholme, while chaos unfurls around them.
Mr. Elf learns that his sacrifice has cost him more than he ever imagined and his hopes of rejoining his people are shattered. His only option now is to find his missing father in an attempt to regain his rightful place among the Aelfin.
In Boggy Marsh, Hag Head strikes an uneasy truce with the evil Great Gold Dragon, Shiar. Together they leave their swampy home, vowing to take their revenge on the Demon Lord and his Hand.
Meanwhile, Bajii’s control over Nudge is loosening, giving the agent of purpose the most freedom he has had in sixteen years. Knowing that time is running out, Nudge must take desperate actions to stay alive and build alliances to forge the future.
And to the distant north, a darkness falls on Darkmoore Keep heralding the arrival of a new and unforeseen enemy. The war for the world of Foinse has begun.

Closing the Gap is the third volume in the Aelfin Prophecies series.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBarry Dunn
Release dateJan 13, 2023
ISBN9798215501085
Closing the Gap
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Barry Dunn

The Author, Barry Dunn lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and children.The The Aelfin Prophecies series began their published life under the name The Adventures of Paddy and Seamus. While writing the third book in the series it became obvious to me that the original series name was no longer reflective of what the bigger story had evolved to become. So, now that I am finally publishing that third book, I am also taking the opportunity to rename the series.The Stories started life at our nightly story telling time when I ran out of books to read to my young son. Having exhausted Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree and The Wishing Chair books (a number of times over) and finding that the Hobbit was a bit too serious and advanced, I started to make up my own tales.I wanted to give my son a fantasy story that had the elements that I so enjoyed in fantasy adventures. I wanted fantastic places with weird creatures and characters that were different and most importantly, fun. And I wanted to give him the continuity of characters and worlds that comes with sequels and prequels, where the characters feel like old friends.Every night at bed time the story would pick up where it had left off the night before and would always start with “When we last left our heroes”, followed by a quick reminder of where the story was up to.Since those early story telling nights the simple fairy tale has evolved, and a whole world has been populated with odd and wonderful creatures that have grown around the original story. And like the tales from those authors I have loved so dearly, Brooks, Eddings, Feist, Salvatore and of course Tolkien, the stories have grown to fill a number of books.The Secrets of the Boggy Marsh is the first in a series of five books, telling one continuous story. The Aelfin Prophecies continues in the second book, The Broken Angel, where the secrets discovered in the Boggy Marsh start to unravel.And now, after a long delay, I am finally releasing the third book in the series, Closing the Gap, which see the characters moving into a full blown epic fantasy.As always seems to happen with fantasy tales, the stories get bigger and more involved with each new book. And so it is with the Aeifin Prophecies. Book four, The Agents of Purpose is well under way and will take the characters into ever more dangerous challenges.

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