Godshards: Trouble in Yanneros: Godshards

By Peter Capozzi

For twelve hundred years, the Godshards have been the protectors and guardians of humanity. They are humans whose souls have merged with shards of their fallen God.

 

Etheros is the latest in this lineage of heroes. A free-spirited nomad, a cheerful wanderer, a powerful Godshard whose spellcraft is that of alchemy and transmutation. His presence brings hope, and his words bring wisdom and comfort.

 

But when a daemon arrives uninvited at Etheros' doorstep, the Godshard makes a dire discovery that challenges everything he knows…

 

This story is a prequel to the upcoming novel: Godshards: The Six Strangers, coming out August 31st, 2023! You do not need to read this story to understand the novel.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Capozzi
• Release date: Jul 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223182115

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Trouble in Yanneros

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Trouble in Yanneros

Etheros was broken. Etheros was defeated.

His body was wounded and bleeding. A wolf-like paw laid upon his throat, preventing him from casting any more spells. Not like they would save him. He could feel the smelly breath of the daemon’s two heads closing in, leering and in mockery. They chuckled with malicious glee at his limp form. Their eyes were black as tar, glittering with sadism in the dying light of the lab.

Etheros closed his eyes. All he could do now was wait for the end.

……………………………………………..

Earlier that day.

Few things were more comforting to Etheros than a warm, clear sunrise.

Something about how the sun peeked over the horizon, and the tranquil silence, before most folks get out of their beds, and those that do are calmed by their recent slumber.

The old stone bridge crossing the creek provided the perfect place to watch. Whenever he was in Yanneros, he always found time to visit. The trees formed an ideal frame over the morning sun, especially in summer. It was an unchanged locale, far older than him. The bridge might even predate Adam, the first Godshard, twelve centuries prior.

He wondered if Adam had ever stopped here and watched the sunrise. Terra knows Etheros wandered many of the same paths Adam did, but who could