New Release Shroud of whispers

Releasing Winter 2025

Cthoma’s Fated by
Jeffery a. smith

Every twenty years the red comet Cthoma lights up the night sky. Every twenty years, the emperor Shaucrim Vlaide must fear for his life.

 

Throug Slagger was meant to be the chosen one. Born under the comet, he was fated to defeat the emperor and end Shaucrim’s reign of terror before it began. Leaving his family when he was ten years old, he trained with an ancient order of monks and embarked on a quest to find ten powerful Ixafore rings, set on fulfilling the prophecy.

 

He failed.

 

For nineteen years, Throug has been trying to forget his failure at the bottom of a flagon. With one year remaining before the return of Cthoma, he is offered a chance at redemption. Thrust upon a journey the length of the empire and beyond, can he find the tenth ring, recover what has been taken from him, and face Shaucrim Vlaide under the red light of the comet, or is it already too late?

About Jeffery

Husband, father, writer, and musician.

I fell in love with fantasy after seeing the original Star Wars and then reading J.R.R. Tolkien. I know it is cliche but it is what happened.

 

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Future Novels

  • Shroud of Whispers

    Tru is haunted by whispers that drove her from her home. Xamual has been pressed into serving because of a gift he wants no part of. They both are drawn into a scheme that starts with a pair of seemingly unrelated murders.

    Status: First draft complete; Sent to Editor.

    The cover has been ordered.

  • The Night-Pierced Bones of the Realm

    There are reasons why someone would be drawn to murder another, especially someone in a position of power. Erike is not a perfect ruler nor a tyrant. The mistakes he has made during his life come to a head on the night before the battle that should have ended the Elf War. An ally attempts to take his life, but the quick thinking, and talent, of Ash Carn save his life. Erike has to rely on the troubled Ash, who had once sworn to kill him herself, if he wants to survive. In alternating chapters, the events that led up to and the repercussions of the assassination attempt are told through the eyes of Erike and Ash respectively.

    Status: First Draft complete.

  • Rippling Darkness

    After a failed attempt to study at the Mage’s Tower, Sharwain is returning home. Sissick learns in a cryptic message that his long-time friend is in trouble, and he fears his friend’s ability in taboo magic has been revealed. Their lives are intertwined and changed when they travel the Endless Ocean aboard the same ship, the Unchained Zephyr. On the voyage, the ship is taken over by slavers, and the survivors are changed from passengers to cargo. They have an ally in the half-elf Rithal who has been mistaken for one of his full-blooded brethren by the slavers.

    Status: First draft complete.

  • Rival Tide

    Status: Rough draft complete.

  • Fractured Light

    Status: Outlined and a couple of chapters started.

  • Amron Denthain

    Status: Concept stage.

  • Sarail Denthain

    Status: Concept stage.

  • Wolve Denthain

    Status: Concept stage.