Malora Octet

Too long have the elemental powers been sleeping. The end of all things lurks over the horizon. There may be no dawn chasing the darkness of this night. Death has shattered the tenuous alliances once so delicately tendered. Secrets and sanctuaries are no longer safe. Trust is no longer an option to those so brutally battered by King Rastaban's calculated rage. While the king's madness overtakes him and Sevilen struggles to come to term with his abilities, Aridani, the sole remaining heir to the decaying throne, breaks free and proves that there is still some light remaining in a shadowed world. His name harkens to the language of the lost Tenjeri hope, pure and innocent hope, so strong it remains evident even in days of deepest despair. Will his luminescence survive the influence of Rastaban's insanity, or will he be thrown into the void with the rest of Malora?Time will reveal the true powers of the Destroyers of prophesy. Who will rise and who will fall as the prophesies begin to come true? The conclusion of the Echoes of Oblivion trilogy brings forth the darkness and light in all brought to life within its pages, and the heroes and villains of Malora may not be who anyone thought they were once the cataclysm arrives.

Never question. Never protest. Never reveal your true nature. These are the tenets of King Rastaban's reign. He is many things to many people murderer, visionary, tyrant, brilliant leader, charismatic madman but to Sevilen, he has only ever been two things. Brother and rescuer. Sevilen has always seen past the gleaming veil which shrouds the tormented monster within Rastaban, but the greater world has remained contently unaware until now. Rastaban's innovative technological revolution threatens to overshadow his far more sinister cause the extermination of the Geophorian priests, a widespread and ancient society of innate magic users long removed from their golden age. Rastaban's ruthless ambition crowds even the most stalwart into fearful corners, yet there is still hope lurking in the shadows. Sevilen is waking from a world of childhood dreams into a nightmarish adulthood of destruction and chaos. Scholarly and narcoleptic young Sevilen must learn to quell his timidness in order to quietly subvert Rastaban's destructive and genocidal campaign from within the monarchy before everything he loves from afar is lost. Sevilen is not alone in his covert resistance, although his distant allies are unaware of his mutinous fantasies and see him as only an ally of the king. A rebellion is born among the last scattered survivors of the Geophorian culture. Will their avenging alliance topple Rastaban's empire and save the world, or is Malora fated to fall in spite of or because of their desperate crusade to save it? The Abyssal Night is the first volume of the Echoes of Oblivion trilogy, a tight trilogy within The Malora Octet

Three years after the events of The Abyssal Night, the Amari Desert brings vague comfort to Ember and Rhodren as they recover from their failed assassination attempt and abrupt uprooting from their mountain haven. All other sanctuaries are inaccessible so the priests of the desert are slowly regrouping and waiting. Their next moves will not be easy, but something must be done if there is any hope for a Geophorian future.Meanwhile to the east, King Rastaban is tightening his grasp on his brother Sevilen's restraints. While the course of Sevilen's life isn't entirely under his control, his rebellious thoughts and his darkest secrets still are. He has turned away from outward acts of revolt and embraced a path of quiet and concealed manipulation. Sevilen both loves and loathes Rastaban, but he knows one emotion must conquer the other before the end.As Rastaban's madness spirals closer and closer to the cusp of worldwide pandemonium, the last remaining lanterns of hope must come together and discover their true natures if the world is to survive the the Ganebran Empire. Will the heroes of prophesy discover their purpose in time to prevent eternal darkness from falling? Will the new generation of Geophorians rectify the mistakes of the past, or will they be the harbingers of destruction and darkness?

Sixty years after The Shattered Veil, light is returning to fallen Malora. Both Ganebra and the Geophorians are fading into legend along with the ruins of advanced civilization.Isen Layel is a young woman who believes she has lost everything. She was born into a desolate and barren world and has no hope for any future for either herself or for her people. The recent death of her beloved Torin has thrown her even further into despair and she has little desire to discover a purpose for her life.Just as Isen is ready to surrender herself to misery, the immortal Aulor Bethel arrives to offer her a task. He and his companions have searched for six decades for any survivors of the Tenjeri people, and Isen may be his last chance of finding them. The legendary Tenjeri city of Trieskel is rumored to lie across the ocean of Ara. Will they find it, or is Trieskel as frozen and forgotten as Isen's heart?

I am sorry for everything. It shouldn't matter anymore, but it does, and I can't move on until I come to terms with the things I have done. I am now two thousand, five-hundred and eight years old, and I have far too much to atone for. I have loved, I have lost, and I have killed. I have witnessed golden eras and dark plagues, nations rise and fall, and people turned to dust and forgotten while I remain constant, always waiting, always watching.I was once an Aulor, a Child of Time. My name was Lani, and you, my dear sister Dia, you were my eternally innocent counterpart. But now I am nameless and forsaken by Time herself. I am dying, a slow, mortal death, the pain of which is eclipsed only by the abyss of my remorse. I was immortal and revered. Now I am human. Now I will die forgotten, but my echoes will reverberate until far beyond the end of my world.This is my life, my confession, my requiem, my vain attempt at salvaging sanity in the sliver of life I have remaining. A few words cannot fully redress my deeds, but hopefully they will be a small step toward another new beginning. So many years, so many dreams and nightmares fulfilled and forgotten. What have I done? Oh Dia, what have I done?Mayfly Requiem is a history of Malora as seen through the eyes of a fallen immortal.