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Land of the Golden Bull Promo by Davis8488, literature

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Land of the Golden Bull Promo

In the frontier wastes, Petrus and his men are the only vestige of Imperial influence, but his men are no more civilized than the barbarians they’ve been tasked with keeping in line. Abandoned by the Temple, he must rely on the counsel of a wandering cleric, but does this irreverent holy man have unique insight into the will of the All-Father, or is he just mad? Land of the Golden Bull is the second novel by J M Davis, author of The Tale of Fireeye. It has been said of his writing that “the words flowed together like paint from a brush”.

Tale of Fireeye Ch. 41 Long Lake by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Ch. 41 Long Lake

On the First Day of Third Moon, in the Fifth Year after the Fifteenth Raid after the Wall. Talerio drove the wagon forward with what felt like wanton abandon, and I was sure after every jolt that the wooden cart would soon burst asunder. Dalia must have had a similar thought, for once the child woke there was little Ellie could do to console her. We rode like that until Talerio spotted the road that led from the south of Korval’s Spring northwest to Long Lake, which we could see in the distance. To my confusion, he turned the us to the south. “What are you doing?” I asked. “I thought you said we needed

Tale of Fireeye Ch. 40 Delivery by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Ch. 40 Delivery

“Predictably, when we left the dead city, a force of Serpenti, fresh from fighting on the front, intercepted the Fifth Army. We didn’t expect much of a fight from the battle weary soldiers, who had marched through the night, only to arrive too late. Even still, it was decided that to avoid complications, our band, which had been reduced to thirteen, besides my brothers and I, would take our prisoner north, around the enemy, escorted by a squadron of around a hundred cavalry. It took us until dusk the next day to reach the Imperial war camps. The camp was nearly deserted, but a Captain who’d been left behind show

Tale of Fireeye Ch. 039 Death of a Friend by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Ch. 039 Death of a Friend

On the First Day of Third Moon, in the Fifth Year after the Fifteenth Raid after the Wall. As I watched the soldier in the wagon reach down to lift our companion into the wagon I felt myself giving way to despair. What hope did we have without a guide in this foreign land? I turned to Ellie, and saw that he had set Dalia gently onto the dry gravel of the creekbed. I asked him, “What do we do?” He lifted a large stone, two hands in width, and pointed to the stack of smaller stones by our feet. “Talerio told us horses are fairly easy to scare. Can you hit the rear quarter of the beast?” I slipped a rock i

Tale of Fireeye Ch. 038 The Tragedy of Zekbatten by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Ch. 038 The Tragedy of Zekbatten

“As I was saying, smoke was filling the gatehouse, and we were running out of arrows, but that wasn’t our biggest problem. I didn’t truly dread until I heard the sound of a catapult, not on the walls, but within the city. It was followed by the crash of stone against the inner wall of the gatehouse. You see, the Serpenti had the same idea as we had. While Leif had broken holes in the wall for us to fire arrows out, the Serpenti intended to remove it entirely. The second stone broke a hole, nearly a cubit in width in the stone fortification, and a large hunk of rock struck one of the men in the head, killing him instantl

Tale of Fireeye Chapter 037 Korval's Spring by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Chapter 037 Korval's Spring

On the First Day of Third Moon, in the Fifth Year after the Fifteenth Raid after the Wall. Talerio had talked us into finding a road, saying that it would make us look less suspicious should we be found, and soon seemed to have discerned our location. Pointing to a few wisps of smoke on the horizon, he told us, “There’s a town over there, of around a hundred people. I think it was called Korval’s Spring. If you’ve still got that silver, we could buy supplies.” I hadn’t thought about it until that moment. The silver from the Raiders, it wasn’t with my things when my gear was returned to

House Ironshield by Davis8488, literature

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House Ironshield

Allen Stalwart = Caras, Daughter of Bulwark Captain Alex Ironshield = *Helga, Daughter of Firebrand Captain Alden Kinbearer = *Dawn, Daughter of Oakstaff Halex Alexis Dennin Dennil Italics indicates deceased. Bold indicates current or former Patriarch. * indicates one who married into the family.

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Land of the Golden Bull Promo by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Prologue: King of the Beam by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Prologue: King of the Beam

On the Fifth Day of Second Moon, in the Fifth Year after the Fifteenth Raid after the Wall. I did not bear witness to these events, but they were relayed to me in great detail by both Elric Fireeye, and by my father, the Captain Alex Ironshield. The word of these two men is known by all to be beyond reproach, and so I tell faithfully what was told to me. It began on what all thought to be a quiet evening. Elric knelt beside the wooden beam that ran down the center of the Wardenhall, dividing it into the half filled with bunks for unmarried wardens and an area for mess and recreation. It was solid oak, a yard square in height and width,

The Tale of Fireeye Chapter 031 New Beginning by Davis8488, literature

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The Tale of Fireeye Chapter 031 New Beginning

On the Final Day of Second Moon, in the Fifth Year after the Fifteenth Raid after the Wall. People can enter your life in unexpected ways. I would never have expected Ellie, Fireeye, to become so important a companion, or to share such an adventure with him before the night he saved me and my father outside of the Wall. In the same way, I would never have expected to find a friend in Tamara that cold night I met her in the slavers’ wagon. While I found my respect for her growing the days I spent in the Rebels’ lair, our relationship truly began the day after our companions left, when I woke up to find her kneeling bes

Tale of Fireeye Ch. 039 Death of a Friend by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Ch. 40 Delivery by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Ch. 40 Delivery

Tale of Fireeye Ch. 41 Long Lake by Davis8488, literature

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Tale of Fireeye Ch. 41 Long Lake

The Proposal by Davis8488, literature

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The Proposal

I studied the fearsome man seated before me. Wild, greying hair hung past his shoulders, and the nine thin braids surrounding the bush he called a beard told a tale of valor few could match. If my brothers and I were champions, this man was a legend in flesh. There was a certain wildness to him, something fierce and primal. Like a tamed wolf being compared to a dog, he carried the memory of living outside the Wall, and seemed as though he was somewhat out of place in the society he had helped to forge. Men knew him as Elder Bearbiter, son of Bulwark. A lesser man would have been overshadowed by such a father, the first man to come t

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Mar 17, 2016

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Jan 25, 2016

After making public 34 micro-chapters of my story, I was toying with my invented language, and realized I misnamed a group of people, by a letter. How can one of the first words I made be wrong? The prefix that distinguishes river water from sea wa...

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Apr 29, 2015

Tale of Fireeye Sneak Peak

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    "This?"  The rebel leader held up his hand to show us the marking more clearly.  It was a red sun with a black outline,  ten beams radiating from a small center.  "It represents a deal I made, under threat of execution.  I was tasked to fight against the Salathar, until ten battles had passed in which I killed one of them.  After each such battle, a ray was filled in by an officer of the Imperial Army, so that when I returned there would be proof my debt was paid.  It's not an uncommon arrangement, and the Empire rarely executes a free man without making him such an offer."  He looked distantly to the south with the face of a man regretti