Rainbow's SHADOW and the tablets of fate
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Chapter 1: THE SHADOW WITHIN Slivers of moonlight shone through dense fog as the clopping of horse hooves echoed over a dilapidated cobble stone road. The stench of war was in the air and darkness riddled the land. As horses trudged over a deteriorated path, sludge of damp earth mixed with the blood of warriors splattered across the trail. Wounded warriors draped themselves on top of the armored animals. No one spoke as a horse from the front of the pack turned and faced the men. “We rest here,” commanded the voice of a shadowy figure astride the lead horse. The weary men slowed to a stop and dismounted their horses. Complete exhaustion filtered through the ranks of nearly one hundred warriors. They fell to the ground and huddled around one another. Silence reigned as flasks of liquid passed through the group. The light from the moon disappeared as the fog increased. The lead warrior, Tolar, a large soldier with broken armor covering half of his body and most of his face, directed his horse toward the men. He surveyed his legion. Wounded and exhausted, the men gazed at their giant, but weakened, leader. These men had been through something unspeakable. Many nursed broken and severed limbs. More had been left behind for dead. Tolar could do nothing but trot past his men and soak in the utter defeat of the souls in front of him. When he reached the center of the group, he stopped his horse and gazed down at an equally large warrior lying in exhaustion against a tree stump. Fighting the pain from his severed arm, the wounded warrior said, “We are no match for him without Eseph.” Tolar remained silent, a look of utter despair on his face. He wiped a drip of blood and sweat from his brow. Groans of pain and anguish increased as the men settled in for the night. The fog swirled and swelled within the encampment. Tolar turned to dismount but heard a disturbance from the front of the pack. Looking up, he saw hordes of warriors retreating in fear. One of them screamed, “He has found us! Malkuth has found us!” Chaos ensued as the men reacted and grabbed their weapons. Tolar shouted. “Stand your ground.”
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‘Rainbows Shadow and the tablets of fate’ is an adventure/fantasy tale about two novels, “Rainbow Alley” and “The Sorcerers Shadow” which have been mysteriously melded together creating an alternative dimension that has begun to write itself. The first novel, ‘Rainbow Alley’, is a mythical and magical novel of pure paradise as told and written by Joseph Collins to his grandson, Will Collins. The second novel, ‘The Sorcerers Shadow’ is an adventure filled novel full of evil, sorcery and mayhem spewed throughout its’ pages and is the favorite story of Wills’ brother, Bryan Collins. As these two novels unify, they become more then mere pages, as a blend of good and evil begin to emerge into reality. ‘Rainbow Alley’ is a surreal paradise Grandpa Joe has claimed to actually visited when he was younger. It can only be accessed through a golden portal by bringing four critical elements together. One magical night, as the four elements are sought to come together to gain access to Rainbow Alley, the unthinkable happens. By accidentally placing ‘The Sorcerers Shadow’ novel underneath the‘Rainbow Alley’ novel during the joining of only three of the four critical elements, Bryan has unknowingly set off the melding of these two stories. This creates their access to a new story and a land unlike anything the boys could ever imagine. However, this access would prove to be near fatal for Grandpa Joe, as he is stricken by a mythical force that sends him into a mysterious coma. Will and his best friend and neighbor, Jimmy Foster, set off on a journey, through the golden portal and into the merged stories in an effort to save his stricken grandfather While in this new and sometimes foreboding and pleasurable land, Will is driven by a voice, claiming to show him the way to heal his grandfather. What the boys encounter is incomprehensible, as they experience a blend of paradise, infiltrated by evil, sorcery and mayhem first hand.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">John Cicero’s passion for writing is driven from the joy he receives from reading his stories to his children.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Watching the expressions on their face as he takes them on a journey through the magical pages of his imagination is what drives him to find the time to write.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>With over 20 years of experience in healthcare, technology, and professional sports marketing, John Cicero lives with his family in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>