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Beyond Good & Evil: The Horizon’s Edge

by James E. Honaker

Beyond Good & Evil - James E. Honaker
Part of the Skybound series:
Editions:Kindle - Second: $ 2.99
ISBN: B0DCV1CW6D
Pages: 335
Paperback - Second: $ 12.99
Size: 9.00 x 6.00 in
Pages: 290

Venser is to be a guest at his own wedding.

The eighth son of the High Priest of Aracoras, Venser was betrothed to the Leondra, daughter of Lunaria's paramount leader. At the crux of the arrangement is the Tomb of the Almighty, a landmark in Aracoras that is the resting place of a divine protector, a figure who helped their people escape above the sea of clouds. Venser and Leondra's impending marriage is so that Lunaria and its leaders can access the Tomb of the Almighty, a place forbidden to outsiders, and oversee the opening of the Tomb.

While their fathers finalize the plans for their marriage, Venser and Leondra set out to unravel the mysteries of the Tomb of the Almighty, to answer the question of why they now seek to open the Tomb after it has remained sealed for generations. Information on the true nature of the Tomb has become scarce, and neither of them are willing to trust the lack of sources in Lunaria. Both also seek to escape the marriage neither of them wanted, and Venser hopes to escape the cage Aracoras has kept him in.

Venser's journey sees him join with the crew of the airship Alamithea, visiting the other grand cities of the sky islands as he tries to escape his past and unravel the mysteries behind the Tomb of the Almighty and the sky islands themselves. With new companions and friends, like the jokester Matthias and the cantankerous Basch, Venser learns of the dark secrets underpinning the whole of their society, as well as the things about himself he never knew. But as they race across the sky, the darkness they don't see swells, and it's set on retaliation...

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Tropes: Aliens as God, Conspiracy, Dark Enemy, Dark Lord, Dying World, Dystopian Governments, Fellowship, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, Lost Civilization, Magical Disaster, Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero, Secret Heir, Ultimate Evil, Waiting/Sleeping Evil
Word Count: 95000
Setting: Sky archipelago, in a sea of clouds
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Aliens as God, Conspiracy, Dark Enemy, Dark Lord, Dying World, Dystopian Governments, Fellowship, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, Lost Civilization, Magical Disaster, Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero, Secret Heir, Ultimate Evil, Waiting/Sleeping Evil
Word Count: 95000
Setting: Sky archipelago, in a sea of clouds
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
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About the Author

James is an author and video game developer based out of North Carolina, USA, specializing in fantasy more broadly. He runs a storefront selling old collectibles (particularly TCG cards) on top of his writing and game development.

Born in Hawaii to a military family, James spent a swath of his childhood moving around to various military bases, spending a large chunk of his childhood in Europe. With a background in hard science and philosophy, he likes to bring in those roots into his writing, along with inspiration spun from a lifetime of reading anything he could get his hands on, plenty of travel as a child and as an adult, and a debatably unhealthy amount of video games (especially classic RPGs and SRPGs).

In addition to writing, game development, and store management, James enjoys gaming, listening to death metal, gardening, and baking. He has three cats who all yearn for the top-shelf kibble that has been promised to them.