Order of the White Hand

Welcome to my Blog. I am going to be writing about the fantasy novels and stories that I write, plus a bunch of random thoughts that bump into my brain while I'm not paying attention.

A Necromancer's Apprentice

Apprenticeship is a tough time in life, but more so when you are apprenticed to a guild of Necromancers. Miller thought that the promise of eternal life sounded like a good idea at first, but maybe not anymore.

A terrible enemy of the necromancers, and of mankind, has returned. They move through the land unseen with mysterious powers and a secret agenda, possessing those they encounter. Miller has been ordered to travel the lands and restart an alliance that once overcame this enemy, but the enemy has changed tactics.

But is that the entire plan? Or is Miller just bait in a greater game?

Journey with young Miller as he strives to carry out the wishes of his Necromancer Mistress while not getting killed by his own order.

A Necromancer’s Apprentice is a fantasy novel featuring magic, mysteries, and a young man emerging into the world that is already full of deadly challenges.

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Enemies Within

A young apprentice wizard arrives in Home's Hearth, city of the famed Goddess of Love, but finds little help in his quest. The hidden enemy lies in wait with a dire plan nearing fruition. Ancient mysteries confuse and confound spell crafters as they find the barriers between worlds to be thinner than ever expected. Personal connections between necromancer masters, apprentices, and friends are called into question. The First Gods, long thought extinct, walk the earth. Enemies within is a dark fantasy featuring betrayal, diverse magical traditions, necromancy, and the resilience of friendship.

Flaw in the Master's Ring

The Takers move toward their dark goals. Internal suspicions within the Order create distrust and enmity within their ranks. A Goddess strives to keep her city free of both the Takers, and the necromancers that had sworn to battle them. Miller faces enemies from all directions as he struggles to find some way to fight find and defeat the Takers, while not sacrificing his soul.

Of Gods

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In this fantasy world, two sets of 'gods' exist. 

One set, the First Gods, are beings of primal force. The universe has selected them as representatives to their nature. They care little about the human folk, bumbling about the lands as they do. The First Gods still exist. Long ago humans worshiped them or feared them as was appropriate. Some gods, such as the vengeful Raven God, don't associate much with humanity beyond then natural inclination to extract revenge upon what it decides is wicked. Others have bound their fates with humanity at a deep level. The followers of the Wolf God have never looked to the new human gods for their salvation. Instead, they run wild in packs through the forests of Dog's Run hunting along side their living god.

The New Gods are made of mankind. They begin as typical humans, but somehow during their life, they become more. They take on an aspect, becoming the instantiation of that aspect in the universe. The universe recognizes this and grants life, powers, and longevity to these new gods. 

There are scholars and wise men who debate the position and merits of each god. What is more powerful? The primal forces of nature or the steady march of mankind's civilization? Such debates are pointless as they all revolve around one thing. The First Gods have almost entirely left the earth. Some still remain in the wilder areas. Civilization has pushed them further and further away. Mankind has created it's own gods for its own purposes. Those gods walk the earth. They have histories, and they embed parts of the human spirit within themselves. Who would dare question them?



A special note to my religious readers - I have taken great care to construct a set of deities based on a combination of ancient religious. None of the discussion of 'gods' or mystical powers is intended to connect to any modern religion or it's followers. Instead, I mashed-up Roman concepts of humans becoming gods with commonly occurring notions of animal gods throughout the ancient world. 

 As with most things, none of this religious system is supposed to make sense in the slightest. It supplies a spiritual backdrop into the world that is at once amazing, and illogical. Why would there be two types of gods? Why don't they every interact? Why would the First Gods ever let these new human gods get started? The list of questions goes on and on. My fantasy world, just like the real one, doesn't stop to answer every question.