The Redemption Trilogy
In 2005, I started doing some game design work for White Silver Publishing on their Chronicles of Ramlar RPG. One hundred pages of world-description later, the White Silver team asked if I would be interested in writing a novel trilogy to tie in with the games. That's how the "Redemption Trilogy" was born: set in an area called the Reach, where people go to outrun their pasts, the novels explore the lives of four failed adventurers — and the people that surround them — as they struggle not to forget, but to come to terms with their pasts, and become heroes in spite of their flaws. Only Into the Reach (2006) and Departure (2007) were released by White Silver, but in 2012, a successful Kickstarter campaign enabled me to revise the first two novels and rewrite the third, Regaining Home (forthcoming). Into the Reach and Departure are out of print and hard to find, but I'm pleased to say that the revised e-book versions are available through DriveThru Fiction and Smashwords. Regaining Home was released to backers in December 2015, and is published for a general audience in January 2016.
Art by Lindsay Archer.
Into the Reach
Art by Lindsay Archer.
In the land of Eranon, the Reach is a desolate place where people journey to forget who they are. Now, a menace rises from this wasteland, and he is hunting for someone. To keep the madman and his chaos behind the Reach, four adventurers with haunted pasts must rise to the challenge. But how can failed heroes bring hope to others when they doubt themselves?
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Departure
Called to face the pasts they hoped to leave behind, Lydia, Kennerly, Nara, and Taru leave the Reach for the homes they once knew. There, new enemies have been set against them, driven by the same dark force they hoped they had defeated. Now the people they once most trusted have become pieces in a game that may lead them down the road to their deaths.
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Regaining Home
Art by Lindsay Archer.
War has come to the Reach. When his minions fail to deliver Nara al'Sheed, Zychariss, the most powerful necromancer in Eranon, takes matters into his own bony hands. As undead soldiers and demons surround them, Nara, Taru, Kennerly, and Lydia must raise an army. Because to save all of Eranon from falling to Zychariss, first, they must save their home.
Regaining Home, which was funded by a successful Kickstarter, is now available.
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Adversaries and Allies
Art by Lindsay Archer.
This collection of NPCs features the official character sheets for Kennerly, Lydia, Nara, Taru, and Mordyss.
Chronicles of Ramlar RPG
I wrote the entire section that describes the RPG's world, including the adventure hooks. The core book was republished into a rules guide and a campaign setting, The Chronicles of Ramlar World Guide, which is where all my material ended up!
Verto Syzol's Legendaria Geographica
I also contributed to a campaign setting flavor-guide, "written" by Verto Syzol, one of Eranon's most widely traveled merchants. He's a bit of a trickster figure, which made writing from his voice incredibly fun. I did a piece on Taru's homeland, in which both Taru and his brother Jilou play a part.
