Paths of Vengeance : Book One of The Magic War

In a world where magic reigns supreme, nineteen-year-old R. Morcen is the seventh Soul-Wizard of the Arcane Academy, essentially the most powerful being on the Lost Continent. Promoted to the highest wizarding rank in the Academy, he begins to discover that the daily life at the Academy as he knew it was but a smiling facade, with deep dark secrets being covered up and whispered to one another behind the backs of the others. Simultaneously, in the condemned half-elf city of Edgewood, Xero Batlissa lives the way of the sword, having such skill and speed with the blade that he is often referred to as the golden ghost of the Edgewood. However, since the half-elf race have been scorned and held in contempt from time immemorial, his feats gather no fame and recognition outside his sheltered community. Life, however, is not all song and dance, as the two come to realise quickly under completely different circumstances and when their peaceful world of the Lost Continent suddenly turns chaotic, the all-important questions that surface up are but simple ones. In this epic tale of snow and flame; steel and shadow; the orcs and the undead; dragons, demons and eternal darkness, is there really any hope left at all for the goodly races? If society is supposedly governed by wisdom, then why is it that the clueless broken world is deemed right in our logical stead? What is good any longer, if another’s perspective of the same good is evil? What is real anymore; and what then is not?

About the Author

An avid lover of fantasy since the tender age of seven, Saurav Harikumar sticks to the genre in his first book Paths of Vengeance.Although he has been scribbling away ever since he could get his hands on some stationery, he took his inspiration to seriously get into writing a novel the second he put down J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which moved him profoundly.The idea for Paths of Vengeance sprung to him when he was seventeen as he struggled to keep awake in a boring physics class that was not going to be of any use to him; and has since blossomed into a full-fledged series with ideas for more than twenty books swimming in his head. Paths of Vengeance is the epic beginning of a long long journey. The first book in a lengthy series, it brings the Lost Continent to life, setting it up for the subsequent novels soon to come. His series, The Magic War, is a tentative seven to ten book series all set immediately one after the other.Aside from the field of literature, Saurav is an aspiring conservation biologist, pursuing a Masters of Science in the same. He loves trekking, doing solid research on behavioural ecology and evolutionary studies, photographing wildlife and exploring the great outdoors. He plays and watches football with equal interest, cheering on his team Manchester United in the English Premier League.He is a fantastic quizzer, boasting many awards in the fields of science and wildlife and is a voracious reader, reading a gripping novel long past dark and often into the dawn.Saurav now has officially turned into an author at the age of twenty-one with this debut novel, and he promises bigger and better things to come, with him already busy working on the sequel, The Company of the Dawn.

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