BASTION: Saga of the Freewilds, Book Three

The terrified gentry of the coastal city of Westport are being preyed upon by the insidious Man in White.Their hopes lie with the embattled members of the Westport Watch and their newly minted Watch Commander...Banished in disgrace, former Detective Constable Lukarde Alfans endured a dangerous journey to a faraway, forbidden land, experiencing harrowing trauma, torment, and treachery. He arrived in Westport, a city on the western coast of the Freewilds, at the behest of a missive sent by a wizened old knight of the Castillands, and of the promise of a new hope for justice to prevail.Lukarde found himself in a city beset by corruption, imperiled by the machinations of the same dread cult that destroyed his life and sent him into exile. He found himself in a city whose constabulary, the Westport Watch, had gone far too long without the stabilizing influence of a strong and competent leader.He found himself precisely where he was destined to be.Now, as Westport’s newest Watch Commander, Lukarde Alfans must begin to rally the beleaguered watchers and help them to right the wrongs of long decades of ignorance and neglect, and to write a new chapter for themselves and the gentry they are all sworn to serve.The Cult of Ebon, meanwhile, hastens toward an escalation of their insidious plans, sowing havoc, seeding chaos, and harvesting from the very life’s blood of the Freewilds…

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Banished in disgrace, former Detective Constable Lukarde Alfans endured a dangerous journey to a faraway, forbidden land, experiencing harrowing trauma, torment, and treachery. He arrived in Westport, a city on the western coast of the Freewilds, at the behest of a missive sent by a wizened old knight of the Castillands, and of the promise of a new hope for justice to prevail. Lukarde found himself in a city beset by corruption, imperiled by the machinations of the same dread cult that destroyed his life and sent him into exile. He found himself in a city whose constabulary, the Westport Watch, had gone far too long without the stabilizing influence of a strong and competent leader. He found himself precisely where he was destined to be. Now, as Westport's newest Watch Commander, Lukarde Alfans must begin to rally the beleaguered watchers and help them to right the wrongs of long decades of ignorance and neglect, and to write a new chapter for themselves and the gentry they are all sworn to serve. The Cult of Ebon, meanwhile, hastens toward an escalation of their insidious plans, sowing havoc, seeding chaos, and harvesting from the very life's blood of the Freewilds...

About the Author

First time author Michael Paul Scott wrote his debut novel, Freewilds - The Cult & the Constable, as an introduction to his original dark fantasy setting. The consensus among those who read early drafts of his debut novel, Michael Paul Scott establishes himself as a fantasy detective storyteller with an eye for detail and a focus on world building, character development, and high intrigue.After its initial publication in September of 2021, and upon the sage and advice and counsel of several of his contemporaries in the independent writing community, Michael set about to correct some of the missteps he made along the way. Unpublishing The Cult & the Constable, viewing it as an invaluable learning experience, Michael revised the story from a single, 706-page tome to a trilogy of tales... beginning with STORMSEND, Book One of the Saga of the Freewilds.Michael works full-time as a Distribution Dispatcher for Central Hudson Gas & Electric, the local utility company. He lives among the apple orchards and vineyards of pastoral Upstate New York with his beloved wife, Christine, caring for his mother Regina and elder sister, Debora, and their adorable dog, Scrappy.

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