The Wounded King (The Martuk Series Book 1)

A sacrifice. A dying King. Bones in the stone, blood in the wine. A Queen consumed by the Darkness. From ancient Uruk, The Almost King tells his tale. Of The Elder and his cunning Priests in their robes of red and gold. Of an Old Woman who can call the power of the Dark Gods. Of his mother, the Queen, and his dying brother, the King. And of the Darkness, an evil from before the Time of the Moon. Inescapable, its hunger never-ending, its shadow fed by the Priests, slowly overwhelming his family. Drowning in a sea of red and gold, the Almost King battles an unwinnable war as he navigates the wreckage towards his fate as … The Wounded King. *** The Wounded King is the first in The Martuk Series, a collection of Short Fiction based on characters from the full-length novel Martuk … The Holy.

About the Author

Jonathan Winn is a screenwriter as well as the author of Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast ("a great read...powerful and jarring," Cemetery Dance), the full-length novels Martuk...the Holy (A Highlight of the Year, 2012 Papyrus Independent Fiction Awards), Martuk...the Holy: Proseuche (Top Twenty Horror Novels of 2014, Preditors & Editors Readers Poll), the upcoming Eidolon Avenue: The Second Feast and Martuk...the Holy: Shayateen as well as The Realtor: an Eidolon Avenue Short Story, part of a series of free reads from Crystal Lake Publishing and The Martuk Series, an ongoing collection of short fiction inspired by Martuk....His work can also be found in Horror 201: The Silver Scream, Writers on Writing, Vol. 2 and in Tales from the Lake, Vol. 2 with his award-winning short story Forever Dark, all from Crystal Lake Publishing.

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