Season of the Runer: TRIAL OF TWO – Book 1 by Abigail Linhardt – Excerpt
“That is orichalcum. It kills monsters. Do you understand?”
“I saved you,” she fought back, a little affronted.
“You almost killed me!” he screamed back. He stopped and took a breath when his entire body quaked from weakness. “We are monsters, woman. Orichalcum kills us. The sulfates in our veins are not natural.”
Her voice shaking, she said, “Do you know what I went through to get here? To find you?” A sob wracked her and she almost doubled over. “You are a horrible person. I hate you, but I need you.”
Sybal landed on the necromancer not one second later, plunging the dagger into his chest. But she didn’t stop there. Like a viper, she struck again and again, the necromancer’s black blood smattering her face and the sandstone around them. Tzarik had never seen her move so fast before.
“We need a Runer,” the boy cut in, taking the glass out of Tzarik’s reach. “In the courts, a woman whom my master loves, is about to be sentenced to death. She has requested trial by runing.” The shock almost sobered Tzarik right away. He rubbed his eyes then met the boy’s, frowning. “Trial by runing? A woman?”
The dead are rising
Season of the Runer: The Trial of Two
Season of the Runer Book 1
by Abigail Linhardt
Genre: Dark Epic Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery
The endless road and life of a monster-hunting Runer has gone stale for Tzarik and death is the only alternative. Tired of risking his life for the prejudiced people of Al’Myrah, it’s time to just let go. The only thing that stands in his way: A Runer cannot take his own life, breaking his oath to the dark magic that binds him to the hunt.
When a warlord from the far east threatens her family, Sybal, a young diamond mine heiress with a lavish lifestyle, takes action to protect her family and estate. But when her crime is witnessed, she must stand trial for murder. To save her own life, Sybal calls for a trial by Runing—a dangerous and often fatal dark pact with unknown magic.
Thrown together by law and dark magic oaths, Tzarik and Sybal find themselves entangled with an eldritch force when alone necromancer hell-bent on devastation, rises up, and ravages the eastern continents. Tzarik must conquer his desire for his own demise and train the empathic Sybal to save the people from a risen death.
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Abi works part-time as a freelance ghostwriter, editor, audiobook narrator, and is one half of the partnership that owns Altered Reality Magazine. She hopes to one day make these passions her full-time job while she hunts for the next bohemian adventure.
She has published works of fiction, poetry, academia, and even won awards for her short stories in science fiction and horror. Her novel, The Trial of Two, was named an Honorable Mention in the Writer’s Digest 2021 self-publishing awards and won first place in the dark fantasy category in The BookFest Awards. Abi is also a proud mom of ferrets. She currently resides in Kansas.
She is one of nine children–all of whom share the creative spark.
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