Dolor and Shadow

Dolor and Shadow was written in the likeness of Poe and Patrick Rothfuss. It revisits the Classic Fantasy that made this genre what it is while delivering a new voice to Fantasy fans. Readers of Tolkien's Silmarillion, Norse mythology, and lovers of historical detail will enjoy Book #1 of this saga. Foreign complex names, detail, and sweeping imagery is what builds the setting around an adventurous plot featuring three elfin clans, a witch, and mystery. Dolor and Shadow is a daunting read designed for the intellect, the Nerd, those passionate for High Fantasy. From the Author: I wanted so much from Dolor and Shadow, but mostly, I wanted to transport readers back to the tenth century. I wanted them to taste the meat and drink of the Norsemen. I wanted them to smell the cold winters and feel the winds whipping over the harsh tundra. I wanted them to experience all of this without any effort on their part. Building the world of Dolor and Shadow was nothing shy of arduous. I spent months pouring over Google maps, weeks reading through the food timeline. I spent those same weeks researching medieval cooking and the influence of tenth century trade. I monitored countless YouTube videos capturing the terrain, climate, culture, flora, fauna, and lifestyle of Norway until my mind was numb. Years reading Wikipedia articles on the history of Norway, Europe, and England. Months of studying ship building and sailing terms for the Viking longships. I collected all of this information, rewound it all back one thousand years, and replayed it all through the elves' point of view. This is only a fraction of the work I did to bring to you the world of Dolor and Shadow. I don't want you to just read Dolor and Shadow. I want you to experience it. I want you to see it as I see it. Blurb: As the elven city burns, Princess Kallan is taken to Alfheim while a great power begins to awaken within her. Desperate to keep the child hidden, her abilities are suppressed and her memory erased. But the gods have powers as well, and it is only a matter of time before they find the child again. When Kallan, the elven witch, Queen of Lorlenalin, fails to save her dying father, she inherits her father's war and vows revenge on the one man she believes is responsible: Rune, King of Gunir. But nothing is as it seems, and the gods are relentless. A twist of fate puts Kallan into the protection of the man she has sworn to kill, and Rune into possession of power he does not understand. From Alfheim, to Jotunheim, and then lost in the world of Men, these two must form an alliance to make their way home, and try to solve the lies of the past and of the Shadow that hunts them all. I conduct a daily book reading on my website where you can listen to an authorial reading Dolor and Shadow.