William Thrash

Young Sarah Jane Anderson can't believe the house she was hired to clean was... that one. Old, overgrown, and shunned, the interior of the house is another world.Inside she meets the ailing lady Bethany Van Doren who is suffering from Parkinson's Disease. Sarah is given strict instructions to completely ignore the man upstairs. The house must be cleaned in preparation for sale before her death.Upstairs, Sarah encounters Sebastian Van Doren, the well-dressed young man who does nothing but read books in the house's library. Bitter and accusatory, Sebastian forces her to respond to him.Drawn to the man's presence, Sarah faces his hatred in a quest to discover the mystery behind the strange pair.Abused by her step-father and step-brother, she is desperate for the money the job offers.She has always been a doubter, and now she faces the consequences in a struggle against the truth.She finds ignoring Sebastian not as easy as her simple instructions demand.Why is he following her?A gothic romance novella, 164 Standard Paperback pages.

Leaving home and a life he did not desire, Taren sets out to join the Provincial Army and fight in a civil war brought on by the Shadowmasters. Finally entering the army, Taren is unprepared for the shock of change. Struggling to expand his grasp of shadow while training to be a soldier, he catches the attention of shadow users in the army. Having to hide Forven's book and the sword doesn't make things easier. Further, some of the shadow users appear quite hostile and threatening to Taren. Cryptkeeper and Soulcleaver put Taren in a great sense of unease. Krolassen Taren Morr must navigate treacherous threats to become a soldier. Once at the front, he must face the realization that the war is bigger than his na ve imagination. In the end, he is swept up in a daring move that could send him to the executioner. SWORD will be followed by the book SHADOW. There will be no fourth book. There will be no spin-offs. SWORD ends in something close to a cliffhanger.