Soul's Reckoning

by Sam Bowring

Published 1 August 2010

An army of darkness marches on the Shining Mines, stronghold of the light for a thousand years. At their head is the shadowmander, an unstoppable monster created from the souls of the dead.
A forgotten race stirs in Whisperwood, led by Corlas, who has been granted ancient powers by a banished god...and Fahren journeys with his old enemy Battu to the Morningbridge Peaks, where he is given a task that shakes him to the bones.
Meanwhile Bel rides with all the might of Kainordas behind him. He carries the Stone of Evenings Mild, his only means of drawing his counterpart Losara back into himself, thus making his soul complete. Prophecy says that a blue-haired man will end the war forever - and the time has come to look oneself in the eye.


Prophecy's Ruin

by Sam Bowring

Published 1 July 2010
'Prophecy's Ruin may just be the start of the next big thing in Australian Fantasy.' Weekend Australian 'two of the most intriguing protagonists I've encountered in a long time' AustralianBookseller + Publisher For a millennium the lands of Kainordas and Fenvarrow have been at war, ever since the gods of shadow and light broke the Great Well of Souls. In the absence of victory, they have settled into an uneasy stalemate - until a prophecy foretells of a child of power who will finally break the balance. Each side races to find the child, and when they do, a battle ensues with unexpected consequences - in a terrible accident, the child's very soul is ripped in two. Each side retreats with their own part of the child, uncertain as to whether they now possess the one capable of finally ending their age-old battle. PROPHECY'S RUIN tells the story of the two boys as they grow to be men. Bel becomes a charismatic though troubled warrior, Losara an enigmatic and thoughtful mage. Both are powerful young men, yet incomplete.
As they struggle to discover their place in the world and the shape of their destinies, inevitably each has to ask the ultimate question: will he, one day, have to face himself? 'One of the coolest fantasy series to come along in an age' AurealisXpress ** Includes preview chapters of Book 2 in the Broken Well trilogy: DESTINY'S RIFT ** Sam Bowring is a stand-up comedian and author living in Sydney, Australia. As well as the acclaimed Broken Well Trilogy and the Strange Threads Duology, he has also written children's books and for a number of television shows.

Destiny's Rift

by Sam Bowring

Published 1 November 2010

The blue haired man is prophesised to end the age-old conflict between the lands, but with his very soul divided in two, much remains uncertain. On the side of light, Bel sets forth on a journey to find the Stone of Evenings Mild, his only hope of reuniting with his darker half, Losara. But the Stone is lost, hidden away by an undead mage of mutable allegiance, in the lair of an insane dragon.
Meanwhile Losara has his own problems. The Shadowdreamer wants him dead, but with war coming he must unite his people for the final battle. His plan is to build a weapon that is unstoppable.