Kaarathlon
2 primary works
Book 1
The touch of a nine-year-old girl, Cassian, awakens a twisted and tormented dragon from a spell of oblivion to rain destruction upon the world. A young orphan boy, Jaryle, is chosen to call the people, from the mighty King Faarwhey to the prisoners in his dungeon, to turn to the Creator, for the fullfillment of the long-awaited yet-all-but-forgotten Promise is at hand. His visions of Kathreen Alarion, a Dragon-rider and Wizard who lived in a different time on another continent offer insight and perspective for his own life and the events of the war-torn world around him. Meanwhile Amrath, embittered and traumated by her own tragedy, flees for her life from the wrath of the Dragonqueen, the bloodthirsty goddess of the age. Is she called to join Jaryle in his mission as Herald and Knight of the Promise?
In the midst of all this, the Promise is to be fullfilled. Seeming disaster and failure are proven to be in accord with the prophecies and the very fullfillment of the Promise.
Book 2
Arendellie's best friend, Kathreen, has left her to proclaim the Promise. Deeply disturbed, she leaps at a chance to become Queen of Camil Hasseleighton, hoping to leave behind her past life and all memory of the Promise in the complexity and excitement of court intrigue, but a scroll given her by Kathreen has the power to change her life completely.
Azshbir, another friend of Kathreen Alarion, is thrown into prison. While struggling with the greatest despair he has ever known, he is gifted what may be the greatest prophetic vision yet given to the People of the Promise.
Brisia is rescued by Kathreen when her mother is taken by the soldiers of Camil Hasseleighton. Her child-like approach to reality allows her to see things others miss, but as she grows older and reads the scroll left to her by Kathreen, she learns more about the Creator and His Promise - or does she only learn how to better say what she knows?