by luckywright
Book - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Dark Castle Nor and the Untold Truth Synopsis Coast of Wales, 1110 A.D. King Nor was a bigot . . . No other word gave full credence to his hatred toward Eurbries; a clan of elves with long furry tails. Chased through their forest by the king and his soldiers, the elves fled into a dark cave. With the forest torched, the king turned back toward his castle. Everything would burn, the angry flames sucking every breath of air from the cave. The battle was won without lifting a sword. He grinned. The forest would grow back, but not the Eurbries. Coast of Wales Autumn, 1201 A.D. In caverns deep below ground thought to be the center of the earth, a young elf woke from his pallet drenched in sweat. What seemed at first to be a dream playing out in his mind, only intensified now with his eyes wide open. If the spirits were trying to get his attention, they succeeded. Not to act on visions brought before him night after night would surely be against God’s will Tril thought. So, with the urging of his friend Lily, the two teens set out on a journey to the forbidden land above to free two women from bondage in the dungeon below Castle Nor. Their only weapons were faith and heart, but would this be enough to get them by in a land they had never seen? Lily thought so but the clan was furious when informed of their departure. Fear kept the elves concealed safely underground for 91 years and now they could be exposed by the brash carelessness of two young adults. To send out a party to bring them back would only increase the clan’s risk of exposure to an evil world. Now above ground in a dark forest, Tril and Lily are befriended by a young wolf with an agenda all his own concerning justice and revenge. Having his parents slaughtered by Lord Venome and four of his soldiers was reason enough to save two elves from the same threat. Later, Lord Venome found himself very troubled. Why were soldiers showing up dead in an unusual manner? Could the two witches in the dungeon be responsible for the strange phenomenon? Or, were there other magical forces terrorizing his world? Either way, the witches would soon be put to death getting rid of at least that threat. Lord Venome winced; a pain shooting through his loins and he remembered. Diannis . . . Her nude body beneath him was so beautiful in the candlelight above the bedding. How she struggled to be free. He shuddered remembering the broken wine glass she swung in a mad frenzy above her nearly detaching his manhood in a single stroke. Damn! For that, she and Cyranese would pay with their sorry lives. Sir Arron’s eyes were full of hate. How dare his father betroth him to a woman he’d never seen. Was he just a pawn in Lord Win’s grand scheme of things? To run from the responsibility of privilege seemed to be the only logical choice he had. But hearing that his fiancé’s ship was lost at sea on the way to the wedding gave him change of heart. There must be an answer. Ships don’t just disappear. Lost without a trace was not acceptable. Alaine’s life deserved more than that. To give up hope was to give up on life. Castle Nor rose from the perimeter of a small island like an angry stone dragon a mile out to sea, a narrow rock jetty connecting it to shore. The huge monolith seemed impenetrable to Tril but why would the spirits give him a task that was impossible? Lily assured Tril it would all work out. It was good he had her. Time stole the Eurbries from the thoughts of those at Castle Nor now 91 years since their supposed demise. Did they ever really exist? Most citizens thought not. Just imaginary tales dreamed up by someone to tell their children at bedtime. But for the farmers outside the castle, there was always a feeling in the air that the legend had merit. Economics was the silent reasoning causing some to wonder. In the dark caverns where the clan found themselves that night of terror so long ago, the soil was rich with emeralds. That was the clue. Elves disguised as humans called “Grounders” were the only ones allowed above ground, ever. They traded emeralds regularly with local farmers for staples and hardware needed to survive in their harsh environment. The elves were very generous and the farmers prospered selling the emeralds to traveling merchants. In a way, Lord Venome prospered also, but had cause to wonder. How could farmers do so well regardless of how much he raised taxes? Something was amiss but he couldn’t quite put a finger on it. When finally the Eurbries were exposed, greed and hatred festered, but there were those who stood up for the clan’s right to exist. To save the wrongly accused witches of Castle Nor, multiple protagonists came together as one for the cause, some being different species: elves and a wolf. All were fighting for the same justice but unaware of each other’s existence until the very end. It seems the spirits had a clear perception of what needed to be done and had a hand in orchestrating the results. Coast of Wales October, 2008 Novelist Robin Duggan and her daughter Alaine traveled from Torrance, California to Wales to research her book. Could ruins from ancient times still exist to give credence to a tale about elves, love and romance? Two pages were all that survived from a diary found in the ruins of Castle Win by one of her ancestors sparking a glimmer of authenticity to her novel she so wanted to believe in. Penned by Lady Alaine in the year 1235 A.D., the manuscript was found in her mum’s sea chest after her death. To denounce the credibility of elves would mean the whole story was a lie. But really, if God designed dinosaurs . . . Elves were hardly a farfetched possibility. Dark Castle Nor and the Untold Truth is a novel of 87,000 words.
Type: Book
Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Length: 313 pages
