Raven Queen, Arise

by Dave Reed, Shayla Raquel (Editor)

Overview

Justice is dead. Long live Vengeance.

Under the banner of truce during the holy Spring Festa, four Chosen priests of the war god brutalized me, cut my throat, and dumped my naked corpse in a mass grave.

They plan to do the same to my entire clan.

The priests of the Hierarchy believed that was the end of me.

But Death loves me. And he's giving me a second shot.

There's a price I'll need to pay, of course. Later. I have a plan for that, too.

First, I have unfinished business with my murderers. I need to save my family and protect my clan. And I burn for revenge. I'll kill the four that took my life and threatened those I love.

They won't die easy.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160731254
Publisher:	Wistful Tiger
Publication date:	10/01/2021
Series:	Temple of Vengeance , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	944 KB

About the Author

If you want to read the sexy bio written by my marketing team, you can find it on my website: davereed.me/about/

This is not that. This is deeper. This is why I write.

In our confused modern, global culture, we have some deep-seated Puritanical (and other traditions) roots of our evil. Don't get me wrong, it's not just politically warped monotheistic mythologies to blame. Even our purportedly secular global culture likes to pretend the essence of humanity is good and kind and bright. It's not.

My purpose is to remind us of what marketing and politics prefer we forget: we are two-souled creatures. We are light. We are shadow. We are both which makes us more. To be our best selves, we must embrace our duality. We are both wave and particle.

In my opinion, not only is utopia not possible in our Universe of scarcity, but it would also be stagnant and terminally boring. There's no story without conflict and stakes and risk and pain—and growth. That's all monster territory, all shadow.

The way humans make sense of the Universe is through story. It's so fundamental to our nature, we don't even notice it. I believe it's in our DNA. Since the Toba Event, we have evolved to be Homo narrans. We can't even think without using story.

In my philosophy, better stories make better people.

To that end, I don't write the heroes you want.

I make the monsters you need.