Arising Magic Two female babies shall be taken from the realms of darkness to grow up in a distant land. They shall return as maidens of beauty to save the world from corruption and evil. Continue reading...
If magic arises unchecked to breed upon itself it is unstoppable and the balance of good and evil will be compromised for ever.
Quotes from "The Great Book of Everything That Will Be."
In the days of old when knights ruled the land of Castle Rockshade, Kyla Kiro is one of the selected maidens. However, she does not want to be forced to marry the evil Sir Edwin O'Hane and persuades Shane Wynex the man she really loves to escape with her to the surrounding forest.
Over the years several couples had attempted to do this but none have succeeded. The males involved were assassinated and the women sent to serve their days in the royal concubines. However, Kyla has friends from the forest who can help, from Sliver a transman, half human and half tree to the forest dwarfs and talking birds.
Edwin finds she has escaped the castle and uses his own magic, a sun orb to trace her. After his attempts initially fail he returns to select another bride, this time Jaythen Gardan. She suffers badly and cries out for help. The forest animals hear her call, she is rescued and teams up with Kyla and Shane. Unbeknown to either of them these two young woman were the babies evacuated from a war torn land twenty years earlier and the prophecies from The Great Book of Everything That Will Be are about to be played out.
Prince Albert over-rules Sir Edwin as he wants Kyla as his own bride for reasons more than just her beauty. The two men are determined to find her and overcome the creatures of the forest protecting her.
So the magic of the land arises to a power never before seen. However, the good, through a twist of fate, turns evil and a docile creeper turns into a voracious monster that consumes everything in its path. Without divine intervention it will smother the forest and the human lands beyond. Nobody can stop it.
Can Kyla and Jaythen and their friends save the world from this creeper? And what fate awaits Sir Ervin O'Hane and Prince Albert in their attempt to trace the pair?
And the greater force of the rising magic, what awaits the lands of the Inner and Outer Kingdoms?
All will be revealed in "Arising Magic", Ross Richdale's fantasy novel.
After a career as a teacher and principal of mainly small rural schools, I now write both mainstream and science fiction and fantasy novels full time. I live in Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand and am married with three children and one little granddaughter. My wife, Kay, still carries the burden of teaching children at a local primary school. Find out more »
When I am not writing, I enjoy drawing on the computer and have designed many of the covers for my novels. My other interests include walking in the country and, in the summer, swimming in mountain streams or bounding through the rapids in a tractor tire inner tube. Many of my novels reflect my interest in the rural lifestyle as well as the cross section of personalities encountered during my years as a teacher.
