Book 1 · The Prophecy of Ruin, Book One · The Prophecy of Ruin Saga
Chain of Light
An Epic Fantasy of Prophecy and Fate
THE PROPHECY NAMED A HERO. IT NEVER SAID WHICH ONE.
On the night Aurelan was named, a prophecy split one future between two boys. One shall bear the chain of light, one the cloak of night. One shall be hailed, the other hunted. Aurelan grew into the Knife of Veyr, the hero every village prays will pass its way. Behind him, always fifteen paces back, walks a scarfed man whose name no one will say aloud. Where the Knife is cheered, the scarfed man is cursed. Where the Knife saves, the scarfed man has already been. Floods. Fires. Bridges that fail a day before the crossing. Someone is unmaking the road ahead of them, and someone else is quietly holding it together. The further east the two men walk, the harder it becomes to tell which of them the prophecy meant.
317 pages · 9798193141730 · Perch Press
Book 1 of The Prophecy of Ruin Saga. The story continues in Cloak of Night.
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M. A. Khan writes at the meeting point of ancient warning and modern consequence. A British author with a previous career at the sharp end of military and trauma medicine, he brings a surgeon's economy and a soldier's eye to stories that range from apocalyptic geopolitical thrillers to mythic dark fantasy. His books ask one recurring question: when the old stories said we were warned, what exactly were we supposed to do about it? He writes as M. A. Khan; his nonfiction appears under Mansoor Ali Khan. Published by Perch Press.