What is your stance?
The Empress’ Journey
Tikl The First of Nehel Book 1
by Joseph Kopel
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Amid turmoil and despair, a new hope arises as a young
empress.
The Promise has to accept her stance.
"I am just a small girl with all the burden of an empire."
Beings of pure evilness.
"I had an encounter with a wraith of nightmarish malevolence!"
Tests of loyalty.
"Do not ya see, indeed, the Promise is with this knight?"
The Gesha (Prologue)
So many stories about the Gesha spread throughout Sankaris. Unfolded in different accounts, but the same culmination.
Though restricted to half a continent, the influence reached all over the world.
None of the four moons were visible that night as dark clouds gathered over the ailing Kingdom of Aranka.
A realm so cursed by the plague and the sudden death of two monarchs in a short time.
The thunderstorm came afterward.
A massive roar echoed from the clouds, even in distant places on three continents.
The sound was too bizarre to be a rumble of thunder.
The blazing white lightning impossible to see fell to the ground somewhere in Aranka. A burning reverberation resonated, shrieking.
The powerful earthquake trembled the underground.
Twisted and massive, rapid winds danced along with the fire. It lasted a moment in time but seemed an eternity.
Then, void. Silence, darkness. Without a trace, the clouds vanished, unveiling the night sky with the imposing moons of No Sak and No Nunn.
By the morning, when the sun arose, Aranka was no more.
Nothing.
All existence of a realm gone.
Life became dead. Sand only sand. Desert.
A kingdom obliterated.
Everyone knew the morning sensed strange.
A severed balance immutably maimed Sankaris.
Excerpt from: Kopel, Joseph. The Empress' Journey: Tikl the First of Nehel (pp. 7-8). Joseph Kopel. Kindle Edition.
“I have a feeling there is more you wish to reveal. Have you forgotten?” she said with a fixed stare. “What is my life stance?”
“Aye, Lakia,” he smiled with apprehension. “You were born as the Promise of the Jyistereerk, an empress entrusted with bringing balance to this ill world.”
The girl, feeling a sense of tranquility, turned her gaze towards the majestic Karekall Mountains. She understood what dwelt beyond the formidable mountains and knew her purpose. Still, an essence of chilling mystery hid behind.
Excerpt from: Kopel, Joseph. The Empress' Journey: Tikl the First of Nehel (p. 203). Joseph Kopel. Kindle Edition.
His eyes wetted, and he was about to cease on his purpose when a light wind crashed on his face. He sensed her and turned to glance to the left.
Juni found her.
Lakia stood under a cherry blossom tree of white flowers. She was immobile and covered by the cloak’s hood and with boyish clothes.
The wind, her wind, made the loosened flower’s tiny petals descend on her like a snowfall. Her hazel eyes stared at him inexpressively.
Juni rushed and halted when he had her before him. His breath was fast that he could barely speak. “Please! Forgive me! I should not have called you a sorcerer!” gasped, with a regretful and sad face. “You are more than that!”
Joseph Kopel is an imaginative author who has transitioned from Sci-Fi to Space Opera and now ventures into the realm of Fantasy with his debut in the genre.
What began as a hobby has grown into thirty-five years of writing. Being bilingual, he switched between English and Spanish. The greatest influences on him were the Latin American literature in Mexico City's libraries and the most famous American Sci-Fi authors.
When he is out of any fantastic realm to be in the world of reality, he enjoys his time with his wife, three kids, and his two pets.
Currently, he lives in Northwest Missouri, in a small peaceful country town of only 250 people.
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