The King's Henchmen: The Henchmen Chronicles - Book 1
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“Sweet Christmas, this place doesn’t end,” Abraham said.
The trek led them up another thousand feet until they could see the clouds like mist below them. They journeyed onward, climbing another peak until they all caught up with each other at the top of that hill.
Abraham and the company stood by Solomon and looked downward into the mouth of a crater that stretched as far as the eye could see. Parts of it were filled with black tar pits at the bottom. Birds’ nests were nestled in the cliffs. Rocky formations like stalagmites seemed to grow out of the ground in both rounded and jagged formations. A sulfuric stink lingered in the stagnant air.
“This is the place that you seek,” Solomon said as a chill north wind came down from the peaks, stirring gray hairs on his stooped frame. “The troglin call it the Elder’s Birthing. They say the fenix is the guardian of the hive that spawned the Elders ages ago. All trespassers not born of Elder blood will surely die.”
“It makes for a strange nest for a bird,” Abraham commented.
“The fenix is not a bird. It’s an abomination, they say,” Solomon said.
Horace spat brown juice down into the crater. “Looks like a troglin dwelling to me.”
“Agreed,” Bearclaw said.
“Well, you can gawk at it all you want, but we’re going in,” Abraham stated. He scanned the eyes of everyone in the company. “Let’s hear the Henchmen’s creed.”
“Death before failure,” Horace muttered.
“What?” Abraham said loudly.
More of the company joined in and quietly muttered, “Death before failure.”
He cupped his hand behind his ear. “I can’t hear you, Henchmen!”
The Henchman’s faces started to light up. On the signal of Horace’s fist pumping in the air, united, all of them said, “Death before failure!”
Abraham gave an approving nod. His juices started to flow. “The hell with the odds. Let’s go find that egg!”
FROM THE AUTHOR
Thanks for reading The King’s Henchmen. The next book will be out very soon if it isn’t out already. Here is the link to Book Two! LINK. With that said, I really hope you enjoyed this first book. This is just the tip of the iceberg in Abraham/Ruger’s strange journey. All I can promise for Book Two is more excitement and showing you places, races, and creatures that you’ve never seen before.
I cut some of my teeth reading books like The Thomas Covenant Chronicles, Dave Duncan’s The Reluctant Swordsman (Seventh Sword Series) and The Magic Kingdom: For Sale/Sold by Terry Brooks. Nothing cooler than our reality mixing with fantasy. Afterall, we’ve all dreamed about that haven’t we? Now, I can do it and put my special twist on it. Mainly, I wanted to do something different in portal fantasy and have a ball mixing the modern with a fantastic dungeons and dragon’s world. As for other fantasy, I’ve read about everything from Conan to The Hobbit and Harry Potter. You’ll see a little bit of this and that in all of my worlds.
For those of you that have been with me for the past 10 years, hey, thanks for all of the support! If you are new to my work, welcome to one of my many worlds. I hope you continue to enjoy it. Cause, you know, it would be really cool if you did. Heh-heh. I have over 70 books and several bestselling book series to choose from. Oh, and for those of you that know me, keep an eye out for Easter Eggs from my other series that I’ve planted, because all of my worlds tie together.
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