Cephrael's Hand - A Pattern of Shadow & Light is the story of a man who will go to any lengths to save the world he's sworn to protect. Yet the story isn't told from his viewpoint but from the viewpoint of those who have fallen beneath his shadow, from those who vilify him as a traitor, and those who follow him with the fervor of faith. It's the story of a world poisoned from within, of a dying race and those who struggle to understand its decline.
The Book has been self-published via Outskirts Press and is available as Paperback and eBook on Amazon, B&N, iTunes, and through Ingrams – 654 pages.
About the Book
"All things are composed of patterns..." And within the pattern of the realm of Alorin, three strands must cross:
In Alorin...three hundred years after the genocidal Adept Wars, the realm is dying, and the blessed Adept race dies with it. One man holds the secret to reverting this decline: Bjorn van Gelderan, a dangerous and enigmatic man whose shocking betrayal three centuries past earned him a traitor's brand. It is the Adept Vestal Raine D'Lacourte's mission to learn what Bjorn knows in the hope of salvaging his race. But first he'll have to find him...
In the kingdom of Dannym...the young Prince Ean val Lorian faces a tenuous future as the last living heir to the coveted Eagle Throne. When his blood-brother is slain during a failed assassination, Ean embarks on a desperate hunt for the man responsible. Yet his advisors have their own agendas, and his quest for vengeance leads him ever deeper into a sinuous plot masterminded by a mysterious and powerful man, the one they call First Lord...
In the Nadori desert...tormented by the missing pieces of his life, a soldier named Trell heads off to uncover the truth of his shadowed past. But when disaster places him in the debt of Wildlings sworn to the First Lord, Trell begins to suspect a deadlier, darker secret motivating them.
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Reviews (Excerpts)
- “Melissa McPhail weaves a story filled with magic, adventure, love, seduction, chaos and complexity right from the start. I was captivated from the first page and left wanting more at the last word.
It amazed me that she was able to seemingly easily weave each character's story to a beautiful intersection. Each revelation, each twist had me on the edge of my seat and wanting to read on to find out where it would ultimately lead the characters.[...]” - Moody (Amazon)
- “For those fantasy fans out there, read this book. Gripping, gripping, gripping. The book kept moving without seeming redundant and is laced with humor and wit. I highly recommend it.[...]” - LR (Amazon)
- “Great author and fantastic fantasy journey. Well worth the read! Looking for a good escape over the holidays? This did it for me. ” - YouthMuse (Amazon)
- “This series is one of the best I have read in a long time and this author is in the top five of my favorite authors. When reading this book, you are engrossed from the start by the character development and story line. I cared about the story line and the characters from the start and couldn't wait to see what happened next. And, unlike so many other books, I don't feel like I can accurately predict the ending - and to me, that is a really, really good book![...]” - Katbailey (Amazon)
- “Cephrael's Hand is an epic fantasy of the highest order. I can't even imagine how long it took for Melissa McPhail to invent a language, a world and multiple races of people. She does it all masterfully, with description so vivid I could imagine myself in the opulent tents of the sun-drenched desert, or having high tea with the royal women at Calgaryn Palace.[...]” - Teressa Morris
About the Author
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| Melissa McPhail |
Her work reflects an understanding of human motivations and adventures into the age-old question of good versus evil as modified by viewpoint, context and time.
Ms. McPhail lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, their twin daughters, and two very large cats. Cephrael's Hand is the award-winning first book in her series A Pattern of Shadow & Light.
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