Adventure. Exploration of the human condition. All woven into a grand tapestry...Join Talon Forge on a quest for a brighter destiny. Leaving behind the grueling forges and rigid dogma of his past, he seeks freedom but finds rejection and suffering. The Xandrian estate offers hope and light—but also a burdensome cross. Disillusioned, Talon follows Lumen to Prospect, an island of promise.To get there, they pass through Wide Gate, sail the Sea of Delusion, and...

A quiet town. A religious community. An adolescent rebel. What could go wrong?Before Talon's adventures in the Xandrian estate and his voyage on the Sea of Delusion, he lives in a quiet community called Forgeria in the small town of Laboria. And though the community lends itself to quiet living that some might find idyllic, Talon views it as the calm of despotism.As Talon transitions into the early manhood expected of boys in a bygone era, he chafe...