The Infinite Road to Kataal (Chapter 5-6)
PDF: Chapter 5 – To Be Known I am trapped in a memory. Similar screams, though I am certain they are my own. The same lithe figure putting himself between harm and the harmed. Enforcers are often all muscle and bluster. Large men and women who have found themselves on the side of failure in their pursuit of more glorious endeavors. Failed out of Sovereign armies, failed out of the royal guards of this imperial house or that. Filled with nothing but an overwhelming urge to f
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The Infinite Road to Kataal (Chapter 3-4)
PDF: Chapter 3 - Violet Skies Five days of walking with little and less in the way of comforts. By the time we arrive in the next town (if it could truly be called one), I relish their mediocre food and warm beer. Similar to Pelos, Dantan does not get many visitors. Baraki the inn keep tells us that we are the first travelers she has seen in nearly half a season. “We’re not a destination or a waypoint. Not a place people go to, and certainly not a place people come from. I
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The Infinite Road to Kataal (Chapter 1-2)
PDF: Chapter 1 - Blue Blossom Days Pelos is a small town, if it can even be considered such. They are hardly bothered by the nearest Sovereign, the Collectors and Criers seem to only remember the town exists when they happen through it by accident on the way to and from more important places. But that also means that it is not a place for Adventurers. No, Pelos is a place free from Chaos. As such, it is a perfect place to start a new life. I know nearly every face in Pelos
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The Infinite Road to Kataal (Preface and Prologue)
PDF: Preface: I have lived a thousand lives. I have started wars, ended them, and lived to regret my part. I have mastered tongues of old, even twice come back from the Brink; I have loved and lost, laughed and lamented. Still it is not enough. The infinite road to Kataal stretches on, the fabled city elusive. In all likelihood, the rumors of the Land of the Undying are nothing more than that—rumors. Phantom words conjured by conniving Sovereigns intent on seeing another Ch
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Introduction - The Four Pillars
About Me Hello and welcome to Aidan Burns Books. I am Aidan Burns and I like books, I don’t burn them, (common misconception). I am actually ardently against the burning of books in any situations that don’t include the sheer necessity for survival. If you’re freezing to death and all you have for the base of a fire are the dry, tattooed carcasses of trees long dead—go for it. However, if you believe that burning books will display anything other than ignorance and fear, plea
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