When Balagir awakens at the fire with no recollection of his past, he discovers he is an ashen—a mysterious group of black-eyed vagabonds, addicted to the smoke they must pay the ghostly piper in exchange for power. With the help of the kalaqai (a sentient spark) and a band of nefarious companions, Balagir will have to traverse the northern wilds, cross seas and survive foreign wars if he is to discover the truth behind the Ashen Levels.
What the what, now?
Dorian White: No More Turning Away
And for added edification, here is the description in its entirety:
When everyone else is turning away it is time for someone to stop. And the time is now.
A true warrior does not want war. Yet they know it is their job to defend those who can’t, or won’t, from those who would enslave all. Peace is never free but is bought with blood and sacrifice.
Freak. Is it the subconscious voice of the mentally broken or an eternal being that feeds on the weakest among us? You decide.
That’s the whole description.
On the bloody trail of a cunning enemy, an ex-confederate soldier, Nolan, a tracker leading the US Cavalry, is driven by revenge. He finds restoration in an unlikely friendship—the son of the man who murdered his family—a distraction that could get them all killed. And the lives of ten innocent women are also at stake.
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Okay, quick — how many people is that first sentence talking about?
Creator 1 Sky Angel Episode 5 Hollow Earth
And that’s nothing compared to the description:
I am overjoyed to present to you the Fifth prototype of the First Generation Sci-Fi SCREENBOOK, a high-tech hybrid model of a lengthy novel and a short screenplay, professionally condensed every 500 pages to merely 100 pages, saving your precious reading time while still capturing the essence of all action-packed scenes and heart-touching moments, with AR/VR/Life-streaming reading effects, and readily adaptable to become a movie/TV series/VR hologram/Cosmic comic Book.
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Yup, that’s one sentence. “Professionally condensed” indeed.