The Curse of Ares
The sky over Elyros bleeds copper and ash, an ominous prelude to the screams that shatter the village's peace. Ten-year-old Iole's innocent observation of a blood-red sky turns chillingly prophetic....
The sky over Elyros bleeds copper and ash, an ominous prelude to the screams that shatter the village's peace. Ten-year-old Iole's innocent observation of a blood-red sky turns chillingly prophetic as bronze-armored figures, silent and deadly, breach their ancient walls. Theron, a young man who knows the distances to safety by heart, finds himself shielding his sister from a horror that melts the village into shadows. But the true terror arrives when a voice, sharp as a knife, cries out a name that stops the invaders cold: "ARES!" A god steps from the smoke, his eyes glowing blades, demanding a promise made eighteen years ago from Theron's own mother, Kaia. What ancient debt has come due, and what impossible choice now faces a family caught between divine wrath and a forgotten past?