Kael and the Deathless Horde
(2026)(Book 16 in the Kael Brightsun Chronicles series)
A novel by Zackery Arbela
The dead have learned to walk beneath the sun.
After months stranded on the ground, the flying city of Ho'ta'la is ready to take to the skies once more. But when a desperate escape leaves the Aeonins grounded deep within Ulaithann, Kael expects only another delay on his long journey.
Instead, he finds a countryside under siege.
Zranns—the ravenous dead that have always feared the light—are slaughtering the living in broad daylight. Worse, these creatures are changing. They are becoming stronger. Smarter. Organized. And Kael knows the man who may be responsible.
Laercan vai Imbolth escaped the Hidden Sky carrying forbidden knowledge stolen from an ancient power. Once, Kael considered him a friend. Now the sorcerer remembered in legend as Laercan the Mad is pursuing an obsession that has already destroyed countless lives: conquering death itself and restoring the family he lost more than a century ago.
But Laercan isn't the only one hunting for the secrets he stole.
A Zrann calling himself Zashak has gathered a deathless horde, and he intends to claim that forbidden knowledge for himself. If he succeeds, sunlight may no longer protect the living'''and the dead may never fear the day again.
Caught between a grieving sorcerer willing to defy death and an enemy determined to unleash the dead upon the living, Kael must find Laercan before the horde does.
Because some doors were never meant to be opened.
And some things should stay dead.
Genre: Fantasy
After months stranded on the ground, the flying city of Ho'ta'la is ready to take to the skies once more. But when a desperate escape leaves the Aeonins grounded deep within Ulaithann, Kael expects only another delay on his long journey.
Instead, he finds a countryside under siege.
Zranns—the ravenous dead that have always feared the light—are slaughtering the living in broad daylight. Worse, these creatures are changing. They are becoming stronger. Smarter. Organized. And Kael knows the man who may be responsible.
Laercan vai Imbolth escaped the Hidden Sky carrying forbidden knowledge stolen from an ancient power. Once, Kael considered him a friend. Now the sorcerer remembered in legend as Laercan the Mad is pursuing an obsession that has already destroyed countless lives: conquering death itself and restoring the family he lost more than a century ago.
But Laercan isn't the only one hunting for the secrets he stole.
A Zrann calling himself Zashak has gathered a deathless horde, and he intends to claim that forbidden knowledge for himself. If he succeeds, sunlight may no longer protect the living'''and the dead may never fear the day again.
Caught between a grieving sorcerer willing to defy death and an enemy determined to unleash the dead upon the living, Kael must find Laercan before the horde does.
Because some doors were never meant to be opened.
And some things should stay dead.
Genre: Fantasy
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