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Driven from their homes hundreds of years ago, the People have made their home inside caves at the top of the White Spike mountain range. Before She left, the Goddess created their laws and left a shadowy group of individuals to guide and protect Her chosen.
Hundreds of years later, most of the outlying villages have forgotten whatever they might have known about the deadly Guadel whose word carries the weight of absolute law.
An orphan nearly his entire life, Va'del wants nothing so much as to find a place in his village where he can belong. The invitation to join a visiting Guadel family initially feels like coming home, but events soon leave him more bitterly alone than ever.
As a dangerous enemy circles ever closer, threatening the complete destruction of the People, Va'del is given the opportunity to avenge his adopted family and protect the things he's come to value above everything else.
Story Length: 68,000 words
Author's Note: I'm especially excited about the Guadel Chronicles because I've spent so much time with Va'del. The sequel to The Trial is already in rough draft form and I'll soon be shopping around a short story featuring some of the other prominent characters from the first book. Long term, I've got a very rough outline for a third book and some tentative ideas for a prequel involving the events that led the People to their current home.