Rides a Dread Legion
Book One of the Demonwar Saga
Chapter One
Warlock
The demon howled its outrage.
Amirantha, Warlock of the Satumbria, reeled back from
the explosion of mystic energies unexpectedly hurled at
him. Had his protective wards not been firmly
established, he would have instantly died; the demon was
powerful enough to send sufficient force through the
barrier to slam the magic-user hard against the cave
wall behind him. The blow he took on the back of the
head was going to raise a nasty bump in quick order.
Demons always brought with them a large amount of mystic
energies, enough to destroy any unprepared mortal
standing nearby as they entered this plane of reality.
It was one of the reasons for erecting wards, beyond
merely confining the demon to a specific location. This
one had arrived with a much more impressive explosion
than the Warlock anticipated, and that surprised him.
Amirantha incanted a single word, a collection of
otherwise meaningless syllables that together formed a
key, a word of power that activated a much more
complicated enchantment. It ... read full excerpt from: Rides a Dread Legion ebook
