Shard Knight: Echoes Across Time Book 1 (Volume 1)
Matthew Ballard
Language: English
Pages: 518
ISBN: 1494472899
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
At just fifteen seasons, Prince Ronan Latimer emerges from the Tournament of Knights as its youngest champion in five hundred years. A champion who’s earned the right to absorb ancient Meranthian battle magic. Battle magic that places him among the ranks of an elite group of men and women dedicated to preserving Meranthian culture and upholding its law. But what should be a time of celebration ends in horror as Ronan’s mother, Queen Arianne, falls victim to an assassination plot. With his life turned inside out, Ronan’s thirst for revenge threatens to destroy the life of his only friend and leave the kingdom in shambles. Ronan races to unravel the key to an ancient mystery meant to restore the full power of magic before his enemies. The first part of an epic journey awash in magic, adventure, and romance travels through sprawling cities, giant forests, dangerous snow-capped mountains, and long-forgotten underground ruins.
steady himself as he sprinted across the shifting sand. As he’d done throughout the tournament, he never hesitated. He wanted his rivals to panic. A frightened opponent became easy prey for an aggressor, and he used the tactic to rattle his foes. At eighteen seasons, Bryson Slater had lived three years longer than Ronan, and he’d used that time transforming himself into a muscled giant of a young man. Eyebrows raised when he’d delayed his graduation a year waiting for a shard to become
Himself!” Pride closed his eyes and touched the thick glass-like surface of the sphere. Raw energy crackled racing along Pride’s extended arm. Blue light flowed over and around his body as a look of extreme pain twisted his face. His eyes widened and bulged as his face spasmed. Pride’s thin dry lips flapped, and white frothy spittle seeped from his mouth. His body seized as the power of the sphere electrified him. With Pride’s eyes rolled back into his skull, the sphere’s power repelled him a
Breakfast With The King Unleashed Twins Pride's Ally The Golden Tap The Book A Strange Meeting The Last Plan Tyrell's Gift Twisted Fate Epilogue About The Author Title Page Tournament The heavy iron gate separating Ronan from tournament victory rattled upward revealing the sun drenched sands of the arena floor. Raucous cheers erupted from the spectators straining to catch the first glimpse of the competitors. Outside the holding pen’s cramped confines, a hundred thousand rumbling
him? “Come walk with me Danielle.” Connal stood and extended his hand. Danielle grabbed hold and pulled herself to her feet. Connal crossed the bridge and walked along the muddy shoreline. “Do you remember skipping stones across this pond? You were maybe five or six years,” Connal said. “Yes. I remember trying to skip stones. I never had much luck. You told me to keep trying, and one day I'd find the other side.” “Do you think today’s that day?” He smiled. Danielle grinned. “No problem.”
bartender’s eyes widened in surprise. “Ronan! This way. Hurry!” She motioned behind the bar. Danielle followed Ronan, and they ducked behind the bar where the young woman opened a trapdoor revealing a set of damp wooden stairs. Ronan plunged downward entering a wall of black darkness. Danielle followed eager to escape and grateful for her brother’s fast thinking. Ronan waited halfway down the stairway and reached for Danielle’s hand. “Take my hand Danielle.” She groped in the darkness until