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    Novum Aevum: The New Age
    Novum Aevum: The New Age
    Novum Aevum: The New Age
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    Novum Aevum: The New Age

    By R Kain

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    In 20XX, a war broke out within the shadows of modern society, where a world of magic and mystical creatures existed. The magic using magi broke into two major factions—The Translaticius faction, who followed the traditional path of magic, and the Averius faction, who crossed magic with technology to create a new system, leading to an unknown path. What started as a difference of belief spiraled into a war that held no mercy or compassion.

    Having served for only one campaign, it broke a man to his core to see all the destruction and he withdrew, taking a position monitoring a city for two years. Things settled for him, until he’s assigned to take a new transfer and investigates a missing person’s case that brings the battle to him once again.

    This is a short story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR Kain
    Release dateMay 28, 2012
    ISBN9781476455150
    Novum Aevum: The New Age
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    R Kain

    Author:R.Kain is an author of various short stories and novellas centered on Urban Fantasy in contemporary settings. These tales tend to be dark, where good may or may not triumph over evil, but the price will be high, and sometimes the line between them is non-existent. Heroes may be just as dirty as the villains, but in the end, the only one they must answer to is themselves.Hobbies:* Reading* Writing* Playing Videos GamesFavorite Genre Book: FictionFavorite Genre Game: RPG

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      Novum Aevum - R Kain

      Novum Aevum: The New Age

      By: R.Kain

      *****

      Published by R.Kain at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2012 R.Kain

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      The characters and events portrayed in the book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons—living or dead—is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

      Warning: This ebook contains content that is considered unsuitable for those under the age of 16, due to graphic violence and adult language that may offend some readers.

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      Table of Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Epilogue

      Afterword

      Prologue

      The humid, dense fog and eerie quiet made tonight seem like a scene out of a horror story.

      It would be right around this time that you’d expect something to go bump in the night—like a trash can being rattled and overturned, revealing a black cat that had been playing around. Then, when you turn around, a figure in a hat and trench coat would suddenly appear and snap off some line, before it tried to wring the life out of you.

      Your feet would thrash as you were lifted off the ground. Unable to move or escape, desperation would kick in. Yet, it would be unable to prevent you from blacking out. The darkness would consume you.

      Now, imagine my surprise when that very scene was being played out in the distance. Some woman had the unfortunate luck to be wandering around at night—apparently she ignored the rumors that women had been vanishing for the last few days—when a Ghoul began to hunt her down.

      It started off by making the street lamps

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