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    Into the Valley
    Into the Valley
    Into the Valley
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    Into the Valley

    By E. David Anderson

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    Aurelian, an exile from the militaristic nation of Akkahellonia, finds himself lost in the jungles of a rival nation and, following a brush with death, is brought into a subterranean world where the residents have all been changed by a machine thought lost a millennia ago. After falling victim to the machine and its possessor, Aurelian must summon the will to overcome his physical limitations and utilize a curse of blood in an attempt to escape from the valley and return to the surface world.

    Here is the first story set on the water planet Triton and its Celestial Isles. Inspired by the myths and legends created by pulp fiction masters Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and H.P. Lovecraft, the Triton Tales blend science, magic, and adventure as they tell the stories of the heroic men and women who struggle against extra-natural forces seeking to corrupt their world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherE. David Anderson
    Release dateSep 17, 2012
    ISBN9781301722952
    Into the Valley
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    E. David Anderson

    E. David Anderson is originally from Maine, but currently lives outside of Baltimore with his wife and daughter. He likes heroes who have the inner strength to be good in a time when morally gray characters are more popular and wishes he didn't have to drive an hour away to get Korean food. He obsesses too much on football and not enough on cleaning the house, and between tutoring gigs he manages to squeeze in a little bit of writing to validate the college degrees he isn't using. His influences include Steinbeck, Faulkner, H.P.Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the magical-realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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      Into the Valley - E. David Anderson

      Into the Valley

      A Triton Tale

      by E. David Anderson

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 E. David Anderson

      Cover Art by Denis Dupanovic

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Chapter I

      Lieutenant Aurelian hacked a trail through the tangles of vines beneath the canopy, his mouth agape as he chugged the air. He stopped to inspect the torn blister on his palm and resigned himself to the fact he was lost. In the back of his mind he had known this for the past three days, but only now could he admit it to himself. The confession frustrated him, but not because his rations were gone or because he had not heeded the Lighthouse Keeper’s warning to stay on the coastal road. He was angry because he had been trained by the greatest military in the Islands, and he had failed in the simple task of land navigation. He twisted the tip of one of his blades into the trunk of a tree, his lip curling back, as he realized it was his own arrogance the had caused him to ignore the old man’s advice and created this situation.

      His father would have been ashamed if he still lived, but it had been two months since his own kinsmen had hunted them down on the seas and murdered him. Two months since he had washed up on the shore like driftwood where the Lighthouse Keeper found him.

      However, there was nothing to be done. Having no direction meant there was no going back, so he continued his path down a spur until near the bottom he heard the tumbling of water. Aurelian labored through a thicket, which hooked his flesh and clothing, and emerged into a glade. The parting trees allowed sunlight to fall on a carpet of flowers having petals the color of sapphires. A river bisected the glade, gurgling its siren call and washing away his concerns if only for a moment.

      The wanderer mopped the sweat from his face as he crossed the clearing, abandoning his pack and sabers along the bank, then cast off his clothing from his broad frame before plunging into the river. Prisms of water collected at the tips of his curly hair and dropped back to the water as he scoured his olive skin with sand. A tattoo written in ancient glyphs was inked onto his right cheek and marked him as a soldier of Akkahellonia, and the green eyes above the tattoo contemplated the opposite bank before their owner immersed himself beneath the water.

      The soldier loitered in the

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