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    A Mysterious Journey: The Bard's Tale: Book One: Bard's Tale, #1
    A Mysterious Journey: The Bard's Tale: Book One: Bard's Tale, #1
    A Mysterious Journey: The Bard's Tale: Book One: Bard's Tale, #1
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    A Mysterious Journey: The Bard's Tale: Book One: Bard's Tale, #1

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    A Terrible Curse, A Bard Hunting The Unknown; A Powerful Force Has Arisen, But Its Face Is As Yet Unseen

    In the land of Theugua, where people still whisper of the ancient tales of old, a young Bard practices with his famous master. In this ancient land, people called Bards exist; they are warriors who can cast magic using their musical instruments. This land is full of legends, but they are nothing more than tales told to frighten the young, or entertain the old. However, Ornsell, a simple man in everything but his soul, couldn’t have known that those tales were coming back to life and that one of them was hunting him that very morning.

    Ornsell’s son, Vygarast, a half-elf and a Bard-in-training, finds himself in the middle of unnatural events that spin his life out of control. Without knowing it, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous game of fate, one that will lead him into the greatest adventure of his life with thousands of lives on the line. Theugua, once a land of peaceful humans and elves, is now threatened by what was meant to stay hidden, a being that was meant to slumber forevermore deeply in the shadows of space and time.

    The world is changing and nothing will ever be the same.

    This is The Bard’s Tale!

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLord Hart Productions
    Release dateMar 20, 2017
    ISBN9781386515401
    A Mysterious Journey: The Bard's Tale: Book One: Bard's Tale, #1
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    Blaine Hart

    Lord Hart has been reading, writing and gaming in fantasy since a child. He is a master of epic fantasy adventure and he has created the greatest fantasy kingdom to exist and that will ever exist, called Immortaland. His goal is to provide you with a truly entertaining reading experience that will keep you captivated from the beginning to the end and wanting even more! Be sure to check out his books and for a real treat, the audio books at www.LordHartRules.com

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      A Mysterious Journey - Blaine Hart

      Disclaimer

      This is a work of fiction.  Any names, businesses, characters, events, incidents and places are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner.  Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or actual events or occurrences is purely coincidental.

      A Mysterious Journey

      The Bard’s Tale

      Book 1

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      By Blaine Hart

      Copyright © 2016

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      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 : The Witch Harpy of the North

      Chapter 2 : Lanarast the Bold

      Chapter 3 : The Jewel of the North

      Chapter 4 : Of Spiders and Fairies

      Chapter 5 : The Four Dukes of Theugua

      Chapter 6 : The Meddler and The Ogre

      Chapter 7: The Owl Wizard

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      Chapter 1 : The Witch Harpy of the North

      There are stories still being whispered among the people of Theugua. Stories told about creatures hiding in the darkest corners of the world. Stories told about magic that could turn good and honest men against each other, stories about deeds that are darker than even the moonless night sky. Even so, men are quick to forget. Soon those hushed stories became nothing more than children’s tales told in times of peace. 

      For Ornsell son of Krull, that was always the case. The stories of the past were just legends that would never come to pass. He decided to start his day early and head straight into the woods to check the traps he had set the day before. As he proceeded along at a brisk pace, getting back home in time for supper was his only concern. Handling his axe with ease, he set off towards the forest. He was also planning to cut some firewood that would last him and his son, Vygarast, for a week on his way back home. 

      Day excursions into the forest west of Midvein were ordinary for the village people. Though the winters up north of Theugua tended to be harsh and unforgiving, the men and women of Midvein were tough. They knew that the best way to survive the cold winds of the north was to be prepared for anything. 

      The morning dew had covered everything in the forest with a sparkling veil under the rising sun.  Ornsell had his hands folded in front of him on his chest to try and keep himself warm. Taking a deep breath every five strides or so, he soon found himself deep in the woods and his exertions made the chill less now. 

      Winter mornings are the best remedy for an old man’s head like mine. This is as good day as any to explore deeper into the forest, how many good days yet until I can’t take a walk into the forest without needing Vygarast to help me? He laughed on the outside at the thought of being helped through the forest.

      His eldest and only son was destined to be a Bard, one trained by a living legend, Lanarast the Bold.  Being around to take care of him was not in his son’s plans. So be it! He laughed it off. If Vygarast’s fate is to sing in the kings’ courts and charm women with his voice for the rest of his life, then so be it. However, a sudden frown and flush of emotion betrayed that thought.  Memories of his life as a Bard (an amateur one that it was) kept interfering with his expectations for his talented young son. 

      You can’t be jealous of your own son Ornsell. He has talent where you only had luck to rely on. Just get over it! With a quick shake of his head, he kept on heading deeper into the forest, sometimes choosing to follow the forest path, other times getting away from it. The forest was beautiful and full of life despite the chill. However, Ornsell could not get his son out of his mind. Lost in his own thoughts he ventured deeper into the woods. It was only after hearing a twig snap behind him that he jerked suddenly aware, his thoughts alarmed. He turned around only to see the dark shadows cast by the trees dance around him on the ground. Even if he couldn’t see it, something felt wrong to him. 

      Bears are still asleep this late in the winter and it’s too early into the day for the wolves to hunt. Normally, Ornsell was not a man who fretted over a dry twig snapping, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that something, or someone, was following him. 

      A seasoned soldier, one matured in the last war of the Horizons, Ornsell wasn’t afraid of any man bearing a sword, nor even some who cast magic. Nature was his only concern and by paying his respects to the Great Mother every spring, he didn’t have anything to be afraid of. No, no matter how many times he thought about it, still something just wasn’t right. 

      I hope Skann’s boys are not in the mood for one of their pranks again or they’re going have a day’s worth of bottom ache when I finish with them. Those kids smell trouble from afar, especially since their father doesn’t give them a good beating when they deserve it.  Still, Ornsell went on, despite knowing quite well that a kid’s prank would not leave such a vile sense in the back of his mind and that they would not dare venture this far into the forest alone. 

      Looking around, Ornsell suddenly realized that he had no idea where he was. The sun’s bright rays barely crept between the leaves of the mighty evergreen and oak forest. Shadows were dancing as grey clouds passed above the thick forest. Cold sweat started to run down Ornsell’s spine.

      Whatever is following me can’t be good. His left hand instinctively rested on the handle of his axe. Then he slowly pulled it out as his heart pounded fiercely in his chest. His brown

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