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    Sykar the Volkrog: The Sykar Series
    Sykar the Volkrog: The Sykar Series
    Sykar the Volkrog: The Sykar Series
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    Sykar the Volkrog: The Sykar Series

    By James Quinlan Meservy

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    Sykar the volkrog puppy is excited to learn about his world, and what it means to be a volkrog.

    This is an enjoyable fantasy adventure for the entire family

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharred Embers Publication
    Release dateJan 17, 2019
    ISBN9781386757993
    Sykar the Volkrog: The Sykar Series

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      Book preview

      Sykar the Volkrog - James Quinlan Meservy

      The Sykar Series

      Sykar the Volkrog

      James Quinlan Meservy

      To T.E. Bradford, K.R. Martin, Tessonja Odette, Cris Pasqueralle,

      Alicia Scarborough, and J.N. Tomczak

      Fellow fantasy authors who continually push me to greater achievements.

      This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the authors’ imagination or are used factiously.  Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to events or locales is coincidental.

      Cover Design: Alicia Scarborough

      A Charred Embers Publication

      © James Quinlan Meservy 2018

      All Rights Reserved

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to thank my BETA readers, for their insight and assistance in perfecting this story.  Huge thank you to Alicia Scarborough for her cover design.  I am ever grateful to Dorcia Beland for her assistance in editing the text of this story, thank you.  As always, I am grateful to the Light for providing me with the inspiration for this story.  I am also ever grateful for my wife and children, for their continual support of my writing endeavors. 

      Prologue

      A volkrog puppy opened his eyes for the first time.  All he could see was light, and his eyes burned.  He closed them.

      What is wrong young one? a soft voice spoke in his head.

      I do not know, he replied, thinking the words in his head.

      Is it the bright light? the voice asked.

      What is light? he replied.

      He heard a strange noise with his ears, like someone or something was saying How-oo-oo.

      The puppy jumped and shook with fear.

      Do not fear, that was your father.  He is happy you are feeling well, the voice said.

      My father? the puppy asked.

      Yes, your father.  He loves you very much, and is very happy you are well, the soft voice said.  The light brings life.  It fills the sky, providing the world with brightness, providing the realm of Zhavirsto with warmth, and the plants with food.  Without the light, everything would be cold and dark, and life as we know it would end.

      The word or thought of Zhavirsto, which sounded strange to him, like jha-VIR-sta, brought to his mind the idea of the entire earth.  Everything from the cave in which he sat to the great forest, to the high jagged mountain peaks, and

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