The Verses of Ely-Anor

The Verses of Ely-Anor

by Rita Fae Harris
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Printed: 163 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, 60# cream interior paper, black and white interior ink , 100# white exterior paper, full-color exterior ink
Copyright: © 2007 Rita Fae Harris Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
Version: 1


The tale follows Ellie, a simply librarian, who is thrust into an unseen universe of might and magic, of dragons and demons. Only her selfless love for others and her stoic resolve to survive will save her from the darkness she faces. An alien being seeks to control her, to use her as his weapon. An ancient warrior speaks to Ellie's mind, and a forgotten goddess comes to thier aid.

Will Ellie be able to save the ones she loves from a certain fate? Will the alien creature use her inate powers to control the many universes? Will Ellie's inner ancient spirit rise, or fall away into memory?

A journey of both the mind and spirit, into places unknown, begins with the opening of a simple box. Alien beings made of glass, an ice elemental who fancies herself a goddess, and the spirit of an Ancient warrior must battle to save one small librarian. The librarian girl is prophesized to fight the essence of evil, Dragon, in the final battle. First, however, she must discover and awaken the goddess that sleeps within the deepest recesses of her soul.

Excerpt:

“You told me once there were choices.”

Her voice was a dead echo in the vacancy, and he let it float away from him.

“I give you the choice now, Betrayer. Face Dragon, stand with me. Swear fealty to me as the others.” Again she paused. “Or I will give you ultimate absolution, now and forever.” Ellie leaned so close to his ear that her breath was warm against him, and Criostal could feel her lips. “But I pray thee will stand, Betrayer. Stand with me.”

The last came to him a fire worm in the dark, eating at the oblivion he was wrapped in. Criostal heard her, and his eyes opened. The human costume faded away, and once again he was the crystalline man, opaque and smooth. He longed for the oblivion once, but noticed the trap it set for him even as it absolved him of all sins. He placed one glass hand on her face and she shivered from the coldness of it.

“I stand with thee, goddess.” He rose, shakier than Hesson and Brihain had been. Perhaps because the oblivion had meant so much more to him, it had offered him peace in a life of sin and betrayal, and he fought to regain the presence of self. Even as he knelt before her and spoke, the emptiness beckoned him, and he desired it even more than he had desired the human girl in a long ago house. His vow was stronger even than Benjamin’s had been, and it held him to her.

“Hear me, goddess. Here I give unto thee my life, spirit, and soul, for thy command and for thy disposal. I bow to thee as cova, now in life and since my birth. Upon even my death, all that I become and all that I create shall belong unto thee. This life that I bare, spirit that I contain, and soul that I give, shall be thine, in life, birth, and in death.”