The long reign of the Royals may be coming to an end. Their City of Spires is centuries past its intended use, and signs of its being past its life expectancy are beginning to show. There is a new city being built in secret isolation with technology that threatens the upset the harmonious balance of civilization around the globe. The Council of Elders has decreed an open challenge to the next generation of future leaders hoping they will rise to the challenge. Is Ahmenar the One?
The Ossayu of Ahmenar Ishtam is an epic adventure-quest that takes place on Atria, a world whose ancient past could be our near term future.
Ahmenar’s mother went to a remote foreign land to hide his birth. As a newborn, he was taken from his mother and sent to a distant monastery, from which he was placed with a nearby family. He grew up unsettled, never feeling like he belonged and not knowing why. To find his place in life, he must uncover hidden truths about himself and do so before he is located by enemies he doesn’t know he has who would have him killed. To defeat them, he must master weapons he doesn’t understand, and find answers to questions he doesn’t know to ask.
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An immersive, epic adventure quest The OAI is episodic, released in a series of books.
Invitation
Book #1
Ahmenar's placement as an infant into the home of the Ishtam family has long been the fuel of rumors and jealousy. The long simmering situation worsens when Ahmenar receives an invitation to attend a Special Presentation at the Susemhren Guildhall. Guild meetings are absolutely restricted to Brothers, and only fifteen years old, Ahmenar is two years shy of attempting to become one. The issue of his attendance divides not his family, but the political structures of the region. Should he attend? How can he decide? If only he knew who the invitation was from, and why he'd been invited. But he doesn't, and the presentation is in just a few hours.
Is it for you?
Epic
A Quest to find the TruthAhmenar undertakes a sacred pilgramage to a holy shrine in a distant land to find secrets of contentious Royal factions.
Relevant
Where? When?Atria is a world whose ancient past could be very much like our near-term future.
A Coherent Mythology
Pay attention, details matterThere are no contrived plot-points created in the moment to make the story move along. When something happens, it is grounded.
A Puzzle
Pay attention, details matterA roller coaster ride through a well-wrought world, don't forget to answer the question for yourself.
Beloved Characters
A cavalcade of conflictWell-meaning people strive to make the Worlds a better place. Better? That notion is rather subjective.
Conflict
The Past meets the FutureA tainted ancient past collides with technologies recently created.
A Troubled Protagonist
Ahmenar IshtamA teenage boy, the son of a Priestess, in his infancy he was placed with a family, as is the custom of the Priestesses. Not everything is right about that placement. Long politely ignored, events force Ahmenar to confront the truth of who he is.
Immersive
The Worlds of AtriaDelightfully familiar, enticingly exotic, and utterly bewildering, the Worlds of Atria will enchant you. Is Atria a real place? Sure it is. How do you get there? Read!
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The OAI is a story of living into an uncertain future, and of trying to do so with integrity.
Ahmenar's story carries an important message for all human beings of all lands, no matter what their heritage, language, or ancestry because it has a depth of meaning that is vital to all our lives. There is a reason for this: this is not just Ahmenar's Ossayu. It is yours. It is mine. It is our worlds.
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