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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Fantasy / General
  • Language:English
  • Series title:Journey to Elluma Nation Series
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:75
  • eBook ISBN:9781483507842

Crìsdean's Way

Journey to Elluma Nation

by S. M. Phelon

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Overview
Many centuries ago the celesphere called Earth was a much different place. Those that inhabit the Skies were at war with an enemy who had once been a friend. The spirit, Severn, once known to reside in the barren Moons has been relieved of his astral duties. His inability to produce life within his soil has filled him with a terrible rage. Roaming the galaxy as a lost and envious soul, he has devised the perfect revenge. Each spell, he is ever-watchful of the fertile planet, learning, discovering, witnessing the symbiotic affairs of the territorial creatures and the elements. His plan? Infiltrate the Earthen terrijeuns the Everwinds created to inhabit this celesphere, then Earth herself. Severn has created a false world inhabited by Mystical creatures, coerced, trained, and set aside for an attack. But the Mystics are only one of the tools he will use to accomplish this. Severn desires to use the terrijeuns themselves. The youngling, Crìsdean, has an unearthly discernment of both the spiritual and the elemental, and may be a threat to his plans. Unless Severn can break him. Troubled by the memory of his mother's unexpected passing, Crìsdean feels his father is keeping a horrible secret. No one has mentioned the Lands of Ice, or why he yearns for a faraway place. Facing an emotional standstill, the joy he once possessed has been replaced with fear. Daily visions and nightly terrors have brought confusion and despair. His mother had spoken candidly about his ability to "see," and about Life, but her wisdom is no longer there to guide him. Crìsdean is struggling to trust his senses, or this feeling of impending danger. His moods are getting worse, patience is wearing thin. At times he wishes he were invisible, a simple wight that people pass unawares. But this critical mission was created for him alone. Can he break away from despair and regain his strength in time? Or will he allow Severn to manipulate him into destroying himself, and his own people in the process?
Description
Many centuries ago, this terrestrial planet was a much different place. Those who inhabit the Skies were at war with an enemy who, at one time, called himself a friend. But all that has now changed. The spirit, Severn, once known to reside within the barren Moons has been relieved of his astral duties. Bitter thoughts of his lifeless soil birthed conflict between him and the fertile pioneer that is Earth. Severn has become an enemy of Bareia, the Earth Mother. And the secret to her fertility will no longer be known to him. Cloaked in disguise, he has hidden himself away on the Isle of Wrath. Each spell, he is ever-watchful of the fertile planet, learning, discovering, witnessing the symbiotic affairs of the territorial creatures and the elements. New life disgusts him, makes his suffering, his rage, even more unbearable. His plan? Infiltrate the army of terrijeuns the Everwinds created to inhabit this celesphere, and stop reproduction of any kind...be it spiritual, natural, or of the mind. Meanwhile, Severn has created a false world inhabited by Mystical creatures, and roams the Earth in search of trophies to join him in his dark world. But the Mystics are just one of the tools he will use to carry out his plan. Severn desires to find other, more devoted, guardians of the "fertile pioneer" to do his bidding. And he will start with the terrijeuns who reside here. Some are only vaguely aware of their power while others, due to his overshadowing presence, live in complete unconsciousness.Then there are others that are ever-curious, and seek to grow stronger with understanding, which is why he will stop at nothing to remove Crìsdean from the world's realm. This youngling, he has discovered, possesses an unearthly discernment of both the spiritual and the elemental. Severn must be strategic, and very patient...or the attack will fail. Troubled by the memory of his mother's unexpected passing four summers ago, Crìsdean feels there is something his father, the whole town, in fact…isn't telling him. No one has spoken to him about the Lands of Ice, or why his heart yearns for a distant place he has never seen, aside from his visions. No one has spoken to him about his mother, and what really happened the night the roof caved in. He refuses to accept the notion that he might have had something to do with it, but with the "unspoken" constantly hovering about, he can think of nothing else. The folk in his village, his father, and his impending Destiny all but force him to move forward, to focus on the steps in front of him. Crìsdean, however, cannot for he is lost. The joy and energy he had for Life has eluded him. With night no longer being his haven, his place to dream, he is haunted by daily visions and nightly terrors too uncomfortable to speak of out loud. With his keen inner sight, Crìsdean sees things most people tend to overlook, it is but one of his gifts. Lately, he does not know what to make of the things being revealed to him. His mother had spoken to him candidly about his ability to "see," about his Life, and his future, she made clear those things that confused him. She was a woman of piercing inner sight, as well, but her wisdom is no longer there to guide him. Crìsdean is struggling to trust his senses at a very critical time in his life. Whenever the visions come, he immediately pushes them to the darkest corners of his mind. He knows the Universe wants him to see something, but they are "somethings" he is not willing to see just now. He feels inadequate. His moods are getting worse, his patience is wearing thin, and his love of life is waning. It disturbs him when he thinks of how content he would be if he were invisible, a simple wight that people pass unawares. But this mission must be faced by him, and no one else. He has to believe in himself. Can he break away from despair and regain his strength in time? Or will he allow Severn to manipulate him into destroying his own people, and himself in the process?
About the author
S. M. Phelon is a homeschooling parent living in Memphis, Tn. with her husband and three children. She enjoys writing fiction, romantic mysteries, and relationship-based stories. In her quiet time, she reads, watches football, soccer, and well-written movies and plays. Her style of storytelling is very versatile and reflects, quite perfectly, the nature of her personality.