Calling the Reaper
by Jason Pere
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GENRE: Dark Fantasy
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BLURB:
The
time of the Unity has ended. Now, the realm of man is stranded between Paradise
and Purgatory. The Valkyrie and Reaper battle over the fate of all who pass from
the land of the living and into the afterlife.
Eight mortal spirits from vastly different worlds tread the same, inevitable path toward their last, crucial decision. Within them all exists the defining conflict every man must face—to look upon the end of their life with glory and honor, or to give credence to their baser longings, calling the Reaper to their own demise.
In this rich, harrowing tale of pride, deceit, honor, vengeance, and redemption, each individual must battle their inner turmoil, facing the sacrifices they have made before their unavoidable end in the land of the living.
But their last day in life is also their first day of death amidst the terrors of the underworld. Lord Master Death wants them all…and the real battle has only just begun.
Eight mortal spirits from vastly different worlds tread the same, inevitable path toward their last, crucial decision. Within them all exists the defining conflict every man must face—to look upon the end of their life with glory and honor, or to give credence to their baser longings, calling the Reaper to their own demise.
In this rich, harrowing tale of pride, deceit, honor, vengeance, and redemption, each individual must battle their inner turmoil, facing the sacrifices they have made before their unavoidable end in the land of the living.
But their last day in life is also their first day of death amidst the terrors of the underworld. Lord Master Death wants them all…and the real battle has only just begun.
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EXCERPT:
It was said he could not be defeated. It was said he had
slain over ten thousand warriors. It was said he had lived for nine hundred
years and would live for nine hundred more. It was said that his father was the
strike of lightning and his mother the winter’s frost, that he traded his spirit
to a demon for the strength of twenty men. It was said his blades were forged
from the teeth of dragons and his armor fashioned from the bones of giants.
No one knew how much was myth and how much truth save for
this: he was the Fist of the Shogunate, the finest of warriors and the most
brutal of killers. His thirst for blood and glory was unquenchable. His name
was Kenji Rei.
In the final days of autumn, the air was filled with the
crisp bite of the coming winter. The Emperor’s court found itself covered in
the shadow of falling leaves and petals as the morning wind stripped the trees
bare. Two men stood before an audience of some of the most prestigious men in
the empire, including the Emperor himself.
The first man was a formidable bladesman of impressive
lineage. Hoshi Okami was regarded far and wide as the pride of the Kobiko Dojo,
the oldest and most exclusive school in all the empire. It admitted no more
than four new students a year. Those Kobiko students were all remarkably gifted
and skilled warriors in their own right, and they required not only one but two
letters of recommendation from the most venerable Senseis in the empire before
they could even petition for admittance.
Above any living practitioner, and arguably any practitioner
of the Kobiko art who had ever lived, Hoshi Okami stood a paragon of the way of
the warrior. To date, he had never declined a challenge and had fought
precisely two hundred and eleven duels, winning each and every one of them. He
was about to fight his two hundred and twelfth. Hoshi Okami currently served as
the bodyguard and principle advisor to General Aiko Mastay. Okami’s opponent,
and the second man before the gathered audience, was Kenji Rei, personal
champion of the Shogun and Fist of the Shogunate.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Jason Pere is
a born-and-raised New Englander. He always had a passion for the arts and
creative storytelling. At the age of thirteen, Jason took up the craft of
acting for film and theater. He pursued that interest for over a decade until
refocusing his medium of expression into writing.
At first,
Jason took a causal interest in writing, starting with poetry and journaling.
Over time, he honed his direction and finally began writing larger works. In
November of 2012, Jason self-published his first book, Modern Knighthood: Diary
of a Warrior Poet.
Since then,
Jason has continued writing on his own, mostly short stories and poetry.
Calling the Reaper was his first experience committing to a full-length Fiction
title.
In early
2015, Jason became affiliated with Collaborative Writing Challenge (CWC). Since
then, he has joined many other writers on numerous collaborative projects.
Jason is a regular contributor to CWC and is scheduled to have multiple pieces
of his work appear in their publications throughout 2016.
You can find
out more about Jason Pere’s involvement and publications in collaborative
fiction at: www.collaborativewritingchallenge.com
To connect
with Jason, check him out at: www.facebook.com/jason.pere.7
Jason also
writes fanfiction for Team Covenant on their Blog of the Pheonixborn, dedicated
to the new game by Plaid Hat Games, ‘Ashes’. Go to http://teamcovenant.com/ashesonline/
to read Jason’s flash fiction work.
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