Animus of Hauden
Book Two in the Harmony of the Othar Saga
Destruction, hatred, death; the Darkening has awakened whispers long silent on Hauden, yet the grasping tendrils of prejudice threaten to choke the quiet voices of harmony before they can take root. Laedian Fayersae's long struggle to unify the Houses and the Nations has failed following the Shotak attack on Ofst and the Onayotek betrayal; and the Aktsi'a Othar fight to be heard amidst this cacophony of hatred as the heavy voice of discord soaks the soil with a drowning blood. Deafened by a killing bloodlust, new threats creep across the land unheard, and the annihilation of the Houses and the Nations is certain unless Laedian can discover how to speak for all the peoples of Hauden.
Excerpt
The serenity of the pink ribbon of clouds lining the northern horizon only amplified the destruction in the valley below them. There wasn't any need to drop a veil of shadow to cover their voices; only corpses would greet the sunrise.
"The red man and the white man have now become too few to aid us," Graeblaoni said."
Yes, Sister, but purging their bloodlust is necessary if they are to unify," Violoni said.
"Enwaten'nonh'Waktaniheke have returned," Geloni said. "There are no longer enough Shotak alive to drive those revenants from this land. The Waktani have come too soon, and they will cross the mountains this time; none can stop them."
"The undead will oppose us more vigorously than the undying," Violoni said. "The Khe'kenha Othar must find and light all the ancient fires. Without the strength of those eternal flames, our voices will forever be silenced from Hauden."
About P.A. Seasholtz
Still living quietly in a Minneapolis suburb, I continue to write the Harmony of the Othar Saga, and with support of friends and family, I am pleased to present book two in the series, Animus of Hauden. As with book one, Heart of Hauden, I hope you find as much enjoyment in reading the next installment in the series as I did in creating it. I'd like to thank all of you who have taken a blind leap of faith on a new author and given the series a look; I remain grateful for the opportunity to present my story, and I look forward to the unbounded possibilities that lie in front of us, waiting patiently for imagination to become written word.
