Assassin, Half Elf, and Sorcerer Bella - Taken from the streets of her native land as a child, she's thrust into an exotic world where assassination is as common place as mead wine. She'll come to understand everything is not always as it appears, and that sometimes the best of friends, make the deadliest of enemies. Da-Xia - In a world where the intermixing of the races is considered treasonous, one lone half elf struggles to overcome all discriminations. Chosen for a suicide mission by his lord, he must struggle against overwhelming odds to uncover a mystery that's existed for two thousand years. His adventures may very well unlock the key to the past, and paint a future that none dreamed possible. Eric - Born before the time of most recorded history, Eric has never known his heritage. The direction his life is about to take will provide him with the opportunity to discover his birthright, but will he willingly accept that truth? A magician without compare, he'll be forced to acknowledge that his powers mean nothing in the great scheme of things. Bella, Da-Xia, and Eric are the assassin, half elf, and sorcerer; an event that was hailed and farewelled centuries before will intertwine their fates. Shashka, God of Darkness and Anger, centuries ago enacted the might of procreation, a magic that was forbidden on the day of awareness, and thus the universe was brought into being, however events set into motion that day are only now seeing fruition.
About the Author: Kevin Middleton was born September 28, 1964, in the town of Lindsay, Ontario. An ardent bookworm since childhood, he loves to immerse himself in numinous worlds populated with quests and flights of the imagination. Authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien and David Eddings have long moved him, and it has always been his vision to put pen to paper and give back a little of what he has so long enjoyed. January 1996 saw the beginnings of the undertaking that would eventually become The Battle of the GateHouse which is the first book of fiction in the collected body of works that makes up the tale of The Last Age. The writer hopes to settle certain aesthetic and moral values which he has long examined through his writings and poetry and it's his aspiration that not only the series tell a good yarn, but within its' pages the reader finds new friends with whom they can laugh and cry. Book two - The Hordes of Shashka expands upon the storyline and it all comes to a head in the final narrative titled Children of the Gods.