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The Fallen Odyssey

Author: Corey McCullough is an independent copy editor, proofreader, ghostwriter, and author. He lives in western Pennsylvania with his amazing wife Vanessa and their two beautiful daughters. His favorite pastimes are reading, writing, playing video games, spending time with his best friend (Vanessa), and, most of all, being a dad. A teenager’s wish to escape his stressful life just came true — with otherworldly consequences. Nothing is going right for Justin Holmes. Like many seventeen-year-olds, he sometimes wishes he could just run away and leave everything behind. But he gets more than he bargained for when he storms out of the house after an argument with his father and accidentally steps into a parallel universe of swords, shields, magic, and monsters. Suddenly, Justin is desperate to find a way back to his ordinary life in small-town America. His search for answers takes an unexpected turn when a strange old man and a powerful mercenary recruit him to rescue a kidnapped princess. But their rescue mission quickly takes a disastrous turn and becomes a life-or-death flight deep into the unknown wilds. Justin and his unlikely allies are on the run from dark forces wielding deadly, arcane power — demonic beings that seem to have suddenly arrived from somewhere beyond this world . . . just like Justin. Justin may not be a fighter, but he is intelligent and strong-willed. He soon realizes that nothing in this world is what it seems. Even his allies’ mission may have all been a ruse . . . to get to him. Ancient secrets are revealed that could shake the foundations of this alternate world . . . and might unlock Justin’s portal home. The Fallen Odyssey is a contemporary portal fantasy novel for college and “new adult” audiences. It is the first of a trilogy but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. If you like epic, serious fantasy about dangerous quests in magical worlds, check out The Fallen Odyssey.

Corey McCullough · แฟนตาซี
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Chapter 73: Ahlund and Gunnar (Part 2)

"It was Zechariah who first told me the name," said Gunnar. "Leah said she'd heard it, too, from the men who kidnapped you. Nobody knows who he is, but it's said he rules the demons. You probably know more than we do."

Justin shrugged. "Not too much. He doesn't seem very old. He always wears a crown and white armor. He said he was a king, but I don't know if that's true. He'll say anything to-"

"Wait, wait, wait," Gunnar said, waving his hands to stop Justin. "Are you trying to tell me you met Avagad? The overlord of the demons. The enemy of all mankind-you had a chat with him?"

"Remember in the Drekwood, when I got sick?" said Justin. "That was the first time I spoke to him. Somehow he was able to get into my mind. It happened a few more times after that. He tried to trick me into joining him. When that me didn't work, he threatened me. And tortured me."

"Tortured you?" said Gunnar, his face a mixture of surprise and anger.

"He changed your arm?" said Ahlund.