Fantasy author Boris Khan is sharing his opening pages of An Echo of Scarlet Song with you.
The Story
Every night, Count Kael Vorat dreams of the same song – and the masked woman who sings it. He knows her. For ten years he has kept her sealed beneath his castle, driving the dagger home again each time she begins to stir.
Then his brother's letter arrives: enciphered, desperate. Arin has uncovered something in Westgate worth killing for. Now he is gone.
The trail runs through murdered scholars, a tablet in a tongue three thousand years dead, and a name out of the oldest scriptures: the Heart of Anarand.
In Westgate, every smile is a mask and the woman waiting on the terrace wears the loveliest mask of all. Some songs call you home. This one is calling him to his grave.
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Story World
Discover the vast story world that Boris has created, with settings, the fictional characters, and how his fantasy world is ruled.
There is much more to discover in this incredible story world; see it for yourself!
An Echo of Scarlet Song Story World
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The Writer
Boris Khan is a fantasy author with a passion for creating immersive worlds and exploring themes of power, morality, and the human condition. His background and love for languages inform his detailed approach to world-building.
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Lots of wonderful imagery, Boris! Great start!
The link above to the story world does not function though. Having something for the reader, maybe visual, to understand the world and character they are coming in to read about would be very helpful! Otherwise all this:
"Anarand’aris, Year 4.310 in the Age of Last Hope 7th of Yumtal in the Windy Season
D’al Vorat, County of Amalay, Realm of Kiriador"
and a 1st p pov character that jumps right into a dream sequence can feel very confusing and disorienting. The reader doesn't know who is this person saying "I" or what planet/environment to get their bearings before being swept into any alternate kinda-trippy reality!