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CHAPTER FORTY

 

 

Thorgrin, free of his shackles,
dressed again, feeling stronger than he’d ever had, walked together with
Andronicus up a small knoll, the two of them heading towards the high point of
the camp. As they crested the top they looked out together, and there sat the
Empire army, a half-million soldiers looking back.

The Empire soldiers stared back
in suspense, waiting. Andronicus stood beside Thorgrin, father and son. Thor
was now fully dressed in the clothing of the Empire, wearing the same black and
gold, the same uniform of his father, his breastplate emblazed with their
symbol: a lion with an eagle in its mouth. Thor’s eyes were cold and hard, and
as he looked out, he looked more like his father than ever. He was
unrecognizable from the boy he once was.

Thor stood atop the hill,
gripping his new sword, the one that had once belonged to his father, long and
black and evil, with a silver hilt, glistening in the scarlet sun like a snake
ready to strike.

“MEN OF THE EMPIRE!” Andronicus
yelled out. “Meet your new commander. My son. Thornicus!”

Thorgrin stepped forward and
looked down. Then he raised his new sword high above his head with a single
arm.

There came a huge shout of
approval, and Thor drank it in. He was ready to lead these men, to crush the
Ring. He was ready to embrace who he really was. He was ready to do as his
father commanded him. He was ready for the final destruction of the Ring.

“Thornicus!” echoed the army, a
half million voices rising to the sky.

Thor turned slowly, raising the
sword ever higher.

“THORNICUS!”

“THORNICUS!!”

COMING SOON….

Book #8 in the Sorcerer’s Ring

 

 

Books by Morgan Rice

 

THE SORCERER’S RING
A QUEST OF
HEROES (Book #1)
A MARCH OF KINGS (Book #2)

A FEAST OF DRAGONS (Book #3)

A CLASH OF HONOR (Book #4)
A VOW OF GLORY (Book #5)
A CHARGE OF VALOR (Book #6)

A RITE OF SWORDS (Book #7)

 

THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY
ARENA ONE: SLAVERSUNNERS (Book #1)
ARENA TWO (Book #2)

 

THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS

TURNED (Book #1)

LOVED (Book #2)
BETRAYED (Book #3)

DESTINED (Book #4)

DESIRED (Book #5)
BETROTHED (Book #6)

VOWED (Book #7)

FOUND (Book #8)

 

THE VAMPIRE LEGACY

RESURRECTED (Book #1)
CRAVED (Book #2)

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