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The entire collection of novellas in Ryan Cahill's groundbreaking The Bound and the Broken series.

The Fall

The Fall takes place 400 years before the events of Of Blood and Fire.

The Order have watched over the continent of Epheria for thousands of years. But there are those who believe The Order has had its day. That it is corrupt, indulgent, and deceitful – that it is ready to fall.

The City of Ilnaen is on fire.

Dragons fill the skies.

Traitors fill the streets.

Novella 0.5 of The Bound And The Broken

The Exile

Do not hesitate. Do not contemplate mercy.

The Lorian Empire took everything from Dayne. His family. His home. His people.

He will carve a bloody path through Epheria. He will have his vengeance, by blade and by blood.

This is his story.

The story of The Exile.

Novella 2.5 of The Bound And The Broken

The Ice

In Epheria, you are the predators. Here, you are the prey.Almost four hundred years have passed since the fall of The Order. Four hundred years since the empire rose. Four hundred years since the last dragon egg hatched.

In the icy wasteland of Valacia, Aeson Virandr searches for the one thing that could turn the tide of war: hope.

But there is a reason no soul has ever returned from Valacia. Hope comes at a cost, one that can only be paid in blood.

Novella 3.5 of The Bound And The Broken

The Truth

The final novella.

The world changed the night The Order fell. The very foundations of Epheria twisted and cracked. Tales of that night have been weaved across the length and breadth of the continent – whispered at campfires, recounted to children at night, regaled before crowds of thousands. Every silver-tipped tongue tells a different story; every bard spins their own web.

But what is the truth? Every soul in Epheria knows The Order fell, but why did it fall?

The truth is a fickle thing. It shifts and changes, blurs and fades. It is in the eye of the beholder, in the heart of the fighter. Each soul is shaped and moulded by its own unique experiences in life. One truth, the things a person sees and hears, is not the truth of another.

No two truths are the same. Within the stories that are sung, there is only one certainty:

The Truth will set you free – or it will break you.

The Bound and the Broken Novella 4.5