The Way of the Fog (The Ark of Light Volume One)

<p>At the end of Time there was Armageddon; the Earth was unprepared. The forces of Heaven and Hell warred and presiding over the battle was the Ark of Light the arbiter of Armageddon. Then what was supposed to have been the end of History suddenly came to a halt when the Ark of Light vanished from its post. The armies of Light and Darkness faded from the Earth and Time went on. Aeons passed and what happened that day long ago faded into legend.It is now the year 134 of the Fifth Aeon. Peter Jones a poet from the Broken City of Garathen looks for a life outside the confines of his small city and its concealing forest ring. Late one night a little girl named Catina comes into the city on a quest of her own: to find her grandfather and take him back to Grek where a mysterious illness is claiming the lives of the townsfolk and of her parents. Together Peter Catina and her grandfather set out cross-country to rescue the little girl's parents before it's too late.Thus the journey begins.While traveling West they meet up with Aiyesha Elnaa a fugitive running from the Dembatstayr Army a lethal force clearing the land in the name of Peace paving the way for the Master's Second Coming. Together they continue on their journey and pick up two more travelers along the way: Mr. Nibbetts a furry Flistablare from the Tanturee Forest and a dog Belina.Away from the security of his Garathen home Peter begins to have doubts about his belief in the Master. As his doubts grow and his heart yearns for peace he begins seeing a man in a gray cloak but every time he gets close to him the man vanishes.As the man's hauntings grow more frequent and the mysterious illness that plagues Catina's parents begins to take hold of Peter and his friends they learn of the Ark of Light and the prophecy it will one day reappear.When death seems all but inevitable a creature from the Purple Fog launches his attack on the group. Who is he? Who sent him and what does he want?As History once again draws to a close and the Ark of Light awakens from its hidden resting place a new power rises from the Coast of Seryn the Island of the Dead. Strange events are set in motion and the race for the Ark of Light begins and the long postponed war looms once again.Author Biography: A.P. Fuchs is the author of Magic Man A Red Dark Night and A Stranger Dead. He is also the author of April written under the pseudonym Peter Fox. He writes from Winnipeg Manitoba. Visit him online at www.apfuchs.ca</p>