The Deeping Well

Even in a world without light, there are reasons to be afraid of the dark.... Far underground in the Everdark lies a forgotten, dying culture: the Ta'tlan. Wearing dark shrouds to cover their skeletal forms, they eke out a precarious existence surrounded by cave monsters and more vibrant civilizations. Master swordsmen, wielders of dark magic, they prowl their lightless world. The young warrior Cagtlan and his friend Flannyrd, an elderly gnome trader who is more than she appears, journey through the endless darkness in search of an ancient sword and its meaning. But there are others-dwarf priests, renegade Ta'tlan, and the monstrous ythru-who want the sword, and they'll stop at nothing to prevent Cagtlan from learning the truth. Unfortunately for them, there's a reason people are afraid of the Ta'tlan. The Deeping Well is the first volume of Swords of Darkness, an exciting new fantasy series by C. Ian Lehrer. The second volume, The Lost City, will be available in June, 2019.