The Autumn Crusade

As cracks form in the Kingdom of Bargandy's golden age, powerful men are being murdered, the dead are stirring, and truth itself seems to be dead.Far from the centers of power, Webb Horner lives a quiet life in the town of Oldwood, attending school, playing in the orchestra, and enjoying lunch with his friends. But he's read the epics, the legends. He knows how "fantasy stories" unfold. Surely something greater is coming. But the story already started. As Webb makes a desperate bargain with Fate for a more interesting life, he draws the attention of a cloaked wanderer who seems to hold the answer to Webb's great bargain... an answer that shatters his childhood and pulls him into a world already rotting beneath the surface. For fans of the character complexity of Breaking Bad and the philosophical depth of Dune, The Autumn Crusade is the darker cousin of The Lord of the Rings.