by KevinPerryman
THE JOURNEY The complete five-book dark fantasy series where trauma becomes magic, and healing is the ultimate act of rebellion. Over 200,000 words. Five Power Swords. One man’s journey from rage to redemption. When Carl Jackson's best friend falls into a coma, he discovers Kevin's soul is trapped in Rowen—the fantasy world they created together twenty years ago. To bring Kevin home to his family, Carl must embark on an impossible rescue mission through a five-book fantasy series that explores the darkest corners of trauma and friendship. Each installment confronts one of five corrupted Power Swords, and each sword represents a different wound Kevin has been running from his entire life. These fractured soul battles pit Carl against anger, grief, fear, guilt, and despair as he fights to recover each fragment of his friend's broken psyche. But with every piece he reclaims, Carl uncovers darker truths about what Rowen really is and whether saving Kevin means destroying the only sanctuary his friend has left. This is more than a quest through a fantasy realm—it's a descent into the fractured mind of the man he's trying to save, where the real enemy isn't a dark lord but the traumas that have hollowed out his best friend from within.
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Introduction to Anger/Chapter One - The Coma of a Friend | 0 |
| 2 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 2 - The Return to Rowen | 0 |
| 3 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 3 - The Temple Palace of Spore-Beasts | 0 |
| 4 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 4 - The Empress's Tea | 0 |
| 5 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 5 - A New Threat | 0 |
| 6 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 6 - The Zealot | 0 |
| 7 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 7 - The Hollow Soldier | 0 |
| 8 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 8 - The Attack on Donne's Farm | 0 |
| 9 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 9 - The March to the Commons | 0 |
| 10 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 10 - The Anbar Incursion | 0 |
| 11 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 11 - The Battle for Rowen Commons | 0 |
| 12 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 12 - The Descent into Anger | 0 |
| 13 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 13 - The Memory of Anger - Part 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Anger Scimitar (Red) Chapter 14 - The Memory of Anger - Part 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Interlude - An Introduction to Grief | 0 |
| 16 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 1 - Awakening | 0 |
| 17 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 2 - The Unspoken Past | 0 |
| 18 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 3 - The Weeping Child of Mordecai | 0 |
| 19 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 4 - The Submerged Truth | 0 |
| 20 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 5 - The Crystal Chamber | 0 |
| 21 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 6 - The Memory of Sadness | 0 |
| 22 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 7 - The Drowned City | 0 |
| 23 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 8 - Vessels of Grief | — |
| 24 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Chapter 9 - The Sea of Sorrows | — |
| 25 | The Grief Dagger (Blue) - Interlude - An Introduction to Fear | — |
| 26 | Book Three: The Fear Kukri -An Introduction to Fear | — |
| 27 | Book Three: The Fear Kukri — Chapter 1 - The Red Mount | — |
| 28 | Book Three: The Fear Kukri — Chapter 2 - Ritual and Revelations | — |
| 29 | Book Three: The Fear Kukri — Chapter 3 - To Save A Friend | — |
| 30 | Book Three: The Fear Kukri — Chapter 4 - The Yellow City of Terror | — |
| 31 | Book Three: The Fear Kukri — Chapter 5 - The Fear of Carrie Pazuzu | — |
