"Cold Obsidian" is a fantasy novel about a young mortal who becomes an apprentice of the creators of his world.
There is a saying: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" and it fully applies here. In a magical world, the so-called primal force is as deadly as nuclear weapons in ours.
Immortality is an interesting thing to write about, a challenging thing. How will an immortal character handle memories? How will she/he develop as a person? How would they interact with mortals? An interesting challenge.
Magical transportation should never be boring. Why call it "teleport" or something when you can let your imagination run wild and create various miracles along the way? Mages in Omnis use Transvolo to travel. This spell does deliver you to your desired destination but it throws you into the starry void first. Can it be used for space travel? Perhaps...
No Man's Land is a territory between two regions of stable magic. This is a patchwork of magical anomalies even the greatest mages never risk to mess with. Even a harmless healing spell can be disastrous there.
Kangassk, a young man considered a freak by his community, left his hometown to follow a stranger on her quest to "clear her name". He had no idea what he was getting himself into.
Humans are fragile beings in real life, so why would they be different in a fantasy world? I avoid gory details unless the plot absolutely requires mentioning them but I keep the overal consequences of injuries real.
Omnis is a world of magic. Wild or artificially stabilized, it influences everything. In the No Man's Land (a patchwork blanket of anomalous regions) no two Regions are alike. But even among them, the Burnt Region stands out because gunpowder explodes there. What does it mean? Firearms. And postapocalyptic landscape.
A warrior woman comes to a land where all people look like clones of the founders of their cities. What is she looking for? What will she find?
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