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Book Information
Genre:
FICTION / Fantasy / General
Publication:
Sep 30, 2008
Pages:
384
Books by R.A. Knowlton
2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist
KnorraSky the Deception is an epoch story of courage and heartbreak amidst a medieval setting.
The opening pages of the Deception describe a confident king, Noman, who leads his people without hesitation.
Soon things changes when, during a battle, a Deception occurs and Noman is forced to confront his worst fears.
The ending of this book is powerful and exciting and the love story comes to the fore, you must read it this book!
Gerick’s hordes caught up with Noman and his men the day after they pulled away from the pass and the hordes began to attack Noman’s forces as they tried to flee.
Using the catapult wagons and Raven’s Colossal Bow’s, Noman’s men held Gerick’s forces back as they continued moving towards KnorraSky and safety.
Noman and his forces caught up with Nathin and his men on the third day. Then with Gerick’s horde on their heels Noman and his men had to fight every step of the way back to Knorr.
Six days passed and there was no let up from the hordes, for they were determined to wipe out Noman and his men before they could reach the safety of the Great Towers.
On the seventh day, Noman and his men finally reached the bluffs overlooking the River Wide Valley. At the edge of the valley as night approached, Noman and his tired forces could see the Towers of KnorraSky and its wall.
At the Knorr River Crossing the river was ten throw in width and as much as five throw in depth and it had a mud bottom. That made getting a large force across quickly, very difficult, but with Gerick’s hordes so close it was nearly impossible.
As soon as Noman’s men reached the river, Noman signaled for the draw boats.
The draw boats began moving upwards of 100 men at a time to the KnorraSky side of the river.
As he waited for of his men to cross the river, Noman saw the approaching hordes. He lifted his hand and ordered a green flag to fly and commanded his men, “Into the river, as deep as you can go. I’ve commanded the towers to release the mortars and we must stay clear of them!”
At once, the Great Towers let loose a barrage of burning mortars and fragment mortars.
With a fantastic display the night sky was lit as mortars flew high above Noman and his men, and landed just in front of Gerick’s advancing horde.
As the mortars hit the ground some of them broke up into 1000’s of razor-sharp pieces and others set the woods on fire. The screams of agony coming from the horde was deafening and then a second round of mortars was loosed. The hordes couldn’t stand against such power so they fell back, all that were still alive or able too, that is.
Noman flagged the boats to move faster. He then signaled for his archers that were on the River Docks side of the River Wide. The horde was moving back but there were so many of them that they could easily turn at any moment and charge again.
The archers moved forward and let go a volley deeper into the horde.
By now most of Noman’s men, the catapults and other wagons were safely on KnorraSky land.
A small group archers, and a few swordsmen, and pikemen that were left on the River Dock side would be the last to load onto the boats. With the last of the men boarding, Noman joined them.
On seeing this, the horde commanders made one last attempt to kill or capture King Noman. They loosed the evil Doragon and 100’s of the beasts rushed from the smoke and ashes towards the boats which were filled with the last of Noman’s men.
The Doragon were skillful swimmers and they reached the boats quickly.
The men on the boats began to fight the beasts by hand and sword while the boats made their way across the river.
Once again, overhead the mortars flew. From this closer distance the sound of the mortars leaving the launches was fear inspiring and the light of the burning mortars lit the surrounding area as they flew.
A number of Doragon had now made it onto one of the boats and began slashing the weary men with their large teeth. Then the sound of bones being crushed by teeth and the screams from men that were being eaten alive filled the air.
Noman had three archers and Heth on the boat with him and he ordered them as he pointed, “Target the Doragon on that boat.” One of the archers objected, “King we may hit the men if we fire in there.” Noman pointed at a Doragon that was ripping one of the men apart and he said angrily, “Would you rather die from an arrow or like that? Let fly, man!”
The arrows made a whistling noise as they left the archer’s bows and the bowstrings quivered. Several arrows hit one of the Doragon in the side and it went down. Another Doragon was hit in the leg but not badly and it spun around with great agility to see where this pain had come from. When it turned, it saw Noman’s boat and immediately the beast jumped into the water and headed towards it.
The beast was so fast and its dark colored scales made it almost impossible to be seen in the dark waters of the river. Neither Heth nor the other archers could hit the Doragon in the water because it moved so quickly.
Like a large, ominous snake, the Doragon glided through the water with just its head above the surface. As it neared the boat, Noman stepped to the side of the boat and pulled his large sword and bellered, “I’ve had enough of this!” Then with one hard blow he struck the beast and removed its head. The beast’s corpse floated away from the boat and down the River Wide.
In the meantime the archers had killed the last of the Doragon on the other boats.
As Noman’s boat was pulled into a gate in the city walls, he looked across the River Wide to the east, and thought to himself, ‘Raven, why did you leave?’
About R.A. Knowlton
The Best-Selling Author, R.A. Knowlton,AKA The Storyteller,was born in Caribou, Maine, U.S.A., in the early 60’s. R.A. is married to a loving, supportive wife who he describes as his best friend. Being a native Mainer, R.A. inherited the gift of gab and he also enjoys telling tall-tails. Now he brings this gift to the written page. R.A. uses emotion blended with action in a way that captivates the reader. His style of writing is charismatic, rich with imagination and full of creativity. His character description is robust and real to life. The way he describes the land of KnorraSky is complete, you are there. Emotion plays a key roll in his writing and as you read his work you will feel the love, anger, hatred and remorse within the characters. Because of this you will fall in love with KnorraSky The Deception. View the KnorraSky website at www.KnorraSky.com
2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist
KnorraSky the Deception is an epoch story of courage and heartbreak amidst a medieval setting.
The Best-Selling Author, R.A. Knowlton,AKA The Storyteller,was born in Caribou, Maine, U.S.A., in the early 60’s. R.A. is married to a loving, supportive wife who he describes as his best friend. Being a native Mainer, R.A. inherited the gift of gab and he also enjoys telling tall-tails. Now he brings this gift to the written page. R.A. uses emotion blended with action in a way that captivates the reader. His style of writing is charismatic, rich with imagination and full of creativity. His character description is robust and real to life. The way he describes the land of KnorraSky is complete, you are there. Emotion plays a key roll in his writing and as you read his work you will feel the love, anger, hatred and remorse within the characters. Because of this you will fall in love with KnorraSky The Deception. View the KnorraSky website at www.KnorraSky.com