Description
For Imei and Aldo Satsubara, it was always the intention to leave home, guided by years spent in dedication to the Alma. With the arrival of a stranger to their village, dressed as an outsider but welcomed as a son, those long-awaited plans are dramatically and tragically altered. Thank you so much to everybody who is reading Shadows of Autumn, and thank you to all my new followers! Happy reading! =============== Shadows of Autumn is a high fantasy story, with themes of family, friendship, love, hate, tragedy and, above all, courage. It is purposefully written to be a slow burner, with special emphasis being cast upon the relationships the main characters have with the people of their village, and the Alma. This story serves as a prologue of sorts, for a future novel tentatively titled 'the Cloistered Emperor.' It exists as an exercise in world and character building, working with a set of cultural themes that I have previously had little experience with. I pride myself on grammatical accuracy, though I mostly do what my girlfriend tells me. Which usually turns out to be right. Or, at least, better. I try to proof-read everything thoroughly. The first page holds the copyright notice, and acknowledgments. :) I hope you enjoy reading Shadows of Autumn.