The Forgetting Moon

Brian Lee Durfee

• Publisher: S&S/Saga Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781481465243
• Year: 2016

A massive army on the brink of conquest looms large in a world where prophecies are lies, magic is believed in but never seen, and hope is where you least expect to find it. The first book in Brian Lee Durfee's Five Warrior Angels series!

Welcome to the Five Isles, where war has come in the name of the invading army of Sør Sevier, a merciless host driven by the prophetic fervor of the Angel Prince, Aeros, toward the last unconquered kingdom of Gul Kana. Yet Gault, one of the elite Knights Archaic of Sør Sevier, is growing disillusioned by the crusade he is at the vanguard of just as it embarks on his Lord Aeros’ greatest triumph.

While the eldest son of the fallen king of Gul Kana now reigns in ever increasing paranoid isolationism, his two sisters seek their own paths. Jondralyn, the older sister, renowned for her beauty, only desires to prove her worth as a warrior, while Tala, the younger sister, has uncovered a secret that may not only destroy her family but the entire kingdom. Then there’s Hawkwood, the assassin sent to kill Jondralyn who has instead fallen in love with her and trains her in his deadly art. All are led further into dangerous conspiracies within the court.

And hidden at the edge of Gul Kana is Nail, the orphan taken by the enigmatic Shawcroft to the remote whaling village of Gallows Haven, a young man who may hold the link to the salvation of the entire Five Isles.

You may think you know this story, but everyone is not who they seem, nor do they fit the roles you expect. Durfee has created an epic fantasy full of hope in a world based on lies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Introduction and Acknowledgments
• Map of the Five Isles
• Prologue: Shawcroft Betrayal is Timeless
• Chapter One: Nail — The Fatherless are Deemed by Nature Unholy
• Chapter Two: Nail — Desperate Souls All
• Chapter Three: Nail — That Secret Past Survives
• Chapter Four: Gault Aulbrek — When Hope Dies
• Chapter Five: Tala Bronachell — Primeval They Ruled the Skies
• Chapter Six: Tala Bronachell — True Name Shall Never Be Uttered
• Chapter Seven: Tala Bronachell — Foul Drinkers of Blood
• Chapter Eight: Jondralyn Bronachell — Oh Gentle and Naive Reader
• Chapter Nine: Nail — Mischief and Guile
• Chapter Ten: Gault Aulbrek — Bathed in Heaven
• Chapter Eleven: Jondralyn Bronachell — One Holy and Pure
• Chapter Twelve: Tala Bronachell — The Most Vile of All Living things
• Chapter Thirteen: Nail — Hostile Spirits
• Chapter Fourteen: Tala Bronachell — Railed Against All
• Chapter Fifteen: Jondralyn Bronachell — ’Twas Also Written in the Stars
• Chapter Sixteen: Nail — Glorious Prophecy Took Root
• Chapter Seventeen: Ava Shay — Great Hero Born by the Sea
• Chapter Eighteen: Gault Aulbrek — They Are Worse than Fatherless
• Chapter Nineteen: Tala Bronachell — Signs Found Upon His Flesh
• Chapter Twenty: Jondralyn Bronachell — Like Unto a Spring of Poison Waters
• Chapter Twenty-One: Tala Bronachell — And His Name was Laijon
• Chapter Twenty-Two: Nail — Villainous Rogues Each
• Chapter Twenty-Three: Gault Aulbrek — Sold Him into Slavery to Rot
• Chapter Twenty-Four: Nail — Blue Stone and a Battle-Ax
• Chapter Twenty-Five: Tala Bronachell — Once Fearsome with Fire
• Chapter Twenty-Six: Jondralyn Bronachell — Bathed in Scarlet, Bathed in Blood
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: Sterling Prentiss — Where the Foul Demons Slunk Off To
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: Gault Aulbrek — What Lady Death Hath Stolen
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: Nail — Nailed Thusly
• Chapter Thirty: Ava Shay — Await the Day of His Return
• Chapter Thirty-One: Nail — Flesh of His Wound
• Chapter Thirty-Two: Tala Bronachell — Banished All Darkness
• Chapter Thirty-Three: Jondralyn Bronachell — Death of My Beloved
• Chapter Thirty-Four: Sterling Prentiss — Shredded by the Claws of a Beast
• Chapter Thirty-Five: Nail — Naught but a Slobbering Fool
• Chapter Thirty-Six: Tala Bronachell — Grievous and Great
• Chapter Thirty-Seven: Jondralyn Bronachell — Did Hide Them in Deep Places
• Chapter Thirty-Eight: Gault Aulbrek — A Grin That Will Haunt Their Dreams
• Chapter Thirty-Nine: Nail — Never Be Self-sent
• Chapter Forty: Jondralyn Bronachell — In Due Time I Will Reveal All Things
• Chapter Forty-One: Tala Bronachell — Can Bring One Back to Life
• Chapter Forty-Two: Ava Shay — A Spark and Wave of Flame
• Chapter Forty-Three: Nail — The Craven, the Venal, and the Foolhardy
• Chapter Forty-Four: Sterling Prentiss — One Man Be Slain
• Chapter Forty-Five: Tala Bronachell — A Blade Sent from Heaven
• Chapter Forty-Six: Gault Aulbrek — Father of All Mourning
• Chapter Forty-Seven: Jondralyn Bronachell — The Folly of Men
• Chapter Forty-Eight: Tala Bronachell — An Eye Toward Truth
• Chapter Forty-Nine: Gault Aulbrek — Face-to-Face and Blade to Blade
• Chapter Fifty: Jondralyn Bronachell — To Sit Upon the Heights of the Stars
• Chapter Fifty-One: Nail — Bring About Our Ruin
• Chapter Fifty-Two: Ava Shay — Those Five Once Hidden from Sight
• Chapter Fifty-Three: Tala Bronachell — Pillars of Fire and Rivers of Blood
• Chapter Fifty-Four: Lindholf Le Graven — The Dreams of Mine Heart
• Appendix
• Timeline of Events Leading up to 'The Forgetting Moon'
• Characters in 'The Forgetting Moon'
• ‘The Blackest Heart’ Teaser
• About Brian Lee Durfee
• Copyright