EPISODE ONE begins with Arud’s dream back home. Nothing is as it should be. Not to mention he murdered his grandmother who morphed into his sister. Pretty tragic turn of events. He loves his sister and would never hurt her. So why did he dream it? What’s going on inside of him? The answer is soooo much!! He’s dealing with his new powers, new home, missing father, dead mother, and his first crush. It’s a lot for any teenager to take in.

Dreams hold power. What do they mean? How much is real and how much is symbolic? Dreams are a great tool for backstory. A reminder for readers of book one and enough to understand the origins for new readers.

This world is super expansive and it’s important to note the lay of the land. I’ve rebuilt Labrador, Canada into Vithalia, and here’s an excerpt from DREADLANDS: BLOOD MOON chapter one to explain:

“His home was in the Outlands of Vithalia, past the Torngats Mountains and the less travelled Sindri-Urd range. Beyond the Scythe Valley, the Tess Woods where Scalvia’s family hailed, and along the Thiannes River that bordered the Great Expanse to the west.”

I wrote it this way to show the characters connection to their respective homes and to introduce new places such as the Great Expanse, which will play a major setting in this book.

The chapter is titled ANEW. Why? Arud wakes up in the castle healing from the epic battle and reality hits. Here he pieces together which of his dream was reality and which was symbolic. His dad is missing. Truth. But Lykke is fine. Half-truth. She’s with Scalvia, the girl Arud loves. Truth. His home he knew in the Outlands is gone. Truth.

But deep down, he knows one truth absolutely: it’s not over yet.

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ABOUT DREADLANDS: BLOOD MOON

A new monster hunts the realm.

The Mayan Bat God, Camazotz, has been released. Once trapped within the Torngat Mountains, Sorceress Edda has released him from his hundreds of years in captive to wreak havoc on Vithalia. Arud and Scalvia work to get human and ferine to unite against this werebat threat. However, Arud's little sister Lykke has other allegiances. Her treatment as a halfling Cur has left her feeling betrayed by mankind and she leaves to join the ferine, the shifter wolves that were once the enemy. Arud’s uncle calls upon Vikings from other lands to arrive by sea and fight while Arud and Scalvia search for his father in the Great Beyond. Will they unite in time or fight blood against blood?

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