Amarantos: One That Never Withers
L. Sterling Requate
- In
- a
- time
- long
- ago,
- a
- hunter
- of
- souls
- traded
- mortal
- life
- for
- pouches
- of
- gold...Hana
- awoke
- in
- an
- unfamiliar
- English
- manor,
- amnesiac
- to
- the
- present,
- yet
- with
- vivid
- memories
- of
- a
- distant
- past.With
- the
- help
- of
- resident
- psychologist
- Dr.
- Beth
- Seer,
- she
- will
- return
- to
- ‘her’
- time,
- unraveling
- a
- skein
- of
- memories.
- Within
- it
- lies
- a
- journey
- into
- an
- age
- of
- darkness,
- where
- a
- loved
- one’s
- quest
- for
- immortality
- turns
- into
- the
- betrayal
- of
- another,
- pitting
- promises
- to
- murder.Vengeance
- belies
- justice,
- and
- it
- is
- up
- to
- a
- young
- thief
- taker
- named
- Jean-Claude
- Lamont
- to
- keep
- her
- on
- course
- and
- away
- from
- the
- hangman’s
- noose.Yet
- within
- her
- lies
- a
- wildcat
- warrior
- that
- cannot
- be
- tamed,
- and
- for
- him,
- the
- woman
- he
- cannot
- live
- without.
- Through
- their
- struggles,
- their
- hearts
- bind
- as
- one,
- and
- together,
- they
- must
- end
- the
- madness
- that
- befalls
- them—a
- mission
- that
- will
- ultimately
- test
- logic
- against
- ancient
- beliefs
- and
- mystical
- lore.That
- was
- then
- ...
- and
- now
- she
- wants
- nothing
- more
- than
- to
- return
- to
- him
- and
- the
- life
- that
- ‘was.’Little
- does
- she
- realize
- the
- affect
- these
- memories
- will
- have
- on
- her
- present
- and
- future.“Lost
- am
- I,
- in
- a
- nightmare
- from
- which
- I
- cannot awaken.”
