Sample Chapter from Red String of Fate
String of Fate Chapter 1 Our elders broke the world. They corrupted the Mandate of a Thousand Songs and in doing so angered the Great Gods and Goddesses. The Great Ones broke the Song into a thousands shards so that thousands of years later, in my time, it would be referred to as the Shard of a Thousand Songs. Darkness fell over our world and with it, great monsters, demons, the Children of Yuki-Ona—She Who Brings Chaos— followed, drawn to the fear and suffering the darkness caused. In desperation, a young woman prayed to the Great Gods for help. She would give anything, do anything to save her family, her people… Moved by her selflessness, the Great Mother Naui answered her. Naui instructed her to choose among her people, 11 of the most loyal and brave. When the young woman had done so, the Great Mother then told them that while she and her siblings could not fix what had been broken, someday, another could. But until then, to keep them safe from the Darkness, ...