Note: Whispers of the Elenmír is a partial manuscript and the main spiritual precursor to the Raiders of Light series and Light's Shadow. Edited, of course. We hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 1 | An Old Friend and a Promise

The man called Cal Linz blinked his tired eyes and set aside the old book he had been reading. His search for guidance had finally ended. He had stood at this crossroads far too long, and having a decision forced on him by now obvious truths had humbled him. Unsatisfied, those...

Originally Written: Sep 23, 2007

Edited: Sep 21, 2025

Morning’s gentle breath nudged the damp, sleeping grass awake and stirred faint ripples in a small duck pond. Oblivious to the wind, a black Bentley pulled up in front of the old café on Jefferson Street. For a moment it lingered in stillness, then the driver’s side door opened, and a grey-haired man emerged. Closing the door, his back fixed in a rigid upright position, he stiffly moved toward the little cabin-like building before him. Each...

Originally Written: Sep 9, 2007

Edited: Sep 11, 2025

Time had won. The book came to rest on the cobbled path—a life spent in it, on it. He sat silently a short distance away. Watching, listening to the screams of protest and painful wails it made. He exhaled puffs of steam in the cold air. Grey, vacant eyes shielded by wire rimmed spectacles let go a sigh and the pressure faded. Reflected colors and memory slid down his wrinkled and careworn visage. Her eyes had pleaded, cried, begged; he was...