Respawn Trials, Book I:
Edge of the Abyss
by Andrei Livadny
Release - April 10, 2019
Pre-order - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MXQ5NRM
The Legend
of the Guardians states: One who is pure of heart and desperately needs help,
will always receive it.
Chapter 1
The unexpected phone call came late in the evening. I
was still awake and answered at once. "Hey. What's going on?"
My nephew and I got along pretty well, although he
hadn't called or visited as often over the last few years. He'd all grown up.
He had his own life now.
He said hello and then proceeded to breathe heavily
into the phone without even asking after my health.
"Denis, why don't you get to the
point?"
"I need your help."
"Tell me," I said as I limped over to the
window. The street was obscured by an autumn drizzle. The edge of the
metropolis had crept right up to the village and the low clouds were snagging
on the tips of the rising skyscrapers. The old house that I had inherited from
my parents would soon be slated for demolition, and there was nothing I could
do about it.
"I've been invited to join an expedition. For
three months. Somebody needs to keep an eye on the apartment... I've also found
a side job, you see, a pretty good one. I don't want to lose it."
"Any more details? Where's the expedition heading
to? What kind of job? Of course, it's no trouble for me to water the plants and
feed the cat."
"I don't have a cat, you know that! The work's
simple, from home. Nothing heavy. You'll fix your health up, too."
