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A Dance In The Dark

The 2nd Berikatanyan Chronicles V1

by John Beresford

In the aftermath of Ahnak’s Doom, the Elementals have fled to the North. Have they escaped one peril only to encounter another even more terrifying?

Fallout from the Doom threatens the survivors with starvation. Aftershocks set the simple dwellings of Tenfir Abarad quaking, sending townspeople screaming into the streets in renewed fear. And in the near-total darkness, the Elementals find their powers dwindling.

Can the refugees resolve their differences with the northern people and work together to survive the Impact Winter? Is the planet still resonating from the gargantuan impact, or are more sinister forces at work? And will the Elementals discover the reasons for their limited powers in time to face their latest, most devastating enemy?

Continue your journey of discovery with this first book in the Second Chronicles, and follow our heroes as they battle once more with nature, dread foes, and their own internal demons!

Published:
Publisher: Independently Published
Genres:
Fantasy, Fantasy - Contemporary, Fantasy - High & Other World, Fantasy - Sword & Sorcery, Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Distant Planet, Sci Fi - Science Fantasy

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Tropes: Band of Misfits, Time Loop
Word Count: 125075
Setting: Berikatanya
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Band of Misfits, Time Loop
Word Count: 125075
Setting: Berikatanya
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

About the Author

John Beresford has been writing seriously since 1968. Eventually some of his work began to appear in public. His first novel, War of Nutrition, was published for Kindle in February 2012 and was soon joined by two volumes of poetry.

Gatekeeper, the first of the Berikatanyan Chronicles series, arrived on June 1st 2015 and the sequels Water Wizard (February 2020), and Juggler (August 2021) completed that first trilogy. The Second Berikatanyan Chronicles, comprising A Dance In The Dark, A Shadow On The Water, and A Flame In The North, was completed in 2024. John is now working on his next project: a series of sci-fi thrillers based on the characters in War of Nutrition. Sign up to his mailing list at https://tinyurl.com/4mn8tcwv for the latest news and a copy of the prequel to the Chronicles: Berikatanyan Dawn.

John is also a songwriter. As "Beresford & Wallace" (with his musical partner Annie Wallace) he has recorded two albums - "Suburban Nostalgia" and "Weird and Wonderful" - which are available for download from Amazon.