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Gatekeeper

The Berikatanyan Chronicles V1

by John Beresford

He went to the stars to start over. His troubles have just begun.

Earth, 2072. Jann Argent has no memory of committing the murder that landed him in prison. So when he’s offered a chance at freedom, he accepts the price of exile to humanity’s first colony planet. But when the ship crash lands on the new world’s surface, he’s shocked to discover an indigenous population and a strange sense of familiarity.

Stunned when he and several other shipmates develop mystical powers, Jann discovers previous colonists have all joined one of two rival native houses. And with a tyrant’s power play set to devastate the realm, he’s about to become the lynchpin in a magical war that could destroy him.

Can Jann uncover his destiny in time to stop a terrifying plot?

Gatekeeper is the first book in the genre-bending Berikatanyan Chronicles science fiction fantasy mashup. If you like gritty heroes, elemental magic, and journeys to other worlds, then you’ll love John Beresford’s towering tale.

Buy Gatekeeper to fulfill an interstellar fate today!

Published:
Publisher: Independently Published
Genres:
Fantasy, Fantasy - Contemporary, Fantasy - High & Other World, Fantasy - Sword & Sorcery, Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Colonization, Sci Fi - First Contact, Sci Fi - Science Fantasy, Sci Fi - Space Exploration

Tags:
author - british, format - book, format - kindle, format - kindle unlimited, format - novel, format - novel >100K, format - paperback, format - self published, what - concept - amnesia, what - topic - magic, where - non-Earth planet, who - occupation - mage, who - type - witch, who - type - wizard

Tropes: Band of Misfits, First Contact, Interstellar Travel, Portals
Word Count: 105388
Setting: Berikatanya
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Band of Misfits, First Contact, Interstellar Travel, Portals
Word Count: 105388
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.