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Othila

Book One of The Turning of the Sword

Spirit meets steel, and presence is the only weapon that matters.

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What if you could experience a world where truth still matters, and life is still real?

In a world where ancient runes bind power to bloodline and breath, two destinies awaken on opposite sides of a crumbling nation.

Liam, an adopted swordsman from a forgotten valley, discovers he wields Othila—Odien's blade that remembers what the world has forgotten. When darkness descends on his home, he must learn to survive in a world where no space is safe.

Elysia, a priestess of the Sacred Flame, trains in the ancient art of Melding—where presence becomes power and two souls fight as one. But faith alone won't save her people from the empire closing in.

As the Kaethamar Empire spreads its shadow across the land, wielding twisted magic and bone-wrought armies, ancient powers stir and forgotten blades awaken.

One carries a sword that shouldn't exist.
The other bears a flame that refuses to die.

And the world is running out of time.

Gallery

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Step into the World, Maps. Portraits. Moments of fire and silence.

Carry the Rune

Wear the mark. Remember what matters.

The swordsman wearing Othila

Liam

The swordsman wearing Othila

Elysia enjoying a quiet cup of tea

Elysia

Elysia enjoying a quiet cup of tea

Songs of the Sword

The Fallen

From the burning of the village — when the broken sang true.

Give Me The Knight

From the feast at Caer Therin — liquid fire and rolling drums.

About the Author

B Rave writes from the backcountry of New Zealand — Canterbury plains, mountains on the horizon, sky wide enough to remember what silence sounds like.

Othila was written in 2.5 months while beach camping. No outline. No plan. Just 25 years of meditation practice, a lifetime of epic fantasy, and the story that demanded to be told.

The world arrived whole. The bibles exist. Eight books, mapped from beginning to end. The path is clear.

My Promise to You

A story without an end is no story.

I've watched readers fall in love with worlds that were never finished. I've felt that betrayal. I won't do that to you.

This is an eight-book journey. I will finish it.

You give me your trust. I give you my word.

Isa - the rune of stillness

"Help us," she pleaded, her voice a ragged whisper. "Pleeaaassee…"

The word settled in his marrow like falling snow.

In the south, Liam wakes bound to Elysia — a flame neither chose.
In the north, a chieftain answers a call the world has forgotten.

Three runes. One war.

Isa

Coming Soon

The Fellowship

Indie fantasy worth your time. News from the road. No spam—just finished series and kept promises.

Read the Othila teaser

You have found your way to the Village of Whispers, a place where life is carved stubbornly into the earth. The mountains loom over us, but here by the hearth, the air is still.

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