Dark Device of the Great Chasm

Lost secrets, ruthless rivals, and a relic that could unmake the world...

Explorer and Windtracer Tela Kioni thought she was chasing old myths. Then a long-lost journal revealed the path to a forgotten relic of the Ancient Order. One buried deep in the nightmare depths of the Great Chasm.

But she's not the only one on the trail.

A brutal mercenary guild called the Crimson Company will stop at nothing to seize the artifact for their enigmatic backer. A mysterious man obsessed with reviving the Ancient Order's darkest legacy.

The deeper Tela goes, the more she realizes the relic may be far more dangerous than anyone guessed. Because the true cost of the past?
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It's sometimes paid in blood.

C. B. Ash holds degrees as a Physical Scientist and Computer Scientist. Since college, he has run his own networking business, worked as laboratory technician, taught martial arts, and traveled for several years as a software engineering consultant. Currently he shares his time between software architecture, web design and slaving away over outlines for new manuscripts ... when he's not keeping his cat off his keyboard.

During that time he has written several fantasy and science fiction short stories, a fantasy/murder mystery novel and several poems. His first novel, Kinloch, was published in May, 2004. The Tales of the Brass Griffin series is his latest work. To find out more, visit: http: //www.cb-ash.com