Ashen Ghost Adventure Drama Psychological
Gravelroy, the last free city, giant metropolis. All ethnicities, cultures, and religions can be found there. Merchants, sailors, criminals, everyone is welcome inside its walls. Everyone but a king, the free citizens don't kneel. But some rulers on the continent would like for this to change...
A country bumpkin coming to the Big City. Raised by the wilderness as much as the war. Turned criminal by necessity.
A wounded and insane woman. A monster lurks in her prison. She struggles to regain her memories and dreams of escape.
A tiny, insignificant meeting. It will send ripples through the world. Given time, ripples can become waves. With enough luck, once in a very long while, a wave will turn into a storm.
Slaves, commoners, and soldiers. Bishops too, kings even. Perhaps the Emperor himself. Everyone will feel it.
But for now, the stubborn little rock has yet to fall into the waters. He has quite a long way to go in fact.
Let's give him a little nudge, shall we? With chance, something might happen. Life can be unpredictable.
Especially when we consider the adventures of a crazy girl and a weird lad. Things might get dramatic as the prelude suggested, or they might decide to do as they want and go nuts. Maybe a bit of both.
The girl will fight against her own mind, her prison, and her fate. Who imprisoned her and why? But maybe she has imagined everything. She is mad after all.
To save someone dear, the boy fights hunger and city guards. Sometimes pigeons as well. Well, this city is cracked anyway.
Cover art by Paul Lerouvillois.
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Chapter Selections
1. PROLOGUE AND COVER ART
2. CH 1: TO THE MADHOUSE.
3. CH 2: HAUNTED CHURCH.
4. CH 3: INTO HER MIND.
5. CH 4: AN EXOTIC TAIL.
6. CH 5: GIRL MEETS BUMPKIN.
7. CH 6: BIRTH OF A TEACHER.
8. CH 7: PARTNERS IN CRIME.
9. CH 8: THE MOON'S PROWL.
10. CH 9: SMOKING OUT THE FOX.
11. CH 10: THE HARLOT'S PUP.
12. CH 11: THE GIRL, THE MONSTER, AND THE KNIFE.
13. CH 12: THE ELUSIVE MAN.
14. CH 13: MURDERESS.
15. CH 14: PACT WITH THE DEVIL.
16. CH 15: LADY BEGGAR.
17. CH 16: LOYALTIES.
18. CH 17: WANTED FUGITIVE, HOMELESS DETECTIVE.
19. CH 18: TURNCOAT.
20. CH 19: GIRLS NIGHT OUT.
21. CH 20: BATTLE PLANS.
22. CH: 21 AN ARMY OF TWO.
23. CH 22: HERO BUMPKIN.
24. CH 23: LEGENDS MEET.
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