Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn

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In Aralt 'Wolf" syr Tremayne's world, skyships sail above tidal extremes, crystal swords are Tuned, and the soul-touched inspire both awe and fear. The latter doesn't phase him, he carries a Tuned blade, and as for the ships…Aralt prefers to keep his feet on solid ground.

Having finally laid to rest the ghosts of his past, he is unprepared when the grave gives one of them back. To his shame, it isn't the one he wants. Lian Kynsei's arrival upends Aralt's life, but there is nothing he can do about it. Oath-bound to Lian, the last of a priestly clan, he is now defender of the scion of a faith he no longer shares.

But the boy Aralt once knew is gone. In his place is a reckless, traumatized teen who can light the sky on fire. The more they get reacquainted, the less Aralt likes him—and the feeling is mutual.

As revenge against a common enemy boils in his blood, Aralt struggles to do his oath-sworn duty and secure sanctuary for the heir-apparent to a mystical dynasty. But instead of safety, every step brings them closer to danger: sky pirates, cannibals, and a relentless soulless scourge unleashed by their enemy are all intent on killing Lian—or worse.

Death, Aralt realizes, might be the greater mercy.

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What to Expect:

Character-driven Plot

Novel Pacing (which I accept isn't typical for serials)

Elaborate Worldbuilding (you gotta pay attention)

Soul-bonded Swords

Sentient Wolves

Longish Chapters

What Not to Expect:

Litrpg (sorry!)

Harem (not sorry!)

Magic System

Short Chapters

Dancing Bears (at least so far)

Seriously, this is a second-world low fantasy/science-fantasy featuring a strong, but flawed male protagonist, a cheeky teenage boy that's driving him crazy, a wee bit o' Scots flavor, and a whole lot of culture clashing. I'm preparing to relaunch this story on Kindle once the second and third books are ready and I'd love some feedback as I move through those revisions. I'm serious about the feedback. All comments are welcome. I'll name a characters after you. And kill them, if you want. :)

Oh, did I mention soulless assassins and cannibals? Yeah, Aralt's day is not getting any better.

cover image by brosedesignz

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Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 28 Chapter 28: So Much Thunder RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 27 Chapter 27: The Beast Manifests RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 26-2 Chapter 26 Part 2: Maps and Secrets RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 26 Chapter 26: Yesterday's End is the Beginning of Today RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 25-3 Chapter 25 Part 3: The Mountain of Fire Has Awoken the Children of Hate RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 25-2 Chapter 25 Part 2: The Naharasii RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 25-1 Chapter 25 Part 1: Accusations, Slander, and Heresy RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 25-1 Chapter 25 Part 1: Accusations, Slander, and Heresy RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 24-3 Chapter 24 Part 3: "'jharna 'shim serna." The Hope of a Second Harvest RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 24-2 Chapter 24 Part 2: Skypirates and a Call to Arms RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 24-1 Chapter 24 Part 1: No More Running Away RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 23-4 Chapter 23 Part 4: Taking Flight RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 23-3 Chapter 23 Part 3: Facing the Truth and Swallowing Your Pride RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 23-3 Chapter 23 Part 3: Facing the Truth and Swallowing Your Pride RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 23-2 Chapter 23 Part 2: Cold Tea (and Lian's off on a Lark Again) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 23-1 Chapter 23 Part 1: Follow the River, Aralt RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 22-2 Chapter 22 Part 2: Meeting Halfway and Still Missing the Mark RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 22-1 Chapter 22 Part 1: The Ones that Rise from the Dusk RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 21-2 Chapter 21 Part 2: The Long and the Short of It RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 21-1 Chapter 21 Part 1: No One is Meant to See the Future RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 21-1 Chapter 21 Part 1: No One is Meant to See the Future RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 20 Chapter 20: My Blood, Your Will RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 20 Chapter 20: My Blood, Your Will RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 19-4 Chapter 19 part 4: Ghoulies, Ghosties, and Naharasii RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 19-3 Chapter 19 Part 3: Preconceived Notions RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 19-3 Chapter 19 Part 3: Preconceived Notions RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 19-2 Chapter 19 Part 2: A Rejected Proposal RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 19-1 Chapter 19 Part 1: Kinara's Landing RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 18-4 Chapter 18 Part 4: The Wreck of the Sarajayne RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 18-3 Chapter 18 Part 3: Worried About the Shadows RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 18-2 Chapter 18 Part 2: Out of the Kettle and Into the Fire RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 18-1 Chapter 18 Part 1: The Price of Hasty Judgements RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 17-2 Chapter 17 Part 2: Tycho RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 17-1 Chapter 17 Part 1: That Which Dwells in Darkness RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 16-3 Chapter 16 Part 3: Kirke o' The Mist RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 16-2 Chapter 16 Part 2: The Wreck of the Aurora Dream II RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 16-2 Chapter 16 Part 2: The Wreck of the Aurora Dream II RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 16-1 Chapter 16 Part 1: The Aurora Dream II RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 15 Chapter 15: In the Forbidden Garden RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 14-2 Chapter 14 Part 2: The Bitter Taste of Truth RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 14-1 Chapter 14 Part 1: The Bitter Taste of Betrayal RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 14-1 Chapter 14 Part 1: The Bitter Taste of Betrayal RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 13-2 Chapter 13 Part 2: Sword Spooks and Secrets Revealed RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 13-1 Chapter 13 Part 1: The Song of a Soul (and the Soul of a Weapon) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 12 Chapter 12: Nightmares RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 11-2 Chapter 11 Part 2: Hidden and Fearful Talents RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 11-2 Chapter 11 Part 2: Hidden and Fearful Talents RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 11 Chapter 11: New Beginnings (and Toothy Death) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 10 Chapter 10: Deep Within, Where the Meat is Tender RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 9-3 Chapter 9 Part 3: Lightning in a Box RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 9-2 Chapter 9 Part 2: Storms, Spies, and Shirahnyn RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 9-1 Chapter 9 Part 1: Storm's A-brewin' RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 8 Chapter 8: Waning Moons and the Distant Light of Stars RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 7-3 Chapter 7 Part 3: Somewhere Between Belief and unBelief RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 7-2 Chapter 7 Part 2: A Sword Tuning Gone Wrong RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 7-1 Chapter 7 Part 1: Love's Not a Competition (But Sometimes it Feel Like It) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 7-1 Chapter 7 Part 1: Love's Not a Competition (But Sometimes it Feel Like It) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 6-2 Chapter 6 Part 2: Soulless Assassins (and How NOT to be a Dad) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 6-2 Chapter 6 Part 2: Soulless Assassins (and How NOT to be a Dad) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 6-1 Chapter 6 Part 1: What We Remember Isn't Always What Happened RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 6-1 Chapter 6 Part 1: What We Remember Isn't Always What Happened RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 5 Chapter 5: The Sea of Bones Awakens RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 4-4 Chapter 4 Part 4: Melody and Memory RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 4-4 Chapter 4 Part 4: Melody and Memory RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 4-3 Chapter 4 Part 3: Cabers and Indecision RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 4-2 Chapter 4 Part 2: Caterwauling RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 4-2 Chapter 4 Part 2 RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 4-2 Chapter 4 Part 2: Caterwauling RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 4-1 Chapter 4 Part 1: Matters of the Heart RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 3-2 Chapter 3 Part 2: Arrows to the Heart RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 3-1 Chapter 3 Part 1: The Floor was Wet Enough RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 3-1 Chapter 3 Part 1: The Floor was Wet Enough RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 2-3 Chapter 2 Part 3: Nightmares and Secrets RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 2-3 Chapter 2 Part 3: Nightmares and Secrets RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 2-2 Chapter 2 Part 2: Running From Old Ghosts RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 2-2 Chapter 2 Part 2: Running From Old Ghosts RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 2-1 Chapter 2 Part 1: You Weren't There! RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 2-1 Chapter 2 Part 1: You Weren't There! RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 1-2 Chapter 1 Part 2: Wrong About Everything RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 1-2 Chapter 1 Part 2: Wrong About Everything RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 1-1 Chapter 1 Part 1: Three Years Later RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 1-1 Chapter 1 Part 1: Three Years Later (and Not Enough Wine) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 1-1 Chapter 1 Part 1: Three Years Later (and Not Enough Wine) RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 Prologue RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 Prologue: How is One to Hold Against the Darkness when the Darkness has Already Consumed Him? RoyalRoadL
Wolf's Oath Book 1: Oath Sworn 1 Prologue: How is One to Hold Against the Darkness when the Darkness has Already Consumed Him? RoyalRoadL