Tomasz Dobras
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Dark fantasy by Tomasz Dobras

ELARIS

It begins with a painter.

Saeron paints for the Crown in Ardelon. His new commission, The Image of Unity, is meant to preserve the king’s chosen image of order. But a wound appears on the canvas before it exists in the world.

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Prologue · 9 chapters · 2 interludes · Read free in English

Saeron beside the unfinished Image of Unity in his studio
ELARISSaeron, court painter of Ardelon

From the first chapter

“Since dawn, the city had been pretending it had nothing to hide.”
The Image of Unity

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Chapter IX

The Sky in the Crown

Saeron returns to the ruins and tries to speak to the woman in black.

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Bolek, a stocky tabby cat, lying on papers in Saeron’s studio

Saeron’s studio · Ardelon

Meet Bolek

Saeron paints for the king. Bolek has claimed the table.

Meet Bolek
Mærven with a slice removed, revealing thin cake layers, pale cheese and dark prune paste beneath the crisp crust.

Flavours of ELARIS

Mærven

Honey, fresh cheese and plums beneath a crisp crust. The birthday person makes the first break.

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The work in progress

A world beyond this story.

I’m developing Elaris as the setting for a planned nine-book saga and separate stories. Saeron’s is the first I’m sharing.

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