As I stood gazing across the vast, frozen landscape of Theras, a world encased in ceaseless ice, I was overshadowed by the looming citadel of penitence where I had served my penance. Two years of my life had vanished within those cold, unyielding walls.

On the brink of my departure, I was ready to return home, to meld into the embrace of the Vol, my past transgressions redeemed in full. Yet, I could scarcely fathom the true journey that lay before me.

Friendships would be forged on the icy plains and within the betraying echoes of Artif's hallowed halls. I sought a place of belonging, only to find fate had carved a far different path.

From the treacherous waters of Abzu, where survival was a mere whisper against the roar of the sea, to the enigmatic depths of the Parlous Pass, where daemons lurked at every shadowed turn, my journey unfolded. Heroes and monsters, magic and dark legacies intertwined, leading me through battles that tested every fiber of my being.

The lines between friend and foe blurred as I navigated the labyrinthine web of deceit spun by those I once trusted. As I prepared to step into this unwritten chapter of my life, I knew not what the morrow held.

Only that the Ice Age of Theras awaited, a realm where the past was as present as the snow underfoot, and every step was a stride into legend. ******The Tale of the Thief, the first book in the Ice Age of Theras fantasy setting, follows the journey of Taoma, a young thief newly freed after serving his sentence.

Repentant and determined to find his place in the world, Taoma embarks on an epic adventure across the icy plains of Theras. Along the way, he forms steadfast friendships and endures betrayals that shake his trust to its core.

His path leads him to Aftif, a self-contained city and a bastion of hope against the relentless cold, as one of the great Temples of the Kerk. Taoma's journey takes him across the unpredictable sea of Abzu, where dangers lurk both above and below the waves.

As he becomes entangled in the web of intrigue spun by the D'Tal, the Kerk's feared Inquisition, Taoma finds himself in pursuit of an elusive, darkly magical artifact that could change everything. Join the Thief as he walks his path of redemption though the Ice Age of Theras in the first of a series of interconnected novels and reference books exploring the vastness of this frozen world.

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