CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

  Shadow Trap is the second novel in the Shadow series trilogy . The series started with Shadow’s Rise , which was released on January 1, 2013, Australian Eastern Standard Time, and will be completed by the forthcoming Shadow’s Fall . Exchanged by the gods, so he can better suit their purpose, thargramorg priest Gilzereet Urkhrist must now travel to the distant realm of Thargood in order to discover the Old One’s prison and prevent his escape. Accompanied by Vorgren, Tara, Ailina and four apprentices, he flees the temple of his new god as the current pantheon faces down Beauwallin’s most savage attack yet. With the Old One gathering power more quickly than before, will the support of the gods be sufficient to give them a chance to contain him? Shadow Trap is currently available from Smashwords , Kobo, Kindle , DriveThruFiction, iTunes , and Nook.   Fi rst Chapter: The temple deeps were cool and quiet. Tara stalked them, hiding from the light cast by f...

The Runaway is the second short story to be found in An Anthology of Bloodlines . It is also available as a stand-alone short story. With fire and otherworldly invaders closing in, a commander takes the time to tell the story of his capture and the reasons behind his return to continue the fight. What are the secrets of his past? The Runaway is currently available as a stand-alone title at Smashwords , Kobo , Kindle , iTunes , and Nook, but will one day be incorporated into An Anthology of Bloodlines . First Pa ges: The Runaway In the gathering dark of the downs, campfires twinkled in a shallow valley. The commander of the troops gathered about those fires lay, belly-flat, on the top of one of the hills bordering the valley. He looked, but nothing disturbed the smooth slope of the downs below him. After staring across the broad valley his troops had to cross the next day, he turned to the sentry beside him. “Keep a watch,” he said. “I can smell smoke.” ...