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Sinner: A Prequel to the Mongoliad

by Mark Teppo

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SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.A severed head and a cry of "Witchcraft " start a frenzied witchhunt in a sleepy German village. When Konrad von Marburg, a Church inquisitor, arrives on the scene, innocent and guilty alike find themselves subject to the inquisitor's violent form of purification.Two knights of the Ordo Militum Vindicis Intactae, Andreas and Raphael, soon arrive in the village. Though each journeys on a separate path, they quickly band together to confront the inquisitor as he whips the townspeople into a righteous bloodlust.When her dead husband's severed head appears on her doorstep, a local woman is charged with practicing heretical rituals, it is up to the knights to discover the truth behind the brutal murder before the torches are lit and the woman is burned at the stake.Their task proves daunting, though, as the townspeople have their own long-buried secrets and sins that they want to keep hidden--even if it means allowing the sacrifice of an innocent woman.With Sinner: A Foreworld SideQuest, Mark Teppo forges the first link in a chain that leads to the world-shattering events of the Mongoliad series.A note on this story: Sinner is included in The Mongoliad: Book One Collector's Edition.… (more)
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  nnschiller | Sep 18, 2014 |
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  nnschiller | Sep 18, 2014 |
I just couldn't get into this book. I made it 41% into this and just couldn't hold my interest. The story moved along too slow for my likes.

Granted this is the prequel to the Mongoliad (The Foreworld Saga), I only could hope the story moves a lot smoother. I'm glad I picked this book up from Bookbub for free. ( )
  cbilbo | Apr 8, 2014 |
I just couldn't get into this book. I made it 41% into this and just couldn't hold my interest. The story moved along too slow for my likes.

Granted this is the prequel to the Mongoliad (The Foreworld Saga), I only could hope the story moves a lot smoother. I'm glad I picked this book up from Bookbub for free. ( )
  cbilbo | Apr 8, 2014 |
"God is afraid of the night," the figure said, his voice a dry rattle in the darkness. "He is afraid of what lives in these woods. What has always lived in these woods. Your God has fled, and we are all that remain."
from "The Sinner", by Mark Teppo

This is a fun little tale that takes place in the universe of the multi-authored historical fiction series, "Mongoliad". The 60-page short story revolves around Raphael and Andreas, two knights drawn into a mysterious death in a small village and one accused witch's battle against the Church and the town. There's a hint of the supernatural, but author Mark Teppo creates a winning story out of his deft creation of two three-dimensional characters, and development of an interesting mystery in so few pages.

I have not (yet) read the "Mongoliad" and this story stands well-enough on it's own. ( )
  JGolomb | Mar 10, 2014 |
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SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.A severed head and a cry of "Witchcraft " start a frenzied witchhunt in a sleepy German village. When Konrad von Marburg, a Church inquisitor, arrives on the scene, innocent and guilty alike find themselves subject to the inquisitor's violent form of purification.Two knights of the Ordo Militum Vindicis Intactae, Andreas and Raphael, soon arrive in the village. Though each journeys on a separate path, they quickly band together to confront the inquisitor as he whips the townspeople into a righteous bloodlust.When her dead husband's severed head appears on her doorstep, a local woman is charged with practicing heretical rituals, it is up to the knights to discover the truth behind the brutal murder before the torches are lit and the woman is burned at the stake.Their task proves daunting, though, as the townspeople have their own long-buried secrets and sins that they want to keep hidden--even if it means allowing the sacrifice of an innocent woman.With Sinner: A Foreworld SideQuest, Mark Teppo forges the first link in a chain that leads to the world-shattering events of the Mongoliad series.A note on this story: Sinner is included in The Mongoliad: Book One Collector's Edition.

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