HeyJaredStephen Thomas - The Four Lights
Historical fiction stranger than fantasy. The books in the Four Lights series will be serialised free right here. If you like what you see, buy a copy for yourself or a friend!
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Songs from In the Day of the Flood (opens the original)
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The Language of the Sea: Chapter 3 (opens the original)
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AUDIOBOOK RELEASE OCTOBER 1st - In the Day of the Flood - narrated by Cody Finney from Tales of Sphyra (opens the original)
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In the Day of the Lion (opens the original)
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This is the second book in the Four Lights series. In the Day of the Lion takes the action far up the river Danube to the Iron Gates, a violent, plunging gorge now in Serbia. There, an ancient and settled river-based society based on the real Lepenski Vir culture is clashing with early farmers who recently settled in the area. They are separated by language but also by the difference between peaceful settled life and increasingly brutal and violent leaders. The protagonist is one of the main cha
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