David Lingard: Author

Chapter 6 - Revelations

A short staircase had led the Contestants up into the Arena, not any part of the Arena that had remained underground, but the main central Colosseum and the bright orange-yellow sands that formed the fighting zone. Here, it was clear the fights occurred, with concentric stone staircases and stands where spectators would watch the fights as they happened. In this case, the Colosseum was more than half empty, and the spectators didn't seem too enthused by the events unfolding before them. But t...

Chapter 5 – The Gift of Immortality

White Contestant Armband

Value: Unknown

Effect: Prevents the wearer from dying while in the confines of the arena and the surrounding area.

Effect: The wearer will gain no experience or ability points while wearing this armband.

Titus stared at the description that had appeared in his field of view the moment he tied the armband around his bicep. He glanced at Miss Kane with a questioning look.

"It's good, isn't it?" she said with a sm...

Chapter 4 – The God of Balance

"What... what is this?" Titus asked, shocked. The text had his name on and whatever the rest was he had absolutely no idea.

"Are you seeing it now, boy?" Mr Avery said with a glint of excitement in his eye. "You have felt the presence of The God of Balance, and it has posed a new question."

"Well, I don't know what to call it, but I can see words in my vision. It talks about me, but I don't know what any of it means, really. Is this normal?"

"And that is something that we, h...

Chapter 3 – The Awakening

Titus scanned the room for somewhere appropriate to sit. He had no idea why people were sitting where they were, but if they were separated through rank, superiority, or age, he didn't want to sit in the wrong place and make a fool of himself. After all, he didn't want to be told off on his very first day.

The only thing Titus could see that separated the individuals in the great hall - because they were all wearing different types of clothing and didn't seem to fit into any kind of str...

Chapter 2 – Journey to the Arena

"Titus! Titus!" his father boomed down the hallway and into his bedroom. "It's time," he said in a tone that sounded like it was conflicted between excited and upset. But the call and announcement had been unnecessary; Titus had already heard the carriage arrive outside the bakery and heard the metal rim encompassing the wooden wheels crunching the stones surrounding the house. Getting out of his bed as unenthusiastically as possible, he exited his bedroom and walked down the hallway without ...

Chapter 1 - A Son's Plea

"Dad, please," Titus begged, tears filling his eyes. "Why now? Why this? You've always kept me away from the arena. You've never even let us talk about it, and now you want me to go and become a Contestant."

Then he looked to his stepmother, standing beside his father with her hand on his shoulder.

"This is her? Isn't it? That... woman. No, worse than that, she's a witch. She's put a spell on you! Please, father, please, I'm begging you. Don't send me to the Arena. Do...

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an author? Have you, like so many others grown up with the desire to have your name in print, on a vibrant book cover sat on your own bookshelf displaying your name for all to see? Even if the only person who truly gets a thrill out of seeing that name sat there staring back at you… is you?

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