Sam Middleton
Sam Middleton is an English science fiction and fantasy author. He graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BA in English Literature. While there, he was influenced by the epistolary forms of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Combining this with a mild obsession with epic fantasy, he wrote Eluthienn, an epistolary epic fantasy novel, part of the ongoing A Tale of the Fromryr series. His other series, Of Strange Worlds and Stranger Tales, is a collection of sci-fi and fantasy short stories, some of which are interlinked, and others are standalone. It includes the novella, The Lazarat Moon, also part of the A Tale of the Fromryr series. For the past ten years Sam has been honing his craft as a professional business content and ghost writer. Now freelance, he spends most of his time in the UK, but he will occasionally disappear for several months – usually to blast out some writing, and usually to somewhere with more sun.
Fantasy (Epic)
A Tale of The Fromryr
Eluthienn
Welcome to the Abyss Formaria – a labyrinthine network of underground tunnels – is home to the Fromryr. An alliance of humans, dwarves, elves, and gnomes, they fight an endless war with ancient technologies. Technologies they don’t truly understand but deploy with devastating effect. Above the surface, exorcist Kalbrayeth Lyander investigates a possible demonic incursion. When he discovers a body imbued with unknown sorceries he finds himself in possession of a secret he never wanted. A secret that threatens to break centuries long alliances and drag Formaria into a war it cannot afford. Below the surface, Brazier Veranquis, the First Officer of ice miner the Chalice of Amaranth, responds to a distress signal from an unidentified gyre ship. What he and his crew find leaves them fleeing for their lives. When their paths cross Lyander, they realise what they found threatens to bring down all of Formaria. War is coming and with an enemy outmatching even the mighty Fromryr. Uncertain of who to trust and embroiled in political intrigue, Lyander and Brazier must do everything they can to prevent Formaria’s fall. The odds are against them. But in the abyss, one ship can change the fate of millions.
