THE SILVER PATH
THE UNDERWORLDS
by
Dennis Scheel
Fantasy / Science Fiction
Publication Date: June 20, 2024
Page count: 412 pages
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SYNOPSIS:
Will it end in peace or a silvery dose of fate?
Henna’s manipulation knows no bounds,
Denida is still the object of her prophecy, while Lucifer, God, and Gabriel remain in her sights.
Having seen her son, Nina is more determined than ever to bring him back from Henna’s world of dead souls. Meanwhile, the Darkness runs rampant across the Underworlds and on Earth as Lucifer’s grief over Heavani’s death overwhelms him.
Everyone has their own goals and ends, but one thing is inescapable: the bright silvery path that Henna willed.
Can these characters escape destiny’s hold on them, or will they become pawns in Henna’s quest for revenge?
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The Colonel sat in front of a cluster of seven monitors, which displayed live feeds from robots across the Underworlds. Naphtali spoke to the Colonel from World Eight’s feed.
“Things will be different with Dan in charge, won’t it?” Naphtali asked.
The Colonel shrugged. “I sure hope not. Denida left him in charge, so it shouldn’t be that bad. Thankfully, we don’t have any demons running amuck anymore.”
“Yeah, everything’s better, now.” Naphtali smiled widely.
“I wonder…” The Colonel scratched his head. “- if this ‘war’ of Lucifer’s will change that.”
Naphtali’s smile froze. “War?”
“The one against Heaven.”
Naphtali gasped. “Lucifer wants war with Heaven? I thought God and Lucifer would always just have a private power struggle between themselves.”
Why does it matter?
“Beep,” a monitor a few screens away flicked on.
The Colonel tilted his head. Earth? “Just a sec, Naphtali.” He approached the monitor.
“Is anyone there? Demons are attacking us!” a soldier stared in the camera with wide, bloodshot eyes, as a demon tackled him, terminating the feed.
How can demons be on Earth? The Colonel wiped a bead of sweat on the back of his neck.
“John!” Naphtali hollered.
The Colonel blinked out of his daze and hurried back to World Eight’s feed.
Naphtali sat hunched over at the monitor, drenched in blood.
“What happened to you?”
“Demons,” Naphtali murmured. “Inform Denida.”
The Colonel nodded. “Are you okay to get cleaned up and-”
Naphtali spun around to a scuffle. A pair of demons slammed him into the feed, cutting the signal.
“Naphtali!” The Colonel punched the keys and shook the monitor. “Work, dammit!” After a few minutes of his eyes growing wide with concern, he jumped up and ran out, sprinting though the offices, eventually slamming through a door. “Dan!”
“What is it, now?” Dan put laid his pen on his desk and frowned.
“Demons… Naphtali needs our assistance. It’s not just Earth.”
“Naph…” Dan leaned back in his chair with a pensive expression.
“On World Eight, the former demon,” the Colonel reminded Dan.
Dan lit up, but bit his lip with concern. “Why are there demons in the Underworlds? I thought Denida ended that invasion.”
“Lucifer threw Denida out of Hell. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about Denida’s deal, anymore.”
“Things will be different with Dan in charge, won’t it?” Naphtali asked.
The Colonel shrugged. “I sure hope not. Denida left him in charge, so it shouldn’t be that bad. Thankfully, we don’t have any demons running amuck anymore.”
“Yeah, everything’s better, now.” Naphtali smiled widely.
“I wonder…” The Colonel scratched his head. “- if this ‘war’ of Lucifer’s will change that.”
Naphtali’s smile froze. “War?”
“The one against Heaven.”
Naphtali gasped. “Lucifer wants war with Heaven? I thought God and Lucifer would always just have a private power struggle between themselves.”
Why does it matter?
“Beep,” a monitor a few screens away flicked on.
The Colonel tilted his head. Earth? “Just a sec, Naphtali.” He approached the monitor.
“Is anyone there? Demons are attacking us!” a soldier stared in the camera with wide, bloodshot eyes, as a demon tackled him, terminating the feed.
How can demons be on Earth? The Colonel wiped a bead of sweat on the back of his neck.
“John!” Naphtali hollered.
The Colonel blinked out of his daze and hurried back to World Eight’s feed.
Naphtali sat hunched over at the monitor, drenched in blood.
“What happened to you?”
“Demons,” Naphtali murmured. “Inform Denida.”
The Colonel nodded. “Are you okay to get cleaned up and-”
Naphtali spun around to a scuffle. A pair of demons slammed him into the feed, cutting the signal.
“Naphtali!” The Colonel punched the keys and shook the monitor. “Work, dammit!” After a few minutes of his eyes growing wide with concern, he jumped up and ran out, sprinting though the offices, eventually slamming through a door. “Dan!”
“What is it, now?” Dan put laid his pen on his desk and frowned.
“Demons… Naphtali needs our assistance. It’s not just Earth.”
“Naph…” Dan leaned back in his chair with a pensive expression.
“On World Eight, the former demon,” the Colonel reminded Dan.
Dan lit up, but bit his lip with concern. “Why are there demons in the Underworlds? I thought Denida ended that invasion.”
“Lucifer threw Denida out of Hell. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about Denida’s deal, anymore.”
BOOK TRAILER:
GUEST POST:
Please welcome today's featured author, Dennis Scheel, to the blog to discuss his writing relationship with his characters.
"Do your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have the reins of the story?
DENNIS: I mostly have the reins, but my story has some very strong-willed characters in all my books so I can’t really argue I’m in complete control. There a few characters whose dominant personalities are hard to avoid. (Maybe Henna wills me to write it her way, heh.)
Each of the four books in the series are all a ‘beast in itself,’ and that is only somewhat attributable to the characters. Henna has been overshadowing everyone since Rejecting Destiny, and with The Silvery Path, she still manipulates events behind the scenes. She was in control before that too, but her presence was not revealed until Rejecting Destiny. The time has come for other characters to take back control of their own destinies and overpower her will through a force of newly acquired awareness.
When my characters do hijack the story, eventually, the narrative has to come back under my control, so that the tale doesn’t turn into a tour de force, even if the conclusion isn’t fully in-line with what some of the characters wanted. Someone has to come out on top, after all, so not everyone can ‘win’. My characters have yet to be able to change an ending! (Luckily, this turned out to be the last of the Underworlds tales, because I’m thinking that if I wrote a fifth book, it would turn into a horror story where the characters would come out of the pages and torture me like in ‘Misery.’ Ha!)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Writing about myself… oh, the horror!
As a Christmas Child, I believe magic is everywhere, especially during the winter, and I try to weave that magic into my stories. After all, my firm belief in karma and destiny has shaped who I am, so it should guide my stories, as well.
I was born and raised in Denmark, but faced many challenges during my life, one of which was my inability to write my stories in Danish! I’ve had my stories brewing in my head since I was a child and struggled for years to express them properly. After recovering from a diabetic attack that left me hospitalized, I managed to find my writer’s voice in English, and am thrilled to now have the ability to share my tales with you.
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