The Fire of St. Denian's

When the Night of Nights takes over holy ground, no one has the means to combat it. For over a century no one can drive off the evil, and nothing can survive within.

Brother Alden is a young man and new to the Brothers of the Third Star. Hereward is an older man, a veteran soldier turned monk, and hopelessly out of his depth facing a darkness he can't cut and stab. Mildgyth is a member of the Poor Sisters of Mercy, untried and hopelessly in love, and Blessed with an unusual talent for healing.  Within the abandoned Church of St. Denian's everything they know will be challenged, and they will learn bitter lessons, or die.

They face challenges they can neither expect nor understand, including betrayal and violence from the most unexpected source of all.

In the Age of Four Empires, distant kings lead distant armies, and bandits roam the land.  Always, remnants of a darker age lurk beneath the surface.

This is a 22,000-word short novel.