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Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness novel. A total of 162 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.Mich.e.l.le Paver.Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.Wolf Bro
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.Mich.e.l.le Paver.Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.Wolf Brother.Spirit Walker.Soul Eater.Outcast.Oath Breaker.Ghost Hunter.Wolf Brother.ONE.Torak woke with a jolt from a sleep he'd never meant to have.The fire had burned low.
- 62 Torak had thought of that too. 'But can we risk it?' he said. He wanted to trust Inuktiluk, but he'd learned the hard way that a man can do kind things, and still hide a rotten heart.'You're right,' said Renn. 'We won't tell him anything. Not till
- 61 After they'd moved about an arm's length, Torak put down his knife. 'This isn't working.'Renn met his eyes. Her own were huge. 'You're right. A drift like this, it could go on for . . . We might never break out.'He saw the effort she was making to
- 60 'And we can't have a fire, or the ravens will smell it.'Renn bit her lip. 'You do know that you can't have anything to eat? To go into a trance, you need to fast.'Torak had forgotten that. 'What about you?''I'll eat when you're not looking. The
- 59 It was this pale-pelt who now rose on his hind legs and came towards Wolf.Wolf gave a m.u.f.fled growl.Pale-Pelt bared his teeth, and brought his big claw close to Wolf's muzzle.Wolf flinched.Pale-Pelt laughed, lapping up Wolf's fear.But what was this?
- 58 His mane was a tangle of beard-moss, his scrawny limbs as gnarled as roots. Loops of green slime swung like creepers from his shattered nose and his rotten, toothless mouth.He'd left his cape on the ice to fool them, and was naked but for a hide loinclot
- 57 Besides, no trace of them had been found. Since the sickness last summer, Fin-Kedinn had spoken to every clan in the Open Forest, and had sent word to the Deep Forest and the Sea and Mountain clans. Nothing. The Soul-Eaters had gone to ground like a bear
- 56 Suddenly Wolf gave a grunt, and p.r.i.c.ked his ears.'What's he smelt?' said Renn. She didn't speak wolf talk, but she knew Wolf.Torak frowned. 'I don't know.' Wolf's tail was high, but he wasn't giving any of the prey signals Torak recognized.St
- 55 Torak nodded, too numb to speak.'Tomorrow,' said Fin-Kedinn, 'I'll teach you how to make rope.'Torak had run till he could run no further, but his thoughts would not be stilled. Fa had been a Soul-Eater. Fa, his own Fa . . .There was a tightness in h
- 54 '- so why not a Seal in a forest?' said Torak with a smile.Bale grinned. 'Why not indeed, kinsman?' Then with a nod to Renn and Wolf, he was back in his skinboat and heading off into the west, his fair hair flying behind him, and the Sea around him tu
- 53 Together they burst from the Sea.'So you'd rather kill yourself, would you?' gasped Tenris. 'How n.o.ble! But I won't give you the chance!' Still gripping Torak by the hair, he struck out for the sh.o.r.e, swimming one-armed, but powering through th
- 52 Torak's heart tightened with dread. Three against one. If Wolf tried to help him, he'd get himself killed.'Uff!' called Torak, warning him back. 'Uff! Uff!!'Wolf p.r.i.c.ked his ears, but did not retreat. He'd found a gap in the wall where the girl
- 51 Slowly Torak shook his head. 'I won't help you do that.'Tenris smiled. 'You don't have a choice.' Turning his head, he barked a command at the tokoroth, his voice suddenly harsh and cruel.The boy raced to fetch a heavy basket almost as big as himsel
- 50 'You've gone very pale,' said Tenris in his beautiful, gentle voice.'I'm I just need to find Torak,' she said.'So do I,' he said, and a corner of his mouth lifted in a smile. It was a smile full of warmth, but as Renn met his calm grey gaze, she k
- 49 His voice was as steady as an oak standing firm in a gale, and Torak took strength from it. 'Yes,' he said. 'Yes. This doesn't change what I have to do. Does it, Tenris?' He turned and looked up into the Mage's face.'No,' said Tenris, 'it doesn'
- 48 'Where are you?' he said softly.'The rowan trees,' she whispered. 'Up here no, further along.'When he got within reach, she grabbed his jerkin and pulled him behind a spur which cut them off from the others. 'At last!' she breathed. 'I've been w
- 47 Torak thought that too obvious to need a reply.The selik root had taken hold in a sunbaked 'earth' of rotten wood and eagle pellets, and it didn't want to let go. Sweat poured down Torak's sides as he chipped away at the base of the plant with Fa's b
- 46 'Just keep out of the way,' muttered Bale.Torak ground his teeth. They wouldn't even let him help.Stifling his frustration, he watched Bale draw back his arm and throw the rope. The hook floated high, then dropped neatly over a peg about ten paces up.
- 45 She sprang to her feet. It was no use staying here, scaring herself. It was at least a daywalk to the western tip of the island and the Eagle Heights; she should break camp now, and get a head start on the skinboats.Feeling better for making a decision, s
- 44 'What?' said Renn.'I felt I felt the shape of things in the water, like a fish would.' He gazed into the fire. 'Then something scared them. They felt a Hunter, somewhere in the deep water. And I felt it too, Renn. Just like a fish.'Renn was bewilder
- 43 He rolled onto his side, then onto his knees, and spewed up what felt like half the Sea. 'D- drowning,' he gasped.'I could see that!' said the voice, managing to sound both angry and shaken. 'But what were you doing? Why didn't you just climb out?'
- 42 'I said it was an accident!' panted Torak. 'My paddle broke!''That's impossible! They're made of the strongest driftwood -''Then what's this?' Torak brandished what remained of his paddle. 'If they're so strong, why did mine snap like a piece
- 41 Kyo spoke to Tiu. 'There's that little bay to the south-west of their camp. We could put in there, and they'd never know.''And I could give her seaworthy clothes,' said a woman, 'and purify her for the journey. Tiu, she's just a girl, we can't le
- 40 Tenris set down the final Sea egg at his feet. 'If I made the cure, you'd have to help.'Torak held his breath.'Each summer,' said Tenris, 'the Sea clans celebrate the Midsummer rites on a different island. This time it's the turn of the Cormorants.
- 39 'And did she teach you Magecraft?''No,' said Torak. 'I'm a hunter, like my father. He taught me hunting and tracking, not Magecraft.'Again Tenris met his eyes and this time Torak felt the full force of his intelligence, like a shaft of strong sunli
- 38 'First of the summer,' said Bale, 'and we missed it.' He made it sound as if that was Torak's fault.Suddenly Torak realised that all this meat came from just a single kill. He saw a tail fin longer than a skinboat. What he'd taken for saplings were
- 37 SEVENTEEN.The three skinboats flew over the waves as the sun sank towards the Sea, and hope died in Torak's heart.In his mind he saw Wolf running up and down the sh.o.r.e: howling, unable to comprehend why his pack-brother had forsaken him.Torak couldn'
- 36 Why did I do what? wondered Torak. Then he realised what they were doing: talking to distract him while they closed in.Quickly he looked about. Before him the ground sloped down into a long, lush hollow. He made out alders and willows; pale-green moss and
- 35 Wolf glanced back at her, and she saw the certainty in his amber eyes.'West,' she said again.Wolf started along the trail, and Renn followed him at a run.FIFTEEN.Torak caught a tang of salt on the air, and came to a halt. That smell brought back memorie
- 34 To cheer herself up, she took out the little grouse-bone whistle which Torak had given her the previous autumn. It didn't make any sound that she could hear, but she always kept it with her. Wolf seemed to hear it well enough, and once she'd used it to
- 33 That was when she'd forgotten one of the first rules Fin-Kedinn had ever taught her, and stuck in her hand without looking.The pain was terrible. Her scream shook the Forest and sent woodpigeons bursting from the trees.Howling, she yanked back her hand b
- 32 He couldn't see anyone. The bracken was man-high, filled with shadow.'Who are you?' he said. He took a step forward then realised he'd left his weapons by the carca.s.s.That was when he saw it. A face in the bracken, staring at him.A face of leaves.EL
- 31 The boar gave a wheezy roar and thundered off into the Forest.When it did not come back, Torak blew out a shaky breath. But he knew it was too soon to climb down. Boars are cunning; they know how to lie low. This one could be anywhere.His legs were crampe
- 30 The prey soon sensed that he wasn't hunting them, and relaxed. An elk munched willowherb as he pa.s.sed. Forest horses flicked up their tails and cantered into the trees, then turned to stare till he was gone. Two boar sows and their fat, fluffy piglets
- 29 SIX.Oslak had taken no chances. He'd gnawed through his bindings, slipped out of the sickness shelter, and climbed the Guardian Rock. Then he'd thrown himself off.The fall had probably killed him. At least Torak hoped so. He couldn't bear to think of h
- 28 That was how Renn found him: standing rigid with his knife in his hand, staring upwards.'What's wrong?' she said. 'Why did you run away? Are you did you eat something bad?' She didn't want to voice her fear that he might have the sickness.'I'm all
- 27 'And I will,' said Fin-Kedinn. 'I will keep you safe. But put Dari down. Let him come to me. Let me take him to his mother.'Oslak's face went slack.'Put him down,' repeated Fin-Kedinn. 'It's time for his nightmeal . . .'The power of his voice be
- 26 'Where's Fin-Kedinn?' cried Torak when he reached the Raven camp.'In the next valley,' said a man gutting salmon, 'gathering dogwood for arrowshafts.''What about Saeunn? Where's the Mage?''Casting the bones,' said a girl threading fish-heads o
- 25 A breeze lifted his hair, but brought no answer.A young crow flew over the Mountains, cawing and sky-dancing with the joy of flight. From the east came a thunder of hooves. Torak knew what that meant. It meant that the reindeer were coming down from the f
- 24 Torak bowed his head. He couldn't go on. He didn't belong here. This was the haunt of spirits, not of men.When he opened his eyes, the Mountain was gone, once more shrouded in clouds.Torak sat back on his heels. I can't do it, he thought. I can't go u
- 23 'I didn't say that. You can run or you can fight. There's always a choice.'Torak looked up at the blood-spattered parka. Hord was right: this was a fight for men, not for boys. 'Why did Fa never tell me anything?' he said.'Your father knew what he
- 22 'Mend them?' She snorted. 'I think I can manage that!''Thank you,' Torak said humbly. He glanced at Wolf, who was cowering in the corner with his ears back.Oslak's mate s.n.a.t.c.hed a length of sinew and spun Torak round to measure his shoulders.
- 21 'What are you doing?' cried Renn. 'Give it back!''Hold your tongue!' snapped Hord.'Why should I? Who says you can 'Hord slapped her. It was a hard blow across the face, and she went flying, landing in a heap.Oslak growled a protest but Hord warned
- 20 Somehow, between them, they managed to make a fire. Fire needs warmth as well as air, so they used some of their firewood to make a little platform to keep the rest off the snow and this time, instead of fumbling with his strike-fire, Torak remembered the
- 19 The fury of the ice river broke upon them with terrifying force.Torak had to lean into the blast just to stay standing, and clutch his cape to stop it being ripped away. Through the streaming snow, he saw Renn pus.h.i.+ng forwards with all her strength; W
- 18 Behind him, Wolf gave an urgent grunt.Torak turned to see the cub leaping for cover beneath an arch of solid ice. He glanced up. 'Look out!' he cried, grabbing Renn and yanking her under the arch.An ear-splitting crack and they were overwhelmed by roari
- 17 'West, round the other side of the hill, then down into a beech wood.' He reached out and stirred the fire, his thin face sharp with anxiety. 'The bear was right behind him.'Renn pictured Wolf racing through the Forest with the bear closing in. 'Tora
- 16 For a heartbeat, Torak was back with Fa on the night of the attack, transfixed by the malice of those demon-haunted eyes . . .'No!' he shouted.Renn loosed her arrow. The bear batted it away with one sweep of its claws. But just as it was about to move i
- 15 With an odd sense of giving up an unwelcome burden, Torak handed her the ravenskin pouch, and she tied it to her belt. Wolf watched what was happening with ears swivelling: as if, thought Torak, the pouch were making some kind of noise.'You'll need ligh
- 14 If their journey had been hard before, this was worse. The Walker strode behind them, forcing them almost at a run up a rocky elk trail that at times had them climbing on their hands and knees. Renn went in front, stony-faced, grieving for her quiver. Wol
- 13 Renn wrapped two small pieces of grouse in dock leaves and left them for the clan guardians, while Torak moved the fire to the mouth of the cave, as he was determined not to spend another night inside. Half-filling Renn's cooking-skin with water, he hung
- 12 He'd nearly reached it when something made him look down and he saw them. Far below, two blind white eyes staring up at him.What were they? River pearls? The eyes of one of the Hidden People?The Prophecy. The riddle. 'Deepest of all, the drowned sight.
- 11 As night fell, they made a shelter of bent hazel saplings and leafmould by a muddy stream. Holly trees gave a pretence of cover, and they lit a small fire and ate a few slips of dried meat. They didn't dare risk the salmon cakes; the bear would have smel
- 10 She stood up, struggling to overcome her unease. 'They've gone. It's time we headed north.' She replaced her arrow in her quiver and slung her bow over her shoulder, and for a moment Torak thought she was having a change of heart. Then she drew her kn
- 9 As quietly as he could, he started clambering up the bank. It was thick with willows which gave good cover, but very steep. Red earth crumbled beneath him. If he fell back into the river, they'd hear the splash . . .Pebbles trickled into the water as he
- 8 'I saw you!' Her face was paler than ever. 'So it's true. The Prophecy is true. You are the Listener.''No!''What were you saying to him? What were you plotting?''I've told you, I can't ''I won't give you the chance,' she whispered. 'I won
- 7 'I don't know,' she said. 'Maybe he is. Maybe he isn't. We need time to find out.'Fin-Kedinn stroked his beard. 'What makes you suspect ''The way he defeated Hord. And I found this in his things.' She held out her palm, and Torak saw his little
- 6 'Wh at?' he gasped. 'I didn't even know the buck was yours! How can I be guilty if I didn't know?''It's the law,' said Fin-Kedinn.'Why? Why? Because you say so?''Because the clans say so.'Oslak put a heavy hand on Torak's shoulder.'No!' cr
- 5 Torak broke out in a sweat. Death? How could taking a roe buck mean death?His mouth was so dry that he could hardly speak. 'If if it's the buck you're after,' he said, 'take it and let me go. It's in my pack. I haven't eaten much.'Oslak and the gi
- 4 The rest of his talk was the same: rough but expressive. Of course he didn't have a tail, and couldn't move his ears or fluff up his fur, or hit the high yips. But he usually made himself understood.So in many ways, he was just like any other wolf. Alth
- 3 Torak woke with a cry.The last of the bear's roars were echoing through the Forest. They weren't a dream. They were real.Torak held his breath. He saw the blue moonlight through the gaps in his shelter. He saw that the fire was nearly out. He felt his h
- 2 THREE.The wolf cub did not at all understand what was going on. He'd been exploring the rise above the Den when the Fast Wet had come roaring through, and now his mother and father and pack-brothers were lying in the mud and they were ignoring him.Since
- 1 Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.Mich.e.l.le Paver.Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.Wolf Brother.Spirit Walker.Soul Eater.Outcast.Oath Breaker.Ghost Hunter.Wolf Brother.ONE.Torak woke with a jolt from a sleep he'd never meant to have.The fire had burned low.