Cryptic Tongues (ebook)

The serpent queen reigns and has held the people of Hybron under thrall through promises of prosperity, deceptive words and fear. She has brought great prosperity to the land - for a deadly price. The queen has a terrible plan most do not dream of, a plan that would threaten the whole realm but there are those of her own blood who stand in the way of her ultimate plan. These must be destroyed.

Rapheth, a youth being groomed for greatness is unsure of his destiny and his past is shrouded in mystery. Raised in the center of Hybronian high culture, seemingly a world away from the poisonous court of the queen, there are many things and ideas that beckon to him and he spends his days living a sheltered existence and making mischief with his friends. Suddenly, Ilim his teacher, is called away and he meets new men who come with new and possibly dangerous ideas. Spies are everywhere and threats of war appear from the east and the south.

Every tongue makes promises of revealing secrets, promises of the coming of great and wondrous things; prophecies that speak of kings, wars and momentous changes but which changes will come about? Which are true and which are false? Which tongues are imparting the sayings of life and peace and which will lead the realm to doom?