Awakenings
Awakenings by Claudie Arseneault is a fantasy novel published by Claudie Arseneault on February 9, 2024. This edition features 184 pages and is presented in English. The story follows Horace, who has apprenticed in various roles within the domed city of Trenaze but has faced rejection from every clan. Eager to prove eir worth, Horace joins the city’s guards, hoping to succeed during a critical trial at the Great Market. However, the appearance of monstrous Fragments disrupts the market, leading to a fateful encounter with a mysterious elven figure.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines action and adventure as Horace grapples with self-doubt while defending the market-goers. The story explores themes of friendship and belonging, particularly through Horace’s connection with Aliyah, who dreams of escaping the confines of Trenaze. As they confront the dangers posed by the Fragments, Horace embarks on a journey of discovery, seeking to understand the significance of their shared experiences. This edition invites readers into a richly imagined world where personal growth and the quest for identity take center stage.
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Innkeep, hunter, blacksmith, nurse-Horace has apprenticed for every clan in the domed city of Trenaze, and they’ve all rejected em. Too hare-brained. Too talkative. Too slow. Ever the optimist, e has joined Trenaze’s guards to be mentored. Horace has high hopes to earn eir place during eir trial at the Great Market. That is, until the glowing shards haunting the world break through the city’s protective dome, fused together in a single, monstrous amalgam of Fragments.
Armed with a sword, a shield, and far too little training, Horace doubts eir ability to defend the market-goers. But eir last stand is interrupted by a mysterious elven figure who can dissipate the Fragments with a single, strange sentence: your story is my story.
From the moment it is uttered, Horace knows the sentences holds true for em, too-and when the elf collapses in the middle of the market, e carries them to safety, to recover away from the panicked crowd and inevitable questions from eir fellow guards. It could cost em eir apprenticeship-eir last chance to find eir place in eir home city-but Horace cannot resist the pull of this mystery elf and the call of a new friend.
Aliyah has but one desire: to leave Trenaze’s safe boundaries and find the forest that haunts their dreams. After an afternoon of board games in their quiet, sharp-witted company, Horace is ready to follow, confronting Fragments and other dangers of the road to understand what happened that day, hear Aliyah’s laugh again and finally feel like e belongs.
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