Emaneska Series by Ben Galley

4.18 · 60 ratings
  • The Written (Emaneska #1)
    #1

    The Written (Emaneska #1)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2010

    Game Of Throne meets Die Hard in this explosive epic fantasy, packed with tattooed mages wielding unbridled spells, meddling gods, dragon-riders, and twisted Norse mythology.Only half the recruits that undergo the Ritual survive to become Written mages. Only they can wield the fiercest of magics, to protect the Arka, until either death or the madness takes them.Five scholars of Arfell have been assassinated... more

  • The Weaver & The Wyrm: A Tale Of Emaneska (Emaneska #1)
    #1

    The Weaver & The Wyrm: A Tale Of Emaneska (Emaneska #1)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2022

    Farden is a Written mage: a living weapon, the brutal fist of the Arka, trained in the schools of magick and forged in fire and blood. There are few that would dare to trifle with a Written, but there are always those too stupid or too ambitious to heed the warnings.Driven from the city of Krauslung and the Arka by family shame and gossip, Farden hopes the far-flung land of Albion will give him the peace and anonymity he craves... more

  • The Iron Keys: A Tale Of Emaneska (Emaneska #1)
    #1

    The Iron Keys: A Tale Of Emaneska (Emaneska #1)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2022

    The Marshes of Efjar have never been conquered. The scholars say it is the inhospitable terrain, the mazelike bogs, or insects the size of a fist. But any warrior who's ever trod these lands know the true danger: the minotaur clans that call them home.Twice the height of a human and fond of raw flesh, the Efjar minotaurs have repelled the Arka armies time and time again. It now falls to The Iron Keys – a famed regiment of the finest soldiers and mages – to put an end to the war... more

  • Pale Kings (Emaneska #2)
    #2

    Pale Kings (Emaneska #2)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2012

    Emaneska is crying out for a saviourThe only question is:Can they kill a child to save a world? While Farden the Written mage busies himself digging up his past in the strange deserts of Paraia, the storm-clouds begin to gather for Durnus, Elessi, Cheska, and Modren.Together with Farfallen and his dragon-riders, they must fight to survive against the Long Winter, the vicious machinations of the new Arkmage, and the arrival of something much deadlier than both combined... more

  • Dead Stars - Part One (Emaneska #3)
    #3

    Dead Stars - Part One (Emaneska #3)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2013

    The sky is falling. The world trembles beneath it.Emaneska is crying out for a saviour. Somebody is hunting down the Written mages in the wilds. Murdering and skinning them alive. Who? A mere girl. A girl who was born to rip the stars from the sky and bring them crashing down to earth. The direst enemy Emaneska has ever faced.In the wake of the Battle of Krauslung, the world has changed. For the darker. For the stranger... more

  • Dead Stars - Part Two (Emaneska #4)
    #4

    Dead Stars - Part Two (Emaneska #4)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2013

    North, is where the battle will take place.North, is where Farden must go.But to death, to glory, or to both? The Arka have chosen their champion, and now he must lead them to the top of the world - The Spine, where the black mountains belch fire, and where the battle against cataclysm will take place upon the ice.As they travel north in a warship clad in iron, the Krauslung they leave behind is crumbling... more

  • The Emaneska Series: A Complete Collection (Emaneska #1-4)
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    The Emaneska Series: A Complete Collection (Emaneska #1-4)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2014

    Only half of all recruits survive to become Written mages. Only they can wield the fiercest of magics, the powers needed to protect the Arka, until death or madness takes them.Five scholars of Arfell have been assassinated. A spellbook has gone missing – a powerful summoning manual from the time of elves and fire-born daemons. The Arkmages are running out of time and options, and the world is once again on the brink of war with the Siren dragon-riders... more

  • No Fairytale (Emaneska #4.5)
    #4.5

    No Fairytale (Emaneska #4.5)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2019

    After the Last War, the world has all too easily forgotten the time of the Written and the Arkmages. In their place, an iron-fisted empire has arisen, one that has finally brought order to the war-torn lands. An empire that has outlawed magick for anyone but itself.At last, it seems that peace has come to Emaneska. Or, that is what the emperor would have Emaneska believe. On the fringes of the Arkan Empire, a different story is being written... more

  • The Forever King (Emaneska #5)
    #5

    The Forever King (Emaneska #5)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2020

    Revenge loves company. Mithrid Fenn wants nothing to do with magick. Magick is a curse word, banned by the vast Arka Empire and punishable by death. Its purging has finally brought peace to war-torn Emaneska. Only a stubborn rebellion, led by the warlord Outlaw King, raids and pillages the empire’s northern fringes. To cliff-brat Mithrid, this is an age of tranquility and childhood games... more

  • Heavy Lies the Crown (Emaneska #6)
    #6

    Heavy Lies the Crown (Emaneska #6)

    Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2021

    You don’t have to save the world, you just have to survive itThe battle for freedom has left Emaneska reeling and desolated. Both Scalussen and Arka are scattered to the winds. With the Blazing Throne now empty and the Arka Empire for the taking, the race to claim Emaneska has begun.Farden and Mithrid have been stranded alone in strange eastern lands by errant magick, They battle not to return home, but to uncover an ancient weapon capable of defeating a god. A god who desires nothing but chaos... more

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