Arshad Ahsanuddin's Blog

The final chapter of the Pact Arcanum Saga/The Secret Histories universe is finally at hand!

Check out The Fifth Age, currently available in Kindle and paperback at Amazon sites.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLQ2P5WD

I decided it was unfair to give such a stripped down story experience for the Fourth Age, which is essentially an abridged version of the Pact Arcanum Saga.

Therefore, I have removed the Fourth Age 1-10 books from circulation. The Secret Histories now ends with book 3, part 3.

The story continues from there with Sunset, Pact Arcanum Book 1.

The Fifth Age story will now be a standalone book, which will act as a coda to both the Secret Histories and Pact Arcanum.

Respectfully,
Arshad Ahsanuddin

AUTHOR’S NOTE

The pending Fourth Age part of the Secret Histories story is detailed in the Pact Arcanum Saga.

For readers who don’t want to dive into over 1,800 pages of additional material, this next series of novellas (The Fourth Age, Parts 1-10) directly reprints selected portions of the Pact Arcanum Saga which are relevant to the final book of the Secret Histories: The Fifth Age.

As such, readers of the Pact Arcanum Saga may skip this section without compromising the overall narrative.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/2778...

My most recent book, The Third Age, tells the story of Ruarc and Connor’s relationship, which is part of the backstory of the Pact Arcanum series. But the characters of PA have not yet been introduced in the story timeline. This leads to a huge gap between Third Age and the forthcoming book The Fourth Age, which takes place after Pact Arcanum.

So, I have decided there needs to be a bridge story that introduces the relationship between Ruarc and Nick, as detailed in Pact Arcanum. Thus, The Third Age will be getting a couple of sequels before The Fourth Age comes out. These books will borrow heavily from the events described in Sunrise (Pact Arcanum book 2), so be prepared for a LOT of Déjà vu. Sorry: unavoidable if I want to introduce key characters without expecting readers to pick up the whole PA series (unless you want to, of course…).

My cover artist doesn’t have me penciled in until mid-March to work on the final covers, but the text should be ready to go by then, so keep an eye out if you’re reading along.

Woo-hoo! Sunset advances to Semifinalist round of the 3rd Annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition! #spsfc #spsfc3 http://THESPSFC.org

The First Age wins runner up for this years award for Gay Fantasy! https://www.facebook.com/PactArcanum/...

I added a media page on my author website, so you can see the video book trailers for the individual Pact Arcanum and Interscission Projects books!

Caution: SPOILERS

https://www.pactarcanum.online/media

New book submitted for publication on 25 DEC 2020. Enjoy!

The Second Age: Part II – Avatar is on its way! Expect it to be available by the end of the year.

To tide you over til then, take a look at the cover art for this latest volume of The Secret Histories!

The bargain between Laras and the creature known as Chaos comes to bloody fruition, as their corrupted scions spread across the world, turning the night into a battlefield.

Finally, Laras turns his attention to the next step in his revenge against House Tanek: to bring Rian into his dark fold. Rian, however, still has a few cards left to play, forging an uneasy alliance with Narissa, leader of the Magery’s secret police.

Mikal has his own problems, mourning the death of his brother, Jasra, cut down in battle against Laras’s forces. Whether Jasra stays dead, or rises to join the enemy, Mikal knows that the chance to reconcile with his estranged brother is lost forever. In the meantime, he must make his own foray into enemy territory, accompanying Rian back to the Tanek heir’s home in the heart of the Imperium.

The battle lines are drawn, the pieces set upon on the board for the inevitable confrontation between Order and Chaos. But not even the Great Powers can force the game to conform entirely to their will, and free will may yet turn the conflict on its head, as an unexpected ally takes the field.