Sentinals Recovery
Sentinals Series Book 3.5
by Helen Garraway
Genre: Epic Fantasy Adventure
Sentinals
Recovery is a novella set in the world of Remargaren. It occurs
immediately after the battle at Oprimere. Although this is a complete
story, the reader would benefit from reading the first three books in
the series.
Birlerion
is recovering from the near fatal injuries he received in his second,
epic battle with the Ascendants. He returns home to Greenswatch, the
Watch that adopted him, to recuperate and finally meet his Darian
stallion, Kin’arol, who has been waiting, somewhat impatiently, to
bond with him.
Only
Kin’arol is not there. Someone has stolen him. For such a
distinctive horse, he has vanished into thin air.
Though
not fully recovered, and still hampered by his injuries, Birlerion
sets off, accompanied by his brother Versillion, to recover his
horse. Not even Assassins, belligerent Terolians or the harsh
Terolian desert will stop him from bonding with Kin’arol, though
his failing body might.
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Sentinals Justice
Sentinals Series Book 3
Sentinals
Justice is the third book in the saga of Remargaren, a vibrant,
ancient world of high fantasy suffused with magic and adventure.
The
third installment of the Sentinal series takes us to the frozen
north, to the Grand Duchy of Elothia. Border tensions with Elothia
force King Benedict to send a diplomatic envoy to sue for peace.
Benedict has his hands full with Vespiri and Terolia, he can't afford
a war on his northern border as well. Commander Jerrol Haven is sent
to broker peace. Having met Grand Duke Randolf the thirteenth before,
Jerrol hopes their previously successful negotiations will assist in
a speedy resolution and allow him time to discover how to rescue
Birlerion from the Ascendants.
Meanwhile,
the Chapterhouse has received a request for a scholar to assist in
searching for signs of the Sentinals in Elothia. Taelia is assigned
the task, because Scholar Torsion is also missing after the attack at
the Watch Towers.
Amidst
escalating tensions and conflicting needs, Jerrol journeys to
Elothia, hoping to meet with Randolf before the Ascendants can
influence him. Escorting Taelia is an unexpected bonus. Can Jerrol
stop Elothia and Vespiri from going to war? Will they find more
Sentinals? And can they find out where the Ascendants took Birlerion
and Torsion before it is too late.
Sentinals
Justice concludes the opening trilogy...though the adventure will
continue!
Sentinals Rising
Sentinals Series Book 2
Sentinals Awaken
Sentinals Series Book 1
Sentinals
Awaken is the first book in the saga of Remargaren, a vibrant,
ancient world of high fantasy suffused with magic and adventure.
As
a three thousand-year-old threat reemerges, only one man has the
power to awaken the world’s greatest protectors and restore order
to the realm. He just doesn’t know it yet. When Jerrol Haven, a
captain in the King’s Rangers, discovers treason at the highest
level, he knows immediately that the knowledge puts his life at risk.
And indeed, though he expected the ailing King to shield him, the
ambitious Crown Prince sentences Jerrol to death.
What
hold does the Prince have over his weakened father, and who or what
is he protecting?
Now,
with signs that her veil is weakening and the Ascendants are creeping
back into power, she has returned and is in dire need of Jerrol’s
help. For though he doesn’t know it, Jerrol possesses a rare gift:
By chance, he touches a revered Sentinal tree and awakens Birlerion,
one of the Lady’s personal guard who have been sleeping in the
strange, tall trees since they were last called to battle. Aided by
Birlerion, Jerrol flees and begins his journey to help Lady Leyandrii
save Remargaren once more.
But
time is running out: As it was with the King, the old guard Lords are
everywhere being usurped, attacked, and assassinated. Jerrol must
unravel the mystery of the Ascendants’ return, stop the sinister
force that is dividing good families through bloodshed and betrayal,
and rescue the King—and his troubles are only just
beginning.
Ideal
for lovers of The Witcher, Tad William's Shadowmarch or the Belgarion
series.
Where did you come up with the names in the story?
I had such fun with the names! I even have quite a few stories about how some of the names were chosen. Some came fully developed, and I knew they were right, others took some work.
The world of Remargaren was based on my mum’s name, Margaret, as was Lady Marguerite, and in books yet to come, Margreth.
Arifels, the winged kitten-like creatures, were based on my cat Alfie. I took his name and played around with it.
I was originally going to call the goddess Leylandii, until someone said she sounded like a conifer tree! So although I did try other names, like Adrienne, they didn’t work for me so I went back to my original name and played around with it, until I came up with Leyandrii.
Another name I changed was one of the Ascendants, I originally had him pegged as Ter’actor. My alpha reader has kids, and he said it sounded like a tractor or a dinosaur, so back to the naming pot I went, thank goodness he was a family man, my daughter being long grown up!
I could keep going, if there is name you want to know more about, let me know in the comments and we’ll see if there was a story behind it!
How did you come up with the title of the book?
When I first started writing the Sentinals series, I was searching for a name that would mean guardian or protector. I came across the word sentinel. But to me, I associated that more with computers, software or even science fiction. And my books are hard core medieval epic fantasy, so the word didn’t work, and yet it resonated with me.
And then I thought, why not change the ‘e’ to ‘a’, and make Sentinal. It would be near enough to the original word that the guardianship meaning would translate, but be different enough to suggest something mysterious or unusual about it.
And so became the Sentinals and their sentinal trees. The Sentinals were the Lady’s personal guards, when she banished all magic from the world they couldn’t follow her, and she encased them in the trees to protect them until they could be awoken again. The trees were named sentinal trees in memory of them.
Novella o.5 Sentinals Stirring
Book One: Sentinals Awaken
Book Two: Sentinals Rising
Book Three: Sentinals Justice
Book 3.5: Sentinals Recovery (Launch day: Dec 2nd, 2021)
Book Four: Sentinals Across Time (Spring 2022)
I can’t wait to share the prequel with you, (book 5!! Expected late 2022) which is already written, just needs editing, and where we will find out who these amazing people were and what happened to them.
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Helen
Garraway lives in the leafy royal borough of Berkshire in the UK and
has been writing about the world of Remargaren, a fantasy world of
her creation, since 2016.
An avid reader of many different
fiction genres, a love she inherited from her mother, Helen writes
high fantasy stories where she creates her own worlds and populates
it with amazing characters and adventures. When she has time, she
also enjoys paper crafting and scrapbooking as an escape from the
pressure of working as a Product Manager.
Having graduated
from the University of Southampton with a Degree in Politics and
International Relations, she remains an active member of their
alumni.
Having
ventured into the world of self-publishing, Helen has now published
three books with a fourth scheduled to release in December
2021.
Sentinals Awaken, released October 2020, was Helen's
debut novel, which was followed by Sentinals Rising in March 2021 and
Sentinals Justice in released September 2021.
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The Sentinels sounds like an amazing series and I love the covers! I am looking forward to reading them and # 5 when it releases! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a spectacular holiday season!
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