Sign-In
Cart
Shackles of Destiny (Large Print Edition)
Paperback
FantasyMystery & ThrillerRomance
Publisher Price: $16.95
ISBN13: 9780974535371
Publisher: William L Culbertson
Published: Apr 10 2026
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Breckett, a skilled ironworker, makes gun barrels for the armies of the Dominion Empire. Sensitive to the colored lines of magical power, he can see but not bend them to his will as a true mage would. Yet, he uses them to guide his metal working craft. Because of an abusive childhood, Breckett is insecure, introverted, and wary of all personal relationships. All that changes one night in a bar when he meets Emily Brogen.
The Kernel is a powerful mage who directs the Dominion's fate by manipulating a different set of magical lines, the lines of destiny. The Kernel sees that together Breckett and Emily will threaten her empire. Therefore she changes the world so their meeting does not occur. However, another mage who can also shape fate, secretly intervenes, and the connection is remade.
Forced by the empire to flee their familiar lives, Breckett and Emily join the Resistance, a group of rebels fighting the Dominion. There, Breckett is guided by Alys Dancer, a mage who helps free him from the shackles of his upbringing and develop his skills as a mage. While Breckett's magical powers will never threaten a true mage, his creative and imaginative use of his skills wins him acceptance, respect, and even admiration within the Resistance.
When Breckett's success regains the Kernel's attention, she uses her powers to demolish all he has achieved. Now living in an altered destiny, one without Emily, Breckett must use his newly acquired skills as well as his untested courage, to force a final confrontation with the Kernel's absolute power.
Also in
Fantasy
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paperback
The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Goldman, William
Paperback
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Kuang, R. F.
Paperback
Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Novel of Japanese Mythology, Murder, and Family Duty Across Two Timelines
Baker, Kylie Lee
Hardcover
Assistant to the Villain: A Cozy Fantasy Romantic Comedy from a Tiktok Sensation
Maehrer, Hannah Nicole
Paperback
Before I Knew I Loved You: A Cozy Magical Realism Novel of Time Travel, Love, and Memory, Set in a Fabled Tokyo Café
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Hardcover