The Azure Blade - Part 1. — Lauren Berry

The Azure Blade (Serial: Part 1.) There is a pause between time. A moment when then has happened and now is yet to begin. It's the moment between before and after; that fractional pause, barely felt, barely noticed, but always there in the background. And there is a blade that can cut it. A blade that can sever before from after, creating a pocket where neither occurs... Another summer was retreating; soon golden wheat fields, smooth malted beer and giggling barmaids would be replaced by bitter cold, stale bread and creeping darkness. And wraith. Every year the Monks of the Seriph fought to protect the people, fought to keep them alive through the bitter times. But this year something was different. This year behind the impenetrable stone walls of the Seriph Abbey, plans were brewing to kill the Time Mage; the only man alive who could defeat the wraith. And when he was gone, who would protect the people... The Azure Blade is a serial. Each book ends on cliff-hanger and the following book picks up the story. For best enjoyment, they should be read in order.