title: Shades of Light: Book One of the Walker Chronicles
author: Curtis Berry
description: <span>Curtis W. Berry was born in 1966 on Lakenheath AFB (an American base) in Lakenheath, England near Mildenhall. He grew up in the United States, mainly in New Mexico, where he currently makes his home.</span><br /> <span></span><br /><span>From an early age, Curtis read everything he could get his hands on and began writing his first short stories around 1989. Graduating from the University of New Mexico in 2003, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism/Communication, Curtis began seriously considering writing a book. And as with many writers, he did a lot of thinking.</span><br /><span></span><span></span><br /><span>Finishing his first book in 2012, Curtis has turned a corner in his career as an author and is looking to continue to perform the craft which he enjoys so very much. </span>
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  Realm Walker
  
  
  Blade and Shield
  
  
  Book One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Erik Weir
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
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  “I’m going on an adventure!” – Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  One
  
  
  The shadowy landscape writhed and pulsated like a living being. A lone figure
  sat on a log, eyes lost to the hypnotic rhythm of the world around him. It
  ebbed and flowed against his senses, caressing his inner world like a warm
  body lying next to him on a cold winter night.
  
  
  Victor sighed as a crescent moon hung high in the black sky. There were no
  stars, only a celestial body, casting its glow on the young man. Victor drank
  in the stunning beauty of the moonlight when a shadow slipped past a black
  tree. The young man’s eyes lowered until he saw a form step from tree to tree
  until it stood at an opening, facing him. A black robe cover