Arcane Cage - Historia Research LLC

Being a Historical Narrative of Fantastic Events during the Decline and Fall of the Provenance (2018)

An untested, urban cleric who is charged with the investigation of a missing merchant at a remote outpost on the border of a draconic wilderness. A half-elf ranger who senses a growing threat to the peaceful co-existence of the diverse communities in the region. A “half-grown” druid who can take the shape of ferocious beasts in battle or birds of prey to surveil the land. A mercenary rogue who plays both sides of an impending conflict for personal enrichment. A long-lived elf whose knowledge of magic and arcane cultures has been accumulated over centuries. A half-gnoll barbarian who becomes the champion of an ancient and free world.

These are just a handful of the extraordinary characters found in this sweeping history of the decline and fall of the Provenance, the ancient “empire for liberty” that dominated the known world during the Arcane Age.

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Press Releases

"The great historical sweep of the entire book, and the account of Siddrah's quest for the talismanic Archon, are richly imagined and lavishly depicted. There is a classical historian's tone to this fantasy epic, with echoes of Tolkien and other fantasy greats. The singular construction of an imaginary world, culture and even a literary heritage is impressive... If George R.R. Martin and Herodotus held a writing seminar, this dense account of an imaginary land might be the result." - Critic's Report

Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize 2019

"In the tradition of Jean d'Ormesson's 'Glory of the Empire,' the events retold in 'Arcane Cage' introduce readers to the magical "empire for liberty" that raised humankind from its preternatural state of captivity and spawned a thousand civilizations. In a fabulously revisionist history of the Provenance, 'Arcane Cage' deftly recounts significant events and powerful tales from the long millennium of the Arcane Age."