A Triad in Three Acts
the complete forester trilogy

Blaine D. Arden

The Forester

“There is always a way.”
Kelnaht, Taruif, and Ianys are meant to be together, but old promises and the decree of the elders prevent them from claiming each other openly at Solstice. Kelnaht can investigate murder and foul play, but he can’t see how he can keep both his lovers without breaking the rules. But if he believes in the guide’s words and trusts his faith in Ma’terra, they will find a way to clear the fog and puddles from their paths.

The Forester
Kelnaht, a cloud elf, is a truth seeker caught between love and faith, when a murder reveals an illicit affair between two tree elves he desires more than he can admit. Kelnaht’s former lover Ianys once betrayed him, and the shunned forester Taruif is not allowed to talk to anyone but the guide, their spiritual pathfinder.

Lost and Found
A stripling goes missing from the tribe, and heavy rainfall hides all traces of his whereabouts. With days creeping by without a lead, it’s hard to keep the tribe’s spirits up, more so when Kelnaht’s own future depends on the elders. Taruif has been shunned for almost twenty turns, but now that a possible forester’s apprentice is coming of age, the elders consider reducing his sentence. Taruif could be set free.

Full Circle
When several children fall ill with more than a summer bug, truth seeker Kelnaht is assigned to investigate. What he finds is deadly and threatens the life of every underage child in the tribe, including Ianys’ daughter Atèn. Then a wounded traveller is found in the forest, left to die after a vicious attack.


large print / dyslexic friendly
 

 

Complete Forester Trilogy | Tales of the Forest 1-3
Fantasy | Mystery/Suspense | Romance
M/M/M | threesome | polyamory | solstice | bisexual character
95,000 words | 303 (pdf) | 340 pages (paperback) | novel
ASIN: B01JPCNVAO
ISBN (ebook): 978-90-822966-8-6
ISBN (print): 978-90-822966-9-3
ISBN (Large/dyslexic print): 978-94-92678-10-2
1st edition, 15 August 2016
cover art by Simoné

 

Tales of the Forest is an ongoing series of standalone stories linked by a forest world.

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Though, I try to keep these content warnings as generic as possible, they may contain spoilers.

The Forester

On-page or notable reference:

  • Shunning as criminal punishment, and the aftermath.
  • Physical assault / murder of a side character and her unborn child.
  • Cheating (in the past).
  • Spying on others making out, and getting caught.
  • Invading someone's mind in professional capacity without informed consent.
  • Graphic sex / making out, including threesomes, and one instance of sex sparked by anger (all consensual).

Off-page or minor reference:

  • Assisted suicide (in the past).
  • Banishment, branding, and harnessing one's magic as criminal punishment.
  • Grief over loss of spouse (in the past).
  • Manipulation by a spouse (in the past).

 
Lost and Found

On-page or notable reference:

  • Graphic sex / making out, including threesomes, consensual and between committed partners.
  • Shunning as criminal punishment, and the aftermath.
  • Abduction of a teen.
  • Physical assault / abduction of a main character / killing/overdosing a side character.
  • Characters drugged against their will.

Off-page or minor reference:

  • Assisted suicide (in the past).
  • Grief over loss of spouse / parents (in the past).
  • Manipulation by a spouse (in the past).
  • Banishment and harnessing one's magic as criminal punishment.
  • Depression / mental health issues.

 
Full Circle

On-page or notable reference:

  • Graphic sex / making out, including threesomes, consensual and between committed partners.
  • Shunning as criminal punishment, and the aftermath.
  • Children suffering severe poisoning.
  • Children dying from severe poisoning.
  • Physical assault.
  • Banishment and harnessing one's magic as criminal punishment.
  • Invading someone's mind in professional capacity without informed consent.

Off-page or minor reference:

  • child suffering nightmares.
  • Grief over loss of spouse / parents (in the past).
  • Manipulation by a spouse (in the past).
  • vomiting.

If you feel I missed some information in this list, feel free to email me. My contact details can be found on my contact page.



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