Downloading Human Choices

When Khy runs from the master who has enslaved him for most of his life, he runs straight into trouble. Help comes in the form of Jaedin, an ex-mercenary who wants only to grieve his lost lover in peace. Bound together by a misfired spell, these two broken men set off on a journey to free themselves. On the way, they learn about love, choices, and sacrifice. ______________________________________________________________________ Khy is a prisoner and a slave. His life consists of days of drudgery and nights of agony. He has no memory of anything else, yet he knows there must be more beyond the fog that shrouds his mind. When his Master is called away on urgent business and Khy is left alone, a moment of unexpected clarity has him running for freedom. ______________________________________________________________________ Jaedin is done running, both from war in the north and from his lover’s tragic death. He’s settled in the tiny village of Rosefire, and has finally achieved an uneasy truce with his grief. ______________________________________________________________________ Jaedin’s hard-won peace is shattered when he places himself between Khy and the band of brigands hunting him. During the scuffle, Khy panics and works the leythe to set loose a spell. When the dust settles, Khy has fled and Jaedin finds himself haunted by something far darker than his own past. ______________________________________________________________________ In order to regain his peace — and his sanity — Jaedin sets off in search of the young man who has cursed him. What he finds threatens not only his own personal equilibrium, but the balance of the leythe itself. ______________________________________________________________________ To protect the leythe, Khy must face his tormentor and fight to free himself from the man who considers him both pawn and prize. To protect the man he loves, he must do it alone… ______________________________________________________________________ Note: Human Choices is a stand-alone novel (~50,000 words) that takes place in the same world as Human Frailties, Human Strengths.