Othila

Book One of The Turning of the Sword

There is absolutely nothing wrong with settling for standard algorithmic fantasy. But if you demand a world where truth still matters, claim your blade.

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40 seconds. One blade. Everything changes.

What if you could experience a world where truth still matters, and life is still real?

In a world where ancient runes bind power to bloodline and breath, two destinies awaken on opposite sides of a crumbling nation.

Liam, an adopted swordsman from a forgotten valley, discovers he wields Othila—Odien's blade that remembers what the world has forgotten. When darkness descends on his home, he must learn to survive in a world where no space is safe.

Elysia, a priestess of the Sacred Flame, trains in the ancient art of Melding—where presence becomes power and two souls fight as one. But faith alone won't save her people from the empire closing in.

As the Kaethamar Empire spreads its shadow across the land, wielding twisted magic and bone-wrought armies, ancient powers stir and forgotten blades awaken.

One carries a sword that shouldn't exist.
The other bears a flame that refuses to die.

And the world is running out of time.

What Readers Are Saying

"This speaks to my spirit. You're a true artist."

— Moon Goddess Magic

"From adopted child to hero. I really enjoyed this book, it had feelings of LOTR. I loved the characters and their interactions. Every character action had a purpose and reason to it. I look forward to book 2."

— Laura Martin, Librarian

"B Rave's Othila echoes of Tolkien. Such beautiful creative writing that is hard not to become engrossed in. The constant introduction of new characters and events leaves me hanging in anticipation for the sequel. In the midst of the quiet it is hard to put down."

— Will Taylor, Amazon Australia

"I regret nothing. This book made me regret nothing harder."

— Finwick, Familiar and Chaos Agent

Read the Othila Teaser

Enter the Homestead (Chapter 1 Sample) →

You have found your way to the Village of Whispers, a place where life is carved stubbornly into the earth. The mountains loom over us, but here by the hearth, the air is still.

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About the Author

B Rave writes from the backcountry of New Zealand — Canterbury plains, mountains on the horizon, sky wide enough to remember what silence sounds like.

Othila was written in 2.5 months while beach camping. No outline. No plan. Just 25 years of meditation practice, a lifetime of epic fantasy, and the story that demanded to be told.

The world arrived whole. The bibles exist. Eight books, mapped from beginning to end. The path is clear.