Len Berry Releases New Dark Fantasy Serial

    CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO, April 01, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Missouri native Len Berry has published the first installment of his dark fantasy serial, Scars Of Shadow, a story dealing with one woman's struggle to do good in a world increasingly prejudices against her.

Sarena is a witch, sworn to aid others but cursed to return every time she is slain, but without the benefit of being healed. As she searches for others to comfort or defend, Sarena discovers a bleeding wall not found on any map. Before she can investigate, she is attacked by a village of refugees.

With Scars Of Shadow, Len Berry combines two unique inspirations. First is the popular video game series Dark Souls, which has upended many fantasy storytelling conventions. The other major influence for this serial is the Ridley Scott film Prometheus. "Fantasy heroes have fought monsters for centuries," said Berry. "In this case, the threat comes from a city of biomechanoid creatures that act more like Aliens than orcs."

Installments of Scars Of Shadow will be released monthly through Smashwords, with twelve chapters total.

About Smashwords

Founded in 2008, Smashwords is the leading distributor of self-published ebooks. More than 60,000 authors, small presses and literary agents around the world publish over 200,000 ebooks through Smashwords. Smashwords makes ebook publishing fast, free and easy. Smashwords distributes to major online retailers such as the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, Baker & Taylor Blio, Page Foundry and the Diesel eBook Store. Smashwords is based in Los Gatos, California, and can be reached on the web at http://www.smashwords.com. Visit the official Smashwords blog at http://blog.smashwords.com

About Len Berry

Len Berry studied biology before turning his imagination toward writing. In his spare time, Len enjoys drawing, watching anime, and playing an occasional video game. He is the author of the dystopian e-book Vitamin F, and several steampunk and fantasy short stories. Len's art can be found in the book Elegance. Len can be found on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/LenBerry and on his blog at http://lentberry.wordpress.com

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