Before the crown · before the law · before men named what they once saw

The Era of Return

The old bond waits in silent place,
until the world must face its weight.

The Elder Mark

A fallen general leads the remains of a kingdom through a wood that keeps what it takes. A quiet man at his shoulder counts everything, and is counted in turn. And beneath the oldest city in the east, something that has waited five eras is about to be found.

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Book One of The Era of Return

The Collapse of the New World

The Collapse of the New World by Thomas P. Blinde

The kingdom of Nathaniä has stopped deserving its army. General Alastair flees east with everything a collapsing world could not keep: veterans, debtors, women with children under cloaks too thin for the night. His road ends at a city that appears on no living map. Behind him rides Patrick: assessor, counter, keeper of a private ledger. The city will read them all.

Published on 9 November 2026.

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“It appears only on the inside of things.”

Orenthal closed hand

© 2026 Thomas P. Blinde · Roden, the Netherlands

The Era of Return is adult epic fantasy and contains graphic violence and explicit content.

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