Will Grey
Will Grey is a lifelong gamemaster and an eloquent storyteller. The Dalen Pax series is his magnum opus. Representing over 25 years of consistent personal and collective world-building and encapsulating his unique and compelling philosophical system. he lives in Citrus Heights California with his wife Rhiannon and their children Billy, Jareth, Madison, and Zoey.
Dalen Pax and the Beads of Fire
Dalen Pax and the Beads of Fire is a delightfully inventive Fantasy novel, a remarkably touching and insightful coming-of-age story, and a philosophical tour de force.
Dalen Pax is a typical high school misfit who has always wished that magic was real. One fateful night, he found that it was when he risked his life to save Mathias, a man he didn’t know. A man with the ability to wield real magic. After their meeting, Mathias enlists Dalen to help him retrieve a powerful artifact known as the Beads of Fire, which connects its wearer to the Fire Jinn, a free-willed divine being that can grant the wish of whoever possesses them.
Once Dalen awakens the Fire Jinn, she grants his wish to learn magic and takes him to an enchanted world to teach him the Elements of Reality, where he will have to know the truth about magic and power. Of course, it turns out that making wishes can be a rather tricky endeavor, and he quickly discovers that there are two sides to every coin.
The world will need Dalen to be more than he ever imagined or wished he could be. Can he find the truth within himself and believe in who he is and was always meant to be?
Dalen Pax and the Heart of Stone
Last time Dalen was alone, but this time Becky, Ben, and the brothers Adam and Travis have come with him to seek out a way to save their friend David, who was attacked by a dagger containing a terrible curse. They seek out Dorn, a magical tavern keeper who is rumored to have created the world, in hopes that he may be able to show them the way. Once they arrive in Venger City, they quickly learn that the city knows them well as saviors from the distant past. Dorn tells them the answers they seek are two thousand years in the past, and if they are going to save their friend and fulfill their destinies, they will have to seek out the Pillar of Time. Along the way, they will have to help the Vengerian Queen in her quest for the Earth Blade and face ferocious goblins and a pair of oracle pixies. Most importantly, Dalen will have to decide if he is strong enough to cast aside great power to stand as his true self to claim Th Heart of Stone.
