The Chains of War is out now!

29 AUGUST 2014–DUBLIN, Ireland–DIOSCURI PRESS has released Irish author Dean F. Wilson’s third novel, The Chains of War: Book Three of The Children of Telm, concluding his engaging and critically-acclaimed epic fantasy series about, in the words of Publishers Weekly, “dark magic, mad gods, and tragically flawed heroes.”

Wilson, 27, has been interested in writing from a very young age, earning a TAP Educational Award from Trinity College Dublin for an early draft of his first novel in 2001, and publishing a variety of poems and short stories over the years.

The Chains of War, published by Dioscuri Press and released today, is the third and final novel in the epic fantasy trilogy, telling the tale of the last people in the bloodline of a dead god, who was responsible for locking the Beast Agon in the Underworld. The finale brings everything to its epic conclusion as Agon is moments away from freedom, propelling the characters on a war-torn journey.

The blurb from the back cover of the novel reads:

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THE FINAL HOUR. THE FINAL FIGHT. THE FINAL WAR.

The first of Agon’s chains has broken, and the others are straining. It is only a matter of time before he is free, before the world is engulfed in chaos and death.

There are few left to stop him. Most of the gods can only sit and watch in horror from their prison in the heavens, but the resurrection of the father god Corrias gives the people of Iraldas a sliver of hope, a fighting chance.

Yet the memory of Corrias’ failure to defeat Agon in ages past plays heavily on all minds. Many know that it is only the might of the Warrior-god Telm that can defeat the Beast. That god is dead, but his power lives on in his bloodline, in Ifferon and others like him, and they are tasked with waging a final war against the Beast.

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“The Chains of War brings Agon forth in all his terrifying glory,” said Dean F. Wilson. “In the first two books, he is a distant enemy, a concept more than a material monster. Now his threat is far closer, and the heroes of Iraldas are thrown into a final war to stop the Beast. Everything has been leading to this, and with so much at stake, no character will be the same again.”

Speaking on forthcoming projects, Wilson added: “I am not resting on my laurels with this trilogy. I’ve begun working on a series of steampunk novels, and am also working on more tales in the Memory Magus series, which will tie the two worlds I’ve created together.”

Wilson also works as a technology journalist, and has written for TechEye, The Inquirer and ITProPortal, among others. His long-term aspiration, which he held since he was a child, is to become a full-time fiction writer, and this novel is another step on that journey.

The Road to Rebirth is available in paperback from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depository, and numerous other retailers. A Kindle version is also available from Amazon.

Dean F. Wilson is available for interview. Review copies of the book are also available from the publisher on request.