Christopher Hannon
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The King’s Road, Volume I, published book cover

Christopher Hannon · Author & creator

A world
between the pages.

Begin with The King’s Road, Volume I of The First Chronicle: Stone and Oath.

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The novel · Prologue

The Watcher

“Wood cracked in the fire. Heimdall heard the break before the flame found it.”

A first glimpse from the public reading sample. The book opens beside the Bifröst, with Heimdall keeping watch.

Asgard civic core, an Unreal visual-development study

Beyond the page

A city begins
to wake.

“Below the bridge, water ran through a channel between the houses. Heimdall heard the first doors open.”

Asgard visual-development study. An illustration of the world being built, not finished screen footage.

Page and screen. “The Watcher” is the novel’s prologue title and the title of the television pilot. They are distinct works within Echoes of Asgard. This introduction quotes only the public book sample; it does not publish the screenplay.

Welcome transcript & visual notes

The book cover is the published artwork. World images are existing Unreal visual-development studies. The page-opening effect is a lightweight visual presentation, not a fully navigable 3D environment.

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