Sanguine Dawn by Elizabeth A. Freeman (best classic books txt) 📕

Arlen had spent his years living in the rural wilderness, rarely visiting his home village where he was regarded as an eccentric. With a keen interest in alchemy, magic, and things beyond the simple existence of a villager he was unsatisfied with common life. However, a shooting star would bring about a change in his life which even he could never have imagined.

UPDATE: Chapter 3 & 4 added!

((Work in progress, chapters will be added as they are written. Also, I do not do heavy technical editing until I am finished writing so any technical critiques will but noted but are unlikely to be applied until after the story is finished. Stock photos used in cover art by Sifra http://sifra-stock.deviantart.com/ and http://katanaz-stock.deviantart.com/))