BK 3: Chapter Ten: Equine Hill
Moffe stepped out of the stable, extended an arm, and released a low whistle into the chilly night air. A red-shouldered hawk descended...
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A Series of Fantasy Novels
Dragonslayers Saga
The
“Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.” --G.K. Chesterton
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Aug 20
- 20 min
BK 3: Chapter Nine: Elinwyche
Moffe led the Dragonslayers along a narrow trail through the lightly forested low hills near the Maz Nabor. Most of the deciduous trees...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jul 11
- 19 min
BK 3: Chapter Eight: Focus Comes with Clarity
In the northern plains of Alikon, biting winds enveloped the land as The Deepening reinforced a bitter cold descending from Elandra on...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jul 8
- 27 min
BK 3: Chapter Seven: The Mission Begins
Fog hovered near the ground, a light and wispy blanket of white that drifted on a cool breeze across Moffe’s feet. Surrounded by the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Mar 23
- 1 min
What's in a Name?
The title "Scarlet Trails" was one of my wife's many invaluable suggestions. I remember stopping her one day with the open-ended and...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 16, 2023
- 22 min
BK 3: Chapter Six: Changing Direction
Fighting a military conflict as a member of the Sentinel League had frequently filled Elric’s imagination. But if he was dead, why was...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Nov 24, 2023
- 20 min
BK 3: Chapter Five: Parallel Worlds
Across a wide, meandering river valley flanked by rugged, snow-capped mountains, the bodies of countless fallen soldiers lay scattered...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 4, 2023
- 30 min
BK 3: Chapter Four: The Brack
Morning dawned crisp and clear with a chill breeze blowing from the north across the narrowing shorelines of The Deepening. Cora stood...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- May 21, 2023
- 15 min
BK 3: Chapter Three: Answering the Call
The highway between the town of Westmeade and the free city of Cer Cannaid passed through the fertile soil of northern Alikon—the grain...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jan 22, 2023
- 19 min
BK 3: Chapter Two: Things Best Left Undisturbed
Montpeleón deCorté normally enjoyed the Brewer’s Consortium. He liked to mill about, blending with the visitors as well as the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jan 3, 2023
- 19 min
BK 3: Chapter One: Decisions
The wonders of The Deepening were both legendary and fearsome, captured in the name many sailors gave it: “The Cradle of Storms.” Rumors...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
Kiyla Muroe
Introduced late in Book Two: Scarlet Trails as a connection to the Alliance underworld of Cer Cannaid, Kiyla became an important ally to...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 18, 2022
- 1 min
Cora O'Banion: Book Three
Reveling in their recent glowing success, Cora tidies up her final days with the Kotting family and prepares to relocate to Cer Cannaid...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 17, 2022
- 6 min
Prologue to Book Three
In days of yore when Kreth was young and shadow cloaked the land, Foul Vaeroloth, the terrible, conceived on blist’ring sands A five-fold...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Book Three: Verdant Horizons
"Verdant Horizons," the third installment of the Dragonslayers Saga, follows the freeblades along several crisscrossing trips through...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
Book Two Available Soon!!
Hot on the heels of Book One comes the exciting sequel: Scarlet Trails! The Company of Dragonslayers quite literally stumbled onto a plot...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Sep 9, 2022
- 6 min
Book Two: Epilogue
“What now?” Mason Rutland surveyed the gloaming mists of Tenebrae. Nothing had changed since the soaring melancholic note ushered shock...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Aug 28, 2022
- 29 min
Chapter 21: The Wedding, Again
Time heals even the most grievous of wounds. A week had elapsed, and the doleful sounds of funeral processions had finally subsided when...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Aug 14, 2022
- 25 min
Chapter 20: In the Wake of a Storm
Peace settled over the castle courtyard, but only because the racket of pitched battle and chaotic screams of fear had quelled to an...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jul 30, 2022
- 21 min
Chapter 19: Till the Walls Crumble
Near the entryway below, Selorian staggered past the slain butler. His lungs burned from running across the entire castle complex,...
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