BK 3: Chapter Five: The Brack
Elric stirred and opened one eye. Someone had stabbed him. He was riding a wild stallion and someone had snuck up and jabbed a lance...
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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 13
- 18 min
BK 3: Chapter Four: The Journey South
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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jul 19, 2022
- 22 min
Chapter 18: White Roses to Red
Annabelle screamed first, followed by many other women within earshot. Within seconds of the first arrow, an avalanche of mass...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
Post 100 = Book One Paperback!!
It's hard to describe the feeling of holding a printed and bound book in your hand, with an ISBN number, bar code, and everything. The...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jul 3, 2022
- 1 min
Book One Published!
Oh, happy day!! Fully one year behind schedule and mounting frustrations besides, I am pleased to announce that Book One of the...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min
Master (Leydon) Bray
The Nephreqin works through subterfuge, infiltrating nations with impersonators, spies, and undercover agents. Often working in shadows...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jun 21, 2022
- 25 min
Chapter 17: The Wedding
Morning dawned on Castle Cannaid bright and fair. As the sun cast golden rays upon a courtyard glistening with dew, servants scurried...
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Andrew M. Trauger
- Jun 5, 2022
- 24 min
Chapter 16: Up the Backside
Lady Gretchen Lenair, the duke’s youngest daughter, was something of a public embarrassment in Alikon. Like her older sisters, Gretchen...
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