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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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Chapter 14: Cer Cannaid
Dark clouds rolled in off the rocky coast of The Deepening, filling the air with a fine mist whipped about by winds the “Cradle of...
Andrew M. Trauger
Apr 10, 202219 min read
Chapter 13: Alignment of Souls
Late that evening, a knock at Cora’s recovery room door startled her, and she drew the bedsheets to her neck, covering the splotchy wound....
Andrew M. Trauger
Mar 20, 202226 min read
Chapter 12: The Slayer
Cora O’Banion lay in recovery in a basement room of the Solarium, cleaned and dressed, but tossing in a fitful spate of erratic and...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jan 11, 202226 min read
Chapter 11: Who We Truly Are
“And that’s pretty much the sum of it.” Cora exhaled sharply and shrugged at Selorian. “Start to finish. Everything we’ve encountered,...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 22, 202126 min read
Chapter 10: The Council's Decision
In a large room dominated by deep blues and greens, Sir Reginald Hunt leaned against the wall near the doors, a duo of sturdy oak panels...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 7, 202117 min read
Chapter 9: Reentry
Instead of the warm beds Cora had wanted, they spent the night in a hay barn on the back pasture of a ranch owned by someone who had not...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 26, 202120 min read
Chapter 8: The Savant
Despite rapidly falling temperatures, the Company of the Dragon Slayers slept soundly beside the stream throughout the night, perhaps the...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 16, 202123 min read
Chapter 7: Rescued
Captain Hunt sauntered into Marley’s Tankard for the sixth night in a row, wondering at this point whether he was wasting his time. ...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 10, 202129 min read
Chapter 6: The Black Lake
Darkness enveloped Cora, the weight of gloom pressing down, squeezing her soul into a tiny, forsaken corner. Her tears had long passed,...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 29, 202122 min read
Chapter 5: Last Breaths
Captain Hunt hardly heard a word spoken during the business meeting in the conference room of the Lords’ Castle. Vincent Schumann sat...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 18, 202121 min read
Chapter 4: What Lies Beneath
Early the following day, Cora led the Dragonslayers up the hill once more to the base of Wilder Tower along what was becoming a...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 11, 202125 min read
Chapter 3: Deeper
The Company of Dragon Slayers descended further into deepest darkness, their footsteps slow across the slimy limestone steps. Ahead,...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 5, 202119 min read
Chapter 2: The Weight of Shadow
Cora O’Banion arrived bleary-eyed but giddy with excitement the next morning at Crossroads Tavern. She slid into the booth beside Elric...
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 27, 202118 min read
Chapter 1: Revelations
The wonders of The Deepening were both legendary and fearsome, captured in the name many sailors gave it: “The Cradle of Storms.” Sheer...
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 19, 202118 min read
Book One: Epilogue
Mason Rutland shifted his weight from the right foot to the left. Again. Nothing helped. His feet were tired, sore, and demanding a...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Ch. 21: The Company of Dragon Slayers
Elric struggled to ascend the grand staircase out of the dragon’s lair. His mangled knee refused to cooperate with him, hanging limply...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jan 19, 202132 min read
Ch. 20: Fylokkipyron
As the freeblades emerged from Wilder Tower, the storm that had swept in off The Deepening had dissipated, replaced by wispy white clouds...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jan 11, 202129 min read
Ch. 19: What Lies Beneath
Cuauhtérroc led the freeblades down the chiseled stone steps, his torch casting long shadows behind him. But Ordin paused at the top...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jan 2, 202122 min read
Ch. 18: A New Commission
At precisely one hour past noon of the twenty-first of Arini, the four freeblades of Cora’s company assembled on the front portico of the...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 29, 202023 min read
Ch. 17: A Justice Primer
At Cora’s behest, Montpeleón joined her at the Folk Centre for an entirely different form of entertainment. The converted warehouse was...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 16, 202025 min read
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