top of page
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
Search
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Artus Calloway
Artus Calloway is an elected nobleman on the city council of Westmeade, ruling over The Crossroads District, home of most commerce and...
13 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 28, 202022 min read
Ch. 7: Azure Falls
Even with the strengthening storm, Ordin had no difficulty leading them along to the road; he merely had to follow the creek upstream,...
9 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 25, 20205 min read
The Calendar
Though you may not encounter much about the calendar at use in the land of Arelatha, it is nonetheless at play behind the scenes, helping...
10 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 23, 20202 min read
The Dareni
From the small nation of Daren, landlocked in the high plateau of the northernmost Dragoncrests, lives a diminutive human race--the...
35 views1 comment
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 21, 20201 min read
CUT!!
Despite the fact that I have pared down my first novel--Scarlet Trails--from 800 pages to 600, and despite that I have extended the...
13 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 18, 20202 min read
The Deepening
In the midst of Arelatha lies a lake called The Deepening. But that's a bit misleading. In the midst of Arelatha is the heart of the...
21 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 16, 20203 min read
Cora O'Banion, the Elder
Gramma Cora, as she is known by family, was born in the tiny nation of Carolan to a sharecropping potato farmer. Her childhood was spent...
18 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 14, 202026 min read
Ch. 6: The Grottoes
As the setting sun brought a close to the fifth day of an uphill and rocky climb, Cora sighed in relief, glad to be off her horse after...
57 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 11, 202010 min read
The 13 Sects of Maker Worship
During the earliest millennia, following that horrific period known as "The Annihilation," the sons of Vaeroloth began perverting the...
15 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 9, 20202 min read
Ordin Austmil-Clay
Ordin is the only child of Stanford Clay, a Lothanian, and Leillyn Austmil, a Vashanti of the Cerion Forest. Their love was genuine, but...
23 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 7, 202018 min read
Ch. 5: Unlikely Allies
In the morning, Cora awoke with a start from a banging on the door. She wrapped a robe around her—courtesy of the inn—stumbled to the...
28 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 4, 20203 min read
The Sword of the Coast
Surrounded by towering mountains to the west, an ocean to the east, frozen tundra to the north, and the swift and frigid Rae Lotus to the...
24 views1 comment
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Celindria Matherthorne
Most of Celindria's life before she was ten is a vague memory, and she prefers not to recall those blessed days. She had a family...
45 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 31, 202032 min read
Ch. 4: A Pathway Cleared
When Cuauhtérroc awoke that morning, the Queen Ahlinda was docked at the Cer Halcyon harbor, its decks bustling with activity. He roamed...
19 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 28, 20202 min read
Arelatha
Because these stories take place in an imaginary world, it is important to provide a map, which every good fantasy series does. It's...
33 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 26, 20202 min read
Devin Rhynn
The incomparable, the famous, the world-renown Devin Rhynn--Cora O'Banion's mentor, trainer, and inspiration...and some would say her...
18 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 24, 202019 min read
Ch. 3: Cer Halcyon
The six-seated stagecoach made one final turn along the Halcyon-Vedrys Highway before descending eastward into the valley of the...
20 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Lorenvale
The quiet fishing village of Lorenvale is where our stories begin. The original hamlet was named Hampton's Shire, then Hamptonshire, and...
19 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Cuauhtérroc
Born Térroc and granted his cuauh upon single-handedly killing a black panther, according to the customs of his people, the panther...
39 views0 comments
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 17, 202030 min read
Ch. 2: Leaving Home
Before the sun had risen, Katy O’Banion grabbed the edge of Cora’s blankets, and with a grunt peeled them violently off the bed and onto...
23 views0 comments
bottom of page