The Pit

Thrust into the fighting pit is Elad, a bitter, jaded knight who remembers better days, before the Empire fell in ruin. Against him is sent a creature unlike any he has seen before, for it comes not from his world; a giant bull-man. Who lives, who dies? And is there be any hope for freedom?The Pit is a 6250 word short story.Through the ruins of a once proud empire and across a dying world travels Nhaqosa the White Minotaur, seeking the long roads home. The lawless lands that he and his companions tread are in the grip of a relentless drought, consumed by oncoming deserts and beset by bandits and monsters. Seldom does he find a place of welcome. The Pit is the first short story in The Chronicles of the White Bull collection.
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Daughter of the Windswept Hills

The wild, windswept hill country that the Aedring call home is a place only the hardy survive. Those that live there are a breed apart, stubborn, independent and savage, resisting all attempts to conquer them. A young Aedring woman, Fianna, stumbles upon lowland raiders as she undertakes her initiation into her clan, an event that will forever alter the course of her life. A 11750 word noveletteThe wild, windswept hill country that the Aedring call home is a place only the hardy survive. Those that live there are a breed apart, stubborn, fiercely independent and savage, resisting all attempts to conquer them.A young woman, Fianna, stumbles upon lowland raiders as she undertakes her initiation into her clan, an event that will forever alter the course of her life. To break the initiation means banishment. To not could spell the destruction of her clan.Daughter of the Windswept Hills is a 11750 word novelette.
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