Coming Home, which brings together the three shorter Minivandians books released over the past few months, is out on both e-book and hard copy forms.
Here’s the blurb:
Elsked, son of DaddyBear the Minivandian and Ruarin, the Lady of Eyre, ventures out into the night to learn the saga of his mother and father.
An ancient storyteller exchanges tales of Elsked’s life for the story of how DaddyBear and Ruarin became the lord and lady of their manor.
Coming Home brings together the stories of Quest to the North, Lost Children, and Lady of Eyre, along with four new short tales of the Minivandian and his family.
Join Elsked as he creeps into the storyteller’s lair and comes to know the next Tales of the Minivandians!
Coming Home is for those who want the stories all at once, and I’ve added four new stories to the book. Here’s a snippet from one of them:
Ruarin, Lady of Eyre and wife of the Minivandian, stepped through the door to the passenger cabin strapped to the blue and white beast’s back. She wore her healer’s cloak over a robe of fur and wool to ward off the winter’s cold, but even that only cut the chill from the night’s air. Around her, other passengers shivered as the wind whipped through the doorway, but memories of never-ending snowfields and frozen rivers made it easier for the Eyrischwoman to bear the discomfort.
She looked down at the ticket in her hand, then made her way to the seat at the very back of the compartment. She normally tried to sit closer to the front, but the summons to meet with other healers at the mouth of the Great River had arrived late the night before, and she had been lucky to find a suitable conveyance at all on such short notice.
After stowing her healer’s bag above her seat, Ruarin strapped herself in. She hoped that the message she had sent to her husband had made it through the storm. Lightning could wreak havoc on the connection between mages, and she did not want DaddyBear to worry when her flight back to the Port of Gnu was delayed several hours while the storm raged.
She had just finished saying her prayers to ask for protection against the weather when the curtain behind her parted. Snarglefist the She-Orc, resplendent in her blue and white robes of hospitality, stepped out and walked to the front of the cabin. After making sure that the appropriate number of passengers were on board and in their seats, she turned and smiled at her guests.
The flash of a nearby lightning bolt reflected off her long, sharply pointed teeth, drawing similar grimaces from nearby passengers. She was lovely, for an orc, with her broad, fuzzy chest, skin the consistency of rich, supple leather, long, well-muscled arms, and a head of course, dark hair that her mate had shaved on one side to reveal the intricate tattoos emblazoned upon her scalp. The rest of her mane had been knotted and braided so that it stood up into a crest of spikes and plumes.
Truly, Snarglefist was the most beautiful of orcish maidens.
Hope you all enjoy Coming Home, and please remember that reviews are always welcome, encouraged, and pined for.
Old NFO
/ June 2, 2017Got it! 🙂
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daddybear71
/ June 4, 2017Thanks!
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JohnD
/ June 3, 2017Are there any plans to make the new stories accessible to those that purchased the three books separately?
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daddybear71
/ June 3, 2017One of them is the “Nicholas of the North” story I put out at Christmas. Watch this space for the others over the next few weeks.
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JohnD
/ June 4, 2017Great 🙂 Many thanks for that.
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