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A free short story that preludes to the "The Prometheus Cycle: The Star, the Sword, and the Mirror," this first person narrative details a slave's life in the northern provinces of the Realm.This free short story is a prelude to the novel "The Prometheus Cycle: The Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and details the origins of a character from the novel. This story takes place a few years before the events of the novel, and is the only first person narration of any of the short stories, which centers on a slave's life in the Realm.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:11:39 +0300 Prometheus' First Steps https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/26186-prometheus-first-steps.html https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/26186-prometheus-first-steps.html Prometheus' First Steps
This free short story is a prelude to the events of "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and focuses on the ordeals of a young Ovidius and Aurelius, both soldiers for the Realm in a jungle landscape savaged by pirates and dark forces.This free short story is a prelude to the events of "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and focuses on two characters from the novel. In this story, the Legion and the Navy has set to rid the Southern Seas of pirates and organized crime but find foes more than their match.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:02:35 +0300 The Gods' Own Voice https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/27197-the-gods-own-voice.html https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/27197-the-gods-own-voice.html The Gods' Own Voice
This free short story is a prelude to the events of the novel "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and is the only one of the free short stories that does not center on a novel character's origin... but rather, gives a glimpse into the Bleak East, and the mysterious events of the ill fated campaign against the Necromancers by the last High King of the Realm.This free short story is a prelude to the events of the novel "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and is the only one of the free short stories that does not center on a novel character's origin... but rather, gives a glimpse into the Bleak East, and the mysterious events of the ill fated campaign against the Necromancers by the last High King of the Realm. This is a survivor's story of that dread campaign. Readers of the novel will see a direct connection to Danae Celes of the Order, as the main character in this short story was one of her peers.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:05:49 +0300 The Man Who Bought the World https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/27364-the-man-who-bought-the-world.html https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/27364-the-man-who-bought-the-world.html The Man Who Bought the World
This free short story is a prelude to the events in "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror," which centers on a forbidden story told in a dark tavern at the edges of the Realm's borders.This free short story is a prelude to the novel "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror." This is the closest "folk tale" in the Realm, as told by an agent of a foreign government recruiting merchants against the Realm's interests by using forbidden pagan stories to undermine the Church of Elene. This is a variation of the same folk tale in the novel, and the contrasts are based on time, culture and changes in the oral tradition.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:16:16 +0300 The North Wind https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/26612-the-north-wind.html https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/26612-the-north-wind.html The North Wind
Free short story that preludes the novel "The Prometheus Cycle: The Star, the Sword, and the Mirror." The North Wind details the origins of a character from the novel and gives a glimpse into the Realm's wilderness border culture with the coming winter.One of several free to read short stories for the upcoming "The Prometheus Cycle: The Star, the Sword and the Mirror", the North Wind is one of the possible beginnings to the novel for one of the characters in the novel. The North Wind is set many years before the events of the novel, and center on a young girl's life in a wilderness village that possesses a dark secret.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:33:01 +0300 Sin & Repentance https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/27944-sin--repentance.html https://business.library.land/silas-deboer/27944-sin--repentance.html Sin & Repentance
The free short story preludes the events of the novel "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and focuses on the eastern duchy of Stormdrang, and an agent of the Crimson Captain (alluded to in Prometheus' First Steps) as she searches for evidence to bring a traitor to justice.Margaret Baker is a 20th Century Woman trying to make it in the 21st Century. She's trying to live a Christian life in an unchristian world, and she is constantly surprised by all of the modern problems confounding her. Together with her friend Donna, she's trying to make it in a brave new world.The collection features three stories:Margaret Baker Takes a StandMargaret Baker and the Trip to VerizonMargaret Baker and the GPSMore stories to follow!]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:40:21 +0300