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We call them Drakes, but you know them as monsters and creatures. Drakes are only one of Marrishland's many dangers. Another is water. Check out the book to find out more.

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Affe and the Drakes

These stories tell the tale of Affe — a veteran mapmaker shortly before the Marrishland Massacre who is sent by the Mardux to investigate strange rumors of an invasion by a previously unknown civilization. She soon finds herself caught up in the mechanations of a magocrat who is either a hero or a traitor to all of Marrishland.

Posted by Matt on 2/6/06: Eric had suggested that most of my writing was relatively light-hearted. "The Adventures of Reur" doesn't get very dark in style. This series of stories, the second that I worked on, was written darkly on purpose, just to prove to myself that I could do it. Is it done, you may ask? It could be.

Posted by Eric on 2/11/2006: Matt's right. This story impressed me. There weren't even any pot jokes! Seriously, though, this tale takes place during a period history that would later be called the Marrishland Massacre, so I'm very pleased that it is so deadly serious. We tell a lot of stories that make mapmakers look like moderately suicidal fools, and it was really refreshing for me to see a competent mapmaker, because whatever the stereotype, anyone who spends that much time in the wilderness has to be pretty capable. Otherwise, you're casting Pauly Shore in the role of Strider.