The Fangs of Oannos
In exile on the planet Jadd, Hadrian Marlowe attends the reception of a foreign dignitary: Prince Izemrasen of Oannos, a small multiplanetary kingdom between Jadd and the Lothrian Commonwealth. But not all is as it seems, and the Prince of Oannos may have plans other than peace.
The Royal Game
Not all is well in the court of the High Prince of Jadd. For more than a century, the Planet of Fire has played host to a deadly exile, and their offer of sanctuary has bruised relations between the Principalities and the Sollan Empire. When the prince will not act in his own interest or the interest of his realm and people, it falls to Yazdan ban Vahid, royal spymaster, to play the royal game…
Fire in the Sky
A Cielcin horde has attacked the peaceful farming colonies on Cordalos, and Iana, a simple peasant girl, can only run and hide. But she is not alone, and when she gets separated from her brother, she must summon up the barest scrap of heroism to defend her home however she can.
The Duelist
A classic tale of two noblemen and a duel at dawn, “The Duelist” offers a bit of lore on the manufacture of highmatter swords, and how a blade that can cut through anything changes the art of fencing forever in a high stakes battle for honor . . . to the death!