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A Series of Fantasy Novels
Dragonslayers Saga
The
“Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.” --G.K. Chesterton
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Book Three: Verdant Horizons
"Verdant Horizons," the third installment of the Dragonslayers Saga, follows the freeblades along several crisscrossing trips through...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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Book Two Available Soon!!
Hot on the heels of Book One comes the exciting sequel: Scarlet Trails! The Company of Dragonslayers quite literally stumbled onto a plot...
Andrew M. Trauger
Oct 30, 20221 min read
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Book Two: Epilogue
“What now?” Mason Rutland surveyed the gloaming mists of Tenebrae. Nothing had changed since the soaring melancholic note ushered shock...
Andrew M. Trauger
Sep 9, 20226 min read
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Chapter 21: The Wedding, Again
Time heals even the most grievous of wounds. A week had elapsed, and the doleful sounds of funeral processions had finally subsided when...
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 28, 202229 min read
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Chapter 20: In the Wake of a Storm
Peace settled over the castle courtyard, but only because the racket of pitched battle and chaotic screams of fear had quelled to an...
Andrew M. Trauger
Aug 14, 202225 min read
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Chapter 19: Till the Walls Crumble
Near the entryway below, Selorian staggered past the slain butler. His lungs burned from running across the entire castle complex,...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jul 30, 202221 min read
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Chapter 18: White Roses to Red
Annabelle screamed first, followed by many other women within earshot. Within seconds of the first arrow, an avalanche of mass...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jul 19, 202222 min read
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Post 100 = Book One Paperback!!
It's hard to describe the feeling of holding a printed and bound book in your hand, with an ISBN number, bar code, and everything. The...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jul 17, 20221 min read
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Book One Published!
Oh, happy day!! Fully one year behind schedule and mounting frustrations besides, I am pleased to announce that Book One of the...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jul 3, 20221 min read
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Master (Leydon) Bray
The Nephreqin works through subterfuge, infiltrating nations with impersonators, spies, and undercover agents. Often working in shadows...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jul 3, 20222 min read
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Chapter 17: The Wedding
Morning dawned on Castle Cannaid bright and fair. As the sun cast golden rays upon a courtyard glistening with dew, servants scurried...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jun 21, 202225 min read
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Chapter 16: Up the Backside
Lady Gretchen Lenair, the duke’s youngest daughter, was something of a public embarrassment in Alikon. Like her older sisters, Gretchen...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jun 5, 202224 min read
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Chapter 15: The Muckraker
Cora’s eyes followed Elric’s hand to a well-dressed man, smiling broadly and marching through the crowded streets straight for them. As...
Andrew M. Trauger
May 1, 202231 min read
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Chapter 14: Cer Cannaid
Dark clouds rolled in off the rocky coast of The Deepening, filling the air with a fine mist whipped about by winds the “Cradle of...
Andrew M. Trauger
Apr 10, 202219 min read
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Chapter 13: Alignment of Souls
Late that evening, a knock at Cora’s recovery room door startled her, and she drew the bedsheets to her neck, covering the splotchy wound....
Andrew M. Trauger
Mar 20, 202226 min read
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Chapter 12: The Slayer
Cora O’Banion lay in recovery in a basement room of the Solarium, cleaned and dressed, but tossing in a fitful spate of erratic and...
Andrew M. Trauger
Jan 11, 202226 min read
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Chapter 11: Who We Truly Are
“And that’s pretty much the sum of it.” Cora exhaled sharply and shrugged at Selorian. “Start to finish. Everything we’ve encountered,...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 22, 202126 min read
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Chapter 10: The Council's Decision
In a large room dominated by deep blues and greens, Sir Reginald Hunt leaned against the wall near the doors, a duo of sturdy oak panels...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 7, 202117 min read
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Just What Are Freeblades Anyway?
Ask a hundred people that question, and you're likely to get a hundred answers. Some call them mercenaries, out solely for financial...
Andrew M. Trauger
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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Chapter 9: Reentry
Instead of the warm beds Cora had wanted, they spent the night in a hay barn on the back pasture of a ranch owned by someone who had not...
Andrew M. Trauger
Nov 26, 202120 min read
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