Val Chanda

"Tyler came out of her reverie, disquieted. She focused her attention, but the only presence with her was the wind. Still her thoughts had momentarily felt alien to her. Tyler sighed. It was time to go back to the hotel. She stood up. She shifted her weight as she prepared to walk away. She froze. With a chill of apprehension, Tyler realized someone was near, someone who could not be a conventional perceiver. Someone who had screened their presence...

In the land of Allothi-Zorn of Northmarch and Grayall of Wellworth have both had their lives upended by the downfall of the Realm. Other than that, the dispossessed ariston and the once prosperous trader have little in common. Despite their differences, they worked together to solve a brutal murder in the village of Arandell. Having reached a tentative accord, they decide to travel to Allothi's commercial center, the Exchanges. There Grayall will...

In the land of Allothi- Murders solved, a fortune acquired, Zorn and Grayall are ready to settle down to a comfortable life at Wendenwood Freehold. Only the past does not give up its hold easily. Especially Zorn's past as a Realm ariston. The Realm had known only two classes, the ariston who ruled and the servitors who did their bidding. But a successful revolution has shattered that social order and left the country in ruins. Lucian, a former servitor,...

In the land of Allothi-Zorn and Grayall have lifted the curse on the village of Rylan but they aren't heading home to Wendenwood. Zorn has agreed to further assist the insurgency so they are traveling deeper into the Realm. They will journey to the stronghold held by Zorn as Warder of Farnorth and to the citadel, orbasilen, controlled by Zarath as Archon of Northmarch. Former servitors now occupy the basilen. Many seethe with resentment at Zorn's...