Böcker av J M Kind

High adventure on alien seas! In this follow-up to 'Edomia: A Fantasy Adventure, ' author J.M. Kind takes readers on a new journey across the deep and often-troubled waters of imagination. It has been nearly two-hundred Earth years since the mad monk, Encurionicus, stumbled through the quantum portal between Earth and the world of Edomia. Now, the twisted, militant, hyper-misogynistic faith of the Arethian threatens to usher in a new Dark Age, supplanting the advanced cultural, scientific, and political order of Taugwadeth and her neighbors by fiery conquest, mass murder, and conversion at the point of a sword. The story unfolds through the eyes of Afina, a young woman burdened with a dangerous secret. After the ruthlessly ambitious Serpent Prince and his rapacious retainers invade the only home Afina has ever known-the ancient cloister on the isolated Island of Forgotten Women-the reluctant heroine is tasked with the guardianship of the prince's unborn daughter. Seven years later, when a fanatical order of holy inquisitors invade the island again, Afina must fight to protect the child's true identity even as she and her companions are taken captive aboard a ship bound for the slave markets of Jorn Gthang far to the north. Stolen again during a daring raid, Afina meets beautiful, devious pirate queen, Ava-Zra and her colorful crew. But when the captain's plans for the young woman become clear, Afina's troubles-and her adventures-have only just begun! Will Afina become a pawn in Ava-Zra's dangerous game of seduction and shifting alliances, or will the young woman unwittingly fall in with the very people who would enslave her once again? 'Children of Edomia' is a heroinic coming of age tale, a classic adventure story of survival and revenge, romance and political intrigue, a search for the meaning of freedom, friendship, and family in a darkly troubled world.

Forced against his will to take a risky job with scant hope of reward, diminutive swindler Drogn the Magnificent has little to rely on save his own uniquely twisted set of wits. Drawing on a shallow wellspring of dubious talent, the fast-talking dwarf must find a way to convince a brazen would-be queen to give up her most cherished ambitions: It's either that or Drogn's head when Svrosh, the ruthless Serpent-Prince, demands his pound of flesh. Architect of the coup that marked the fall of Taugwadeth, the traitorous Stethine k'Flerion is holed up with her henchmen in the fortress-like Library of Rvnshrah. Now Drogn and his companions must find a way to infiltrate the citadel, discover the location of a priceless book of ancient lore, and get close enough to Stethine to administer a dose of numbing spider venom, the better to deliver her into the vile Prince-Regent's clutches. Along with Vasto the giant (Svrosh's musclebound enforcer), stolid farmboy Bymno, two-headed scholar-bird Klervix-Wrder, and lovely outworlder Gemma (a refugee from Medieval Scotland where she was once accused of witchcraft), Drogn will face more than his share of hardships and horrors, wonders, perils, and galling inconvenience in pursuit of liberty, respect, and his own long-dreamed-of life of ease. The third entry in J.M. Kind's epic saga of the world of Edomia comprises a short, fast-paced adventure that leads off from the first two books even as it sets the stage for those to come.