An adventure requires a map

 


The Chronicles of Niru will be a series of at least 4 novels. As I write this post, the first two books have already been completed.

Now I’m busy writing the third story, and as with any story set in a strange world it is the use of a map that enables the reader to be drawn deeper into the adventure. With each novel I have been adding more detail; like a fog of war that lifts as new characters and places are brought to the fore.

In your darkest hour, when all hope is lost, may the dragon shield spell protect you…

In this world it is the tree dwarf and the elves, the forest dwellers and the giants that fight against the evil that spreads across the land… 


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