Medicine and Poison
An epic fantasy set in an original world - available on Royal Road
When Ingo is lost to the forest on the brink of a war between the Republic and the West, Oli is the one who gets the blame.
Frustrated by adults who won't believe him, he takes his father's spear and goes alone to find Ingo, but his well intentioned search quickly goes awry.
Republican soldiers have entered the forest and he is forced to rely on the help of Kastor, a half crazed sorcerer. Will the erratic foreigner become a powerful ally... Or a new enemy? As he travels, he unearths secrets about the forest and himself, long hidden by his family and tribe.
What is the true nature of their relationship to the gods? Where do Kastor's unpredictable powers come from? And why does Oli, who has never met his kind before, seem to understand him better than anyone?
Dive into this short story, set fifty years before the events of Medicine and Poison
Thalia has always known that she will need to support her family. And supporting her family means going into the mines. But on one of her last days of freedom, she spots a tiny messenger that leads her to a new life.
Will the opportunity that opens to her be a blessing or a curse? That depends on whether she can rise to the challenge.
