Wonders and Dragons

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I want to hear the ring of steel. I want the call of a trumpet to fill my chest with pride. My strength was meant for more than sustenance. - </strong><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Fairy Harvest</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Ready to explore a new world-or ten? </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Wonders and Dragons: A</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Midwest Fantasy Sampler</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> will whisk you away to distant shores and far-off peaks introducing ten stories drawn from ten fantasy series each by a different Midwestern author. Read them all and then discover the full series related to your favorites.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Will you choose </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Frostmarked Chronicles</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> where the intricacies of Slavic myth come to life? </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Ode: The Scion of Nerikan</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> where a lonely monster looking for a way to die meets a little girl who gives him a reason to live? </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>First Immortals</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> where generations of a single family wrestle with the gift and curse of eternal life? The choice is yours.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This year's theme is high fantasy. Worlds of myth and magic separate from our own. And every story will come from an author in our beautiful Midwest.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Contributors:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Anthony Wedgeworth - from the series Santorray's Privations</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Brendan Noble - from the Series The Frostmarked Chronicles</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Douglas Van Dyke Jr. - from the series Earthrin Stones</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Justin Rose - from the series First Immortals</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Kimberly Grymes - from the series Three Shades Trilogy</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Kirsten Solberg - from the series The Palimar Saga</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>M. R. Moraine + C. E. Linares - from the series Nevertold</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>R. M. Krogman - From the series The Keepers of Midgate</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Richard Sweitzer - from the novel ODE: The Scion of Nerikan</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>T R Nickel - from the series Legends of Limoria</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Curated by Justin Rose</span></p><p></p>